EXHIBIT 4-kk
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
Definitive Floating Rate Senior Bearer Note
BEARER BEARER No. PGFL ____
[COMMERCIAL PAPER ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS MADE
UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BANKING ACT 1987.](1)
[A [SHORTER TERM/LONGER TERM] DEBT SECURITY ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH REGULATIONS MADE UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BANKING ACT
1987.](2)
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE
SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE
LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE UNITED STATES
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
IF APPLICABLE, THE "TOTAL AMOUNT OF OID," "ORIGINAL YIELD TO
MATURITY" AND "INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD OID" (COMPUTED UNDER THE APPROXIMATE
METHOD) SET FORTH BELOW HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
APPLYING THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES.
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF
JAPAN (WHICH TERM AS USED HEREIN MEANS ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN JAPAN INCLUDING
ANY CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN) OR TO
OTHERS FOR THE RE-OFFERING OR RE-SALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO
A RESIDENT OF JAPAN EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF, AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
LAW OF JAPAN AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF JAPAN.
IF THIS NOTE IS DENOMINATED IN JAPANESE YEN, IT SHALL HAVE A
MATURITY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND IT MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT IN JAPAN
PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 90 DAYS AFTER THE SETTLEMENT DATE WITH RESPECT TO
THIS NOTE. IF (i) INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE ARE DENOMINATED IN JAPANESE
YEN AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ARE DENOMINATED IN A CURRENCY OR CURRENCY UNIT
OTHER THAN JAPANESE YEN OR (ii) PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE ARE
DENOMINATED IN JAPANESE YEN AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE DENOMINATED IN A
CURRENCY OR CURRENCY UNIT OTHER THAN JAPANESE YEN, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT
OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 180 DAYS AFTER THE
SETTLEMENT DATE WITH RESPECT TO THIS NOTE.
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(1) Applies only if this Note is denominated in pounds sterling and
matures not more than one year from and including the Original Issue
Date.
(2) Applies only if this Note is denominated in pounds sterling and matures
more than one year from and including the Original Issue Date.
MORGAN STANLEY, DEAN WITTER, DISCOVER & CO.
SENIOR DEFINITIVE MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES [D/E] (Floating Rate)
Floating Rate Senior Note
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., a Delaware
corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to bearer, upon surrender hereof, the
principal amount of , on the Maturity Date specified above
(except to the extent previously redeemed or repaid) and to pay interest
thereon to the bearer of the coupons, if any, appertaining hereto, from and
including the Interest Accrual Date specified above at a rate per annum equal
to the Initial Interest Rate specified above until and excluding the Initial
Interest Reset Date specified above, and on and after at a rate per annum
determined in accordance with the provisions specified on the reverse hereof
until but excluding the date such principal amount is paid or duly made
available for payment. The Issuer will pay interest in arrears monthly,
quarterly, semiannually or annually as specified above as the Interest Payment
Period on each Interest Payment Date (as specified above), commencing with the
first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Interest Accrual Date
specified above, and on the Maturity Date specified above (or any redemption
or repayment date); provided, however, that if the Interest Accrual Date
occurs fifteen days or less prior to the first Interest Payment Date occurring
after the Interest Accrual Date, interest payments will commence on the second
Interest Payment Date succeeding the Interest Accrual Date; and provided,
further, that if an Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date or
redemption or repayment date) would fall on a day that is not a Business Day,
as defined on the reverse hereof, such Interest Payment Date shall be the
following day that is a Business Day, except that if the Base Rate specified
above is LIBOR and such next Business Day falls in the next calendar month,
such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding day that is a
Business Day; and provided, further, that if the Maturity Date or redemption
or repayment date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment
of principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such Maturity Date or redemption or repayment date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including
the Interest Accrual Date, until but excluding the date the principal hereof
has been paid or duly made available for payment (except as provided below).
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender at
the office or agency of the Principal Paying Agent (this and certain other
capitalized terms used herein are defined on the reverse of this Note) or at
the office or agency of such other paying agents outside the United States as
the Issuer may determine for that purpose (each, a "Paying Agent," which term
shall include the Principal Paying Agent) of the interest coupons hereto
attached as they severally mature.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on this Note,
at maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date) will be made upon
presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the
Principal Paying Agent or at the office of any Paying Agent.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on this Note will be made in the Specified Currency indicated above, except as
provided on the reverse hereof. If this Note is denominated in U.S. dollars,
any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note
will be made 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.
Such payments on this Note will be made either by a check mailed to an address
outside the United States furnished by the payee or, at the option of the
payee and subject to applicable laws and regulations and the procedures of the
Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States if
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the Paying Agent
not less than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that payment in U.S. dollars of
the full amount payable on this Note at the offices of all Paying Agents would
be illegal or effectively precluded as a result of exchange controls or
similar restrictions, payment on this Note will be made by a paying agency in
the United States, if such paying agency, under applicable law and
regulations, would be able to make such payment. If this Note is denominated
in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, then, except as provided on
the reverse hereof, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note will be made in such Specified Currency either by a
check drawn on a bank outside the United States or, at the option of the payee
and subject to applicable laws and regulations and the procedures of the
Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States.
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 at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
neither this Note nor any coupons appertaining hereto shall be entitled to any
benefit under the Senior Indenture, as defined on the reverse hereof, or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly
executed and coupons bearing the facsimile signature of its ___________ to be
annexed hereto.
DATED: MORGAN STANLEY, DEAN WITTER,
DISCOVER & CO.
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred
to in the within-mentioned
Senior Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior
Medium-Term Notes, Series [D/E], having maturities more than nine months from
the date of issue (the "Notes") of the Issuer. The Notes are issuable under a
Senior Indenture, dated as of April 15, 1989, as supplemented by a First
Supplemental Senior Indenture dated as of May 15, 1991 and a Second
Supplemental Senior Indenture dated as of April 15, 1996 between Morgan
Stanley Group Inc. (as predecessor of the Issuer) and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(formerly known as Chemical Bank), as Trustee (the "Trustee," which term
includes any successor trustee under the Senior Indenture) as further
supplemented by a Third Supplemental Senior Indenture dated as of June 1, 1997
between the Issuer and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the "Senior
Indenture"), to which Senior Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities of the Issuer, the Trustee and holders of the
Notes and any coupons appertaining thereto and the terms upon which the Notes
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Issuer has appointed The
Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Chemical Bank), London Branch, as its
principal paying agent for the Notes and the coupons appertaining hereto (the
"Principal Paying Agent," which term includes any additional or successor
Principal Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer). The terms of individual Notes
may vary with respect to interest rates, interest rate formulas, issue dates,
maturity dates, or otherwise, all as provided in the Senior Indenture. To the
extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Senior Indenture are hereby
incorporated by reference herein.
If this Note is denominated in pounds sterling, the Issuer
represents that it is not an authorized institution (for purposes of the
United Kingdom Banking Act 1987) nor a European authorized institution as
defined by Regulation 3 of the Banking Co-ordination (Second Council
Directive) Regulations 1992 and repayment of the principal of, and payment of
any interest or premium on, this Note has not been guaranteed, that it has
complied with its obligations under the listing rules of the London Stock
Exchange Limited (the "Rules") and that, since the last publication in
compliance with the Rules of information about it, it, having made all
reasonable inquiries, has not become aware of any change in circumstances
which could reasonably be regarded as significantly and adversely affecting
its ability to meet its obligations in respect of the Notes as they fall due.
Unless otherwise provided 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 and
except as set forth below, will not be redeemable or subject to repayment at
the option of the holder prior to maturity.
If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may be
redeemed in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer on or after the
Initial Redemption Date specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth on
the face hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date
of redemption (except as provided below). If this Note is subject to "Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction," the Initial Redemption Percentage indicated
on the face hereof will be reduced on each anniversary of the Initial
Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified on the
face hereof until the redemption price of this Note is 100% of the principal
amount hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of
redemption (except as provided below). Notice of redemption shall be mailed to
the holders of the Notes designated for redemption who have filed their names
and addresses with the Principal Paying Agent, not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, subject to all the conditions
and provisions of the Senior Indenture. Notice of redemption to all other
holders of Notes shall be published in the manner set forth in "Notices" as
defined below, once in each of the three successive calendar weeks, the first
publication to be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date set
for redemption. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new
Note or Notes for the amount of the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued
upon the cancellation hereof. If redeemed prior to maturity, this Note must be
presented for payment together with all unmatured coupons, if any,
appertaining hereto, failing which the amount of any missing unmatured coupon
will be deducted from the sum due for payment; provided, however, that such
deduction may be waived by the Issuer and the Principal Paying Agent if there
is furnished to each of them such security or indemnity as they may require.
The Company will not be required (i) to exchange any Bearer
Note to be redeemed for a period of fifteen calendar days preceding the first
publication of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) to exchange any
Bearer Note selected for redemption or surrendered for optional repayment,
except that such Bearer Note may be exchanged for a Registered Note of like
tenor unless indicated otherwise on the face of this Note, provided that such
Registered Note shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption or
repayment, as the case may be.
If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note will be
subject to repayment at the option of the holder on the Optional Repayment
Date or Dates specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth herein. On
any Optional Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in whole or in part in
increments of $1,000 or, if this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency
other than U.S. dollars, in increments of 1,000 units of such Specified
Currency (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof shall not be
less than the minimum authorized denomination hereof) at the option of the
holder hereof at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid,
together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of repayment
(except as provided below). For this Note to be repaid at the option of the
holder hereof, the Principal Paying Agent must receive at its office in
London, at least 15 but not more than 30 days prior to the date of repayment,
(i) this Note, together with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, with
the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" below duly completed or (ii) a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a
national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States,
Western Europe or Japan setting forth the name of the holder of this Note, the
principal amount hereof, the certificate number of this Note or a description
of this Note's tenor and terms, the principal amount hereof to be repaid, a
statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a
guarantee that this Note, together with the form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" duly completed together with any unmatured coupons, will be
received by the Principal Paying Agent not later than the fifth Business Day
after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter;
provided, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall
only be effective if this Note, together with all unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto, and form duly completed are received by the Principal
Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day. Exercise of such repayment option by
the holder hereof shall be irrevocable.
This Note will bear interest at the rate determined in
accordance with the applicable provisions below by reference to the Base Rate
shown on the face hereof based on the Index Maturity, if any, shown on the
face hereof (i) plus or minus the Spread, if any, or (ii) multiplied by the
Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof. Commencing with the
Initial Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which
interest on this Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date
(as used herein, the term "Interest Reset Date" shall include the Initial
Interest Reset Date). The determination of the rate of interest at which this
Note will be reset on any Interest Reset Date shall be made on the Interest
Determination Date (as defined below) pertaining to such Interest Reset Date.
The Interest Reset Dates will be the Interest Reset Dates specified on the
face hereof; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the
period from the Interest Accrual Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will
be the Initial Interest Rate. 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 day that is a Business Day, except that if the Base Rate
specified on the face hereof is LIBOR and such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next
preceding Business Day.
The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset
Date for Notes bearing interest calculated by reference to the CD Rate,
Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate and CMT Rate will be the
second Business Day next preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest
Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for Notes bearing
interest calculated by reference to LIBOR shall be the second London Banking
Day preceding such Interest Reset Date except that the Interest Determination
Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for a LIBOR Note for which the Index
Currency is pounds sterling will be such Interest Reset Date. As used herein,
"London Banking Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in the Index
Currency (as defined herein) are transacted in the London interbank market.
The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for Notes
bearing interest calculated by reference to the Treasury Rate shall be the day
of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills
normally would be auctioned; provided, however, that if as a result of a legal
holiday an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding such Interest
Reset Date, the related Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding
Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction shall fall on any Interest
Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business
Day following the date of such auction.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the "Calculation
Date" pertaining to an Interest Determination Date will 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 preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date (or, with
respect to any principal amount to be redeemed or repaid, any redemption or
repayment date), as the case may be.
Determination of CD Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
face hereof is the CD Rate, the CD Rate with respect to this Note shall be
determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate on such
date for negotiable 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(519), Selected Interest
Rates," or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System ("H.15(519)"), under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)," or,
if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date
pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate
on such Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of
the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof 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" (the "Composite Quotations") under
the heading "Certificates of Deposit." If such rate is not yet published in
either H.15(519) or the Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on such Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on such Interest Determination Date
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent referred to 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 Interest Determination Date for certificates
of deposit in an amount that is representative for a single transaction at
that time with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar
certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money
center banks of the highest credit standing in the market for negotiable
certificates of deposit; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as
aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above, the "CD
Rate" in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the CD Rate for
the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the
Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Base Rate
specified on the face hereof is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial
Paper Rate with respect to this Note shall be determined on each Interest
Determination Date and shall be the Money Market Yield (as defined herein) of
the rate on such date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified
on the face hereof, as such rate shall be published in H.15(519) under the
heading "Commercial Paper." In the event that such rate is not published by
9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such
Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money
Market Yield of the rate on such Interest Determination Date for commercial
paper of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in
Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial Paper." If by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on such Calculation Date, such rate is not yet available
in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, then the Commercial Paper Rate
shall 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 Interest Determination Date of
three leading dealers in commercial paper in The City of New York selected by
the Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof, placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or
the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however,
that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not
quoting offered rates as mentioned in this sentence, the "Commercial Paper
Rate" in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Commercial
Paper Rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there
was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall
be the Initial Interest Rate).
"Money Market Yield" shall be the yield calculated in
accordance with the following formula:
D x 360
Money Market Yield = ------------------ x 100
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable 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 Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof.
Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If the Base Rate specified
on the face hereof is the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate with
respect to this Note shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date
and shall be the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519)
under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)," or, if not so published by 9:00
A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest
Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If such rate is not yet published in either
H.15(519) or the Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal
Funds Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time,
on such Interest Determination Date, arranged by three leading brokers in
Federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent; provided, however, that if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above, the "Federal Funds Rate"
in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Federal Funds Rate
for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the
Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of LIBOR. If the Base Rate specified on the face
hereof is LIBOR, LIBOR with respect to this Note shall be determined on each
Interest Determination Date as follows:
(i) As of the Interest Determination Date, the Calculation
Agent will determine (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified as the
Reporting Service on the face hereof, the arithmetic mean of the
offered rates (unless the specified 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 London interbank
market in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof, commencing on the second London Banking
Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, which
appear on the Designated LIBOR Page at approximately 11:00 A.M.,
London time, on such Interest Determination Date, if at least two such
offered rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is
required) on such Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified as the Reporting Service on the face hereof, the rate for
deposits in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity,
each as designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second London
Banking Day following such Interest Determination Date (or, if pounds
sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on such Interest
Determination Date), that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page at
approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination
Date. If fewer than two offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is
specified as the Reporting Service on the face hereof and calculation
of LIBOR is based on the arithmetic mean of the offered rates) or if
no rate appears (if the Reporting Service on the face hereof specifies
either (x) "LIBOR Reuters" and the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms
provides only for a single rate or (y) "LIBOR Telerate"), LIBOR in
respect of that Interest Determination Date will be determined as if
the parties had specified the rate described in (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified
as the Reporting Service on the face hereof and calculation of LIBOR
is based on the arithmetic mean of the offered rates) or no rate
appears (if the Reporting Service on the face hereof specifies either
(x) "LIBOR Reuters" and the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms
provides only for a single rate or (y) "LIBOR Telerate"), 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 Issuer), to
provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotations for deposits
in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified
on the face hereof, commencing on the second London Banking Day
immediately following such Interest Determination Date (or, if pounds
sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on such Interest
Determination Date), to prime banks in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination
Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than
U.S.$1 million (or the equivalent in the Index Currency if the Index
Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative of a single
transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time. If at
least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR
determined on such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic
mean of rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M. (or such other time
specified on the face hereof), in the applicable principal financial
center for the country of the Index Currency on such Interest
Determination Date, by three major banks in such principal financial
center selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the
Issuer) on such Interest Determination Date for loans in the Index
Currency to leading European banks, for the period of the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof commencing on the second London
Banking Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date
(or, if pounds sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on such
Interest Determination Date) and in a principal amount of not less
than U.S.$1 million (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the
Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative of a
single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time;
provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as mentioned in this sentence,
"LIBOR" for such Interest Reset Period will be the same as LIBOR for
the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no
such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable on the LIBOR
Notes for which LIBOR is being determined shall be the Initial
Interest Rate). "Index Currency" means the currency (including
composite currencies) specified as Index Currency on the face hereof.
If no such currency is specified as Index Currency on the face hereof,
the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars. "Designated LIBOR Page"
means either (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is designated as the Reporting
Service on the face hereof, the display on the Reuters Monitor Money
Rates Service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates
of major banks for the applicable Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR
Telerate" is designated as the Reporting Service on the face hereof,
the display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service for the purpose of
displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the
applicable Index Currency. If neither LIBOR Reuters nor LIBOR
Telerate is specified as the Reporting Service on the face hereof,
LIBOR for the applicable Index Currency will be determined as if LIBOR
Telerate (and, if the U.S. dollar is the Index Currency, Page 3750)
had been specified.
Determination of Prime Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
face hereof is the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate with respect to this Note shall
be determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate set
forth in H.15(519) for such date opposite the caption "Bank Prime Loan." If
such rate is not yet published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Prime
Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates of interest publicly announced by each bank named on the Reuters Screen
USPRIME 1 Page (as defined below) as such bank's prime rate or base lending
rate as in effect for such Interest Determination Date as quoted on the
Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page on such Interest Determination Date, or, if
fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page for
such Interest Determination Date, the rate shall be the arithmetic mean of the
prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year
divided by 360 as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date
by at least two of the three major money center banks in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent from which quotations are requested. If
fewer than two quotations are provided, the Prime Rate shall be calculated by
the Calculation Agent and shall be determined as the arithmetic mean on the
basis of the prime rates in The City of New York by the appropriate number of
substitute banks or trust companies organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States, or any State thereof, in each case having total
equity capital of at least U.S. $500 million and being subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority, selected by the Calculation
Agent to quote such rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks or
trust companies selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting
rates as set forth above, the "Prime Rate" in effect for such Interest Reset
Period will be the same as the Prime Rate for the immediately preceding
Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the
rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
"Reuters Screen US PRIME1 Page" means the display designated as
Page "US PRIME1" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other
page as may replace the US PRIME1 Page on that service for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks).
Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Base Rate specified on
the face hereof is the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate with respect to this
Note shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the
rate for the auction held on such date of direct obligations of the United
States ("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof, as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury Bills--auction
average (investment)," or if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date,
the auction average rate on such Interest Determination Date (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 specified on the face hereof are not
published or reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date or if no such auction is held on such Interest
Determination Date, then the Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall 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) calculated using the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time,
on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States
government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue
of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the dealers selected
as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting bid rates as mentioned
in this sentence, the "Treasury Rate" for such Interest Reset Date will be the
same as the Treasury Rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period
(or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable
hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of CMT Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
face hereof is the CMT Rate, the CMT Rate with respect to this Note shall be
determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate displayed
for the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof on the Designated CMT
Telerate Page (as defined below) under the caption ". . . Treasury Constant
Maturities . . . Federal Reserve Board Release H.15" 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 Interest Determination Date and (ii)
if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week or the month, as
applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related Interest
Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant
page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such 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 if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such 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 Interest Determination Date with respect to the related 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 for the 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 the Interest
Determination Date reported, according to their written records, by three
leading primary United States government securities dealers (each a "Reference
Dealer") in The City of New York (which may include the affiliates of the
Issuer or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with
the Issuer, and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of
equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation(or, in the event of
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
remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index
minus one year. If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury
Notes quotations, the CMT Rate for such 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 offer side prices as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the 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 Issuer, and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of
equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of
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 $100,000,000. 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 not the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated;
provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the
Calculation Agent are quoting as described herein, the CMT Rate for such
Interest Reset Date will be the same as the CMT Rate for the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset
Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest
Rate). 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 quotes for the Treasury Note with the
shorter remaining term to maturity will be used.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow
Jones Telerate Service 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 no such page is
specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052,
for the most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" shall be the original period to
maturity of the U.S. Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30
years) specified on the face hereof with respect to which the CMT Rate will be
calculated. If no such maturity is specified on the face hereof, the
designated CMT Maturity Index shall be two years.
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, specified on the face hereof. The Calculation
Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the
foregoing on or before each Calculation Date. The interest rate on this Note
will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as
the same may be modified by United States Federal law of general application.
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 of the next
Interest Reset Date.
Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to
but excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the Maturity Date (or any earlier
redemption or repayment date), as the case may be. Accrued interest hereon
shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the principal amount by an
accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by
adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the period for which
interest is being paid. Unless otherwise specified 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 Base Rate is CD Rate, Commercial
Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate or LIBOR, as specified on the face
hereof, or by the actual number of days in the year if the Base Rate is the
Treasury Rate or the CMT Rate, as specified on the face hereof. All
percentages resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest on this
Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point (.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point
rounded upward, and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such
calculation on this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half
cent rounded upward). The interest rate in effect on any Interest Reset Date
will be the applicable rate as reset on such date. The interest rate
applicable to any other day is the interest rate from the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Date (or, if none, the Initial Interest Rate).
This Note and the coupons appertaining hereto and all the
obligations of the Issuer hereunder are direct, unsecured obligations of the
Issuer and rank without preference or priority among themselves and pari passu
with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness
of the Issuer, subject to certain statutory exceptions in the event of
liquidation upon insolvency.
This Note is issued in definitive bearer form with coupons
attached (a "Definitive Bearer Note") and, unless otherwise indicated on the
face hereof, is issuable only in the minimum denominations set forth on the
face hereof or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of
1,000 units of the Specified Currency set forth on the face hereof.
This Note and the coupons appertaining hereto may be
transferred by delivery. At the option of the holder of this Note, and subject
to the terms of the Senior Indenture, this Note (with all unmatured coupons,
and all matured coupons, if any, in default appertaining hereto) will be
exchanged for two or more Definitive Bearer Notes (if this Note is issuable in
more than one authorized denomination) or for a Registered Note, in each case,
of any authorized denomination of like tenor and in an equal aggregate
principal amount, in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Indenture,
at the office of the Trustee in The City of New York (which initially has been
appointed registrar and transfer agent for the Notes) or at the office of the
Principal Paying Agent in London (which initially has been appointed transfer
agent for the Notes), or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the
Issuer for such purpose. If this Note is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Note after the close of business at any such office on any record
date (whether or not a Business Day) for the payment of interest on such
Registered Note and before the opening of business at such office on the
relevant Interest Payment Date, this Note shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. All such exchanges of Notes and
coupons will be free of service charge, but the Issuer may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith. None of the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall be required to exchange this Note for a Registered
Note if such exchange would result in adverse United States Federal income tax
consequences to the Issuer under then applicable United States federal income
tax laws.
The date of any Registered Note delivered upon any exchange of
this Note shall be such that no gain or loss of interest results from such
exchange.
In case this Note or any coupons appertaining thereto shall at
any time become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen and such
Note or coupon or evidence of the loss, theft or destruction thereof (together
with the indemnity hereinafter referred to and such other documents or proof
as may be required in the premises) shall be delivered to the Trustee, a new
Note of like tenor will be issued by the Issuer in exchange for the Note so
mutilated or defaced, or in lieu of the Note so destroyed or lost or stolen,
with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the Note so
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, or in exchange for the Note to
which such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertained,
with coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the coupons so mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, but, in the case of any destroyed or lost
or stolen Note or coupon, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Issuer that such Note or coupon was destroyed or lost or
stolen and, if required, upon receipt also of indemnity satisfactory to each
of them. All expenses and reasonable charges associated with procuring such
indemnity and with the preparation, authentication and delivery of a new Note
and coupons shall be borne by the owner of the Note or the coupons mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen.
The Senior Indenture provides that, (a) if an Event of Default
(as defined in the Senior Indenture) due to the default in payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any series of debt securities
issued under the Senior Indenture, including the series of Senior Medium-Term
Notes of which this Note forms a part, or due to the default in the
performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer
applicable to the debt securities of such series but not applicable to all
outstanding debt securities issued under the Senior Indenture shall have
occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than
25% in principal amount of the debt securities of each affected series (voting
as a single class) may then declare the principal of all debt securities of
all such series and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately
and (b) if an Event of Default due to a default in the performance of any
other of the covenants or agreements in the Senior Indenture applicable to all
outstanding debt securities issued thereunder, including this Note, or due to
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Issuer,
shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of all debt securities issued under the
Senior Indenture then outstanding (treated as one class) may declare the
principal of all such debt securities and interest accrued thereon to be due
and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declarations may be
annulled and past defaults may be waived (except a continuing default in
payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such debt securities)
by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of all
affected series then outstanding.
This Note may be redeemed, as a whole, at the option of the
Issuer at any time prior to maturity, upon the giving of a notice of
redemption as described below, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount hereof, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption, if the Issuer determines that, as a result of any change in or
amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder)
of the United States or of any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in official position
regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or
rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Original
Issue Date hereof, the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts (as defined below) with respect to this Note as described below. Prior
to the giving of any Notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the
Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (i) a certificate stating that the Issuer
is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts
showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to so redeem
have occurred, and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee to such effect based on such statement of facts; provided that no such
notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest
date on which the Issuer would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts if
a payment in respect of this Note were then due.
Notice of redemption will be given not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, which date and the
applicable redemption price will be specified in the Notice.
If the Issuer shall determine that any payment made outside the
United States by the Issuer or any Paying Agent of principal, premium or
interest due in respect of this Note or any coupons appertaining thereto
would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States, be
subject to any certification, identification or other information reporting
requirement of any kind, the effect of which is the disclosure to the Issuer,
any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence
or identity of a beneficial owner of this Note or any coupons appertaining
thereto who is a United States Alien (as defined below) (other than such a
requirement (a) that would not be applicable to a payment made by the Issuer
or any Paying Agent (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to a
custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) that can be
satisfied by such custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect
that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided that in each
case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) payment by such custodian, nominee
or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such
requirement), the Issuer shall redeem this Note, as a whole, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption, or, at the election of the Issuer
if the conditions of the next succeeding paragraph are satisfied, pay the
additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Issuer shall make such
determination and election as soon as practicable, shall promptly notify the
Trustee thereof and shall publish prompt notice thereof (the "Determination
Notice") stating the effective date of such certification, identification or
other information reporting requirements, whether the Issuer will redeem this
Note or has elected to pay the additional amounts specified in the next
succeeding paragraph, and (if applicable) the last date by which the
redemption of this Note must take place, as provided in the next succeeding
sentence. If the Issuer redeems this Note, such redemption shall take place on
such date, not later than one year after the publication of the Determination
Notice, as the Issuer shall elect by notice to the Trustee at least 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption. Notice of such redemption of this Note
will be given to the holder of this Note not more than 60 nor less than 30
days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Such redemption notice shall
include a statement as to the last date by which this Note to be redeemed may
be exchanged for Registered Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer
shall not so redeem this Note if the Issuer shall subsequently determine, not
less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent
payments would not be subject to any such certification, identification or
other information reporting requirement, in which case the Issuer shall
publish prompt notice of such determination and any earlier redemption notice
shall be revoked and of no further effect. The right of the holder of this
Note to exchange this Note for Registered Notes pursuant to the provisions of
this paragraph will terminate at the close of business of the Principal Paying
Agent on the fifteenth day prior to the date fixed for redemption, and no
further exchanges of this Note for Registered Notes shall be permitted.
If and so long as the certification, identification or other
information reporting requirements referred to in the preceding paragraph
would be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding tax or similar
charge, the Issuer may elect by notice to the Trustee to pay as additional
amounts such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made
outside the United States following the effective date of such requirements by
the Issuer or any Paying Agent of principal, premium or interest due in
respect of this Note or any coupons appertaining thereto of which the
beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that
the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed
to the Issuer, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority, with respect to
the payment of such additional amounts), after deduction or withholding for or
on account of such backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a
backup withholding tax or similar charge that (i) would not be applicable in
the circumstances referred to in the second parenthetical clause of the first
sentence of the preceding paragraph, or (ii) is imposed as a result of
presentation of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto for payment more
than 15 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or
on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will
not be less than the amount provided for in this Note or any coupons
appertaining hereto to be then due and payable. In the event the Issuer elects
to pay any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall
have the right to redeem this Note as a whole at any time pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph and the
redemption price of this Note will not be reduced for applicable withholding
taxes. If the Issuer elects to pay additional amounts pursuant to this
paragraph and the condition specified in the first sentence of this paragraph
should no longer be satisfied, then the Issuer will redeem this Note as a
whole, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the immediately preceding
paragraph.
The Issuer will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations
set forth below, pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") to the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto who is a United States
Alien as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of
and interest on this Note and any other amounts payable on this Note, after
withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United
States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein),
will not be less than the amount provided for in this Note or in any such
coupon appertaining hereto to be then due and payable. The Issuer will not,
however, be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts to any such
holder for or on account of:
(a) any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge that
would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any
present or former connection between such holder (or between a
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such holder,
if such holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership or a corporation)
and the United States, including, without limitation, such holder (or
such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or
having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been
engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having
had, a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto for payment on
a date more than 15 days after the date on which such payment became
due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided
for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal
property tax or any similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as a personal holding
company or foreign personal holding company or controlled foreign
corporation or passive foreign investment company with respect to the
United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid
United States federal income tax or as a private foundation or other
tax-exempt organization;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is
payable otherwise than by withholding from payments on or in respect
of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required
to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of, or
interest on, this Note, if such payment can be made without such
withholding by any other Paying Agent in a city in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would
not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification,
information or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality,
residence or identity of the holder or beneficial owner of this Note
or any coupons appertaining hereto, if such compliance is required by
statute or by regulation of the United States or of any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition
to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as the actual or
constructive owner of 10% or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock entitled to vote of the Issuer or as a direct
or indirect subsidiary of the Issuer; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or
(g);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment on this Note
or any coupons appertaining thereto to a United States Alien who is a
fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such
payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the
United States (or any political subdivision thereof) to be included in the
income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such
fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would
not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary,
settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of this Note or any
coupons appertaining hereto.
The Senior Indenture permits the Issuer and the Trustee, with
the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the debt securities of all series issued under the Senior Indenture
then outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to execute supplemental
indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner the rights of
the holders of debt securities of each series or of the coupons appertaining
thereto so affected; provided that the Issuer and the Trustee may not, without
the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby,
(a) extend the final maturity of any such debt security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or repayment
thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof, or impair or affect the
rights of any holder to institute suit for the payment thereof without the
consent of the holder of each debt security so affected; or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage in principal amount of debt securities the consent of the
holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture.
Except as set forth below, if the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, this Note is payable in a Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency is not available to the Issuer for
making payments hereon due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Issuer or is no longer used by the
government of the country issuing such currency or for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions within the international banking
community, then the Issuer will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto by making such payments
in U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) on
the date of such payment or, if the Market Exchange Rate is not available on
such date, as of the most recent practicable date; provided, however, that if
such Specified Currency is replaced by a single European currency (expected to
be named the Euro), the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on any Note denominated in such currency shall be effected in the new single
European currency in conformity with legally applicable measures taken
pursuant to, or by virtue of, the treaty establishing the European Community
(the "EC"), as amended by the treaty on European Union (as so amended, the
"Treaty"). Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the
required payment is in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars (or, if
applicable, such new single European currency, will not constitute an Event of
Default.
If the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, this Note
is payable in ECUs, then with respect to each due date for any such payment on
or after the first business day in Brussels on which the ECU ceases to be used
as the unit of account of the EC and has not become a currency in its own
right, replacing all or some of the currencies of the member States of the EC,
the Issuer shall choose a substitute currency (the "Chosen Currency") which
may be any currency which was, on the last day on which the ECU was used as
the unit of account of the EC, a component currency of the ECU basket or U.S.
dollars, in which all such payments due on or after that date with respect to
this Note shall be made. Notice of the Chosen Currency so selected shall,
where practicable, be published in the manner described in "Notices" below.
The amount of each payment in such Chosen Currency shall be computed on the
basis of the equivalent of the ECU in that currency, determined as described
below, as of the fourth business day in Brussels prior to the date on which
such payment is due.
If the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, this Note
is payable in ECUs, then on the first business day in Brussels on which the
ECU ceases to be used as the unit of account of the EC and has not become a
currency in its own right, replacing all or some of the currencies of the
member states of the EC, the Issuer shall choose a Chosen Currency in which
all such payments with respect to this Note having a due date prior thereto
but not yet presented for payment are to be made. The amount of each payment
in such Chosen Currency shall be computed on the basis of the equivalent of
the ECU in that currency, determined as described below, as of such first
business day.
The equivalent of the ECU in the relevant Chosen Currency as of
any date (the "Day of Valuation") shall be determined on the following basis
by, or on behalf of, an Exchange Rate Agent appointed by the Issuer. The
amounts and components composing the ECU for this purpose (the "Components")
shall be the amounts and components composing the ECU as of the last date on
which the ECU was used as the unit of account of the EC. The equivalent of the
ECU in the Chosen Currency shall be calculated by, first, aggregating the U.S.
dollar equivalents of the Components; and then, in the case of a Chosen
Currency other than U.S. dollars, using the rate used for determining the U.S.
dollar equivalent of the Components in the Chosen Currency as set forth below,
calculating the equivalent in the Chosen Currency of such aggregate amount in
U.S. dollars.
The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Components shall be
determined by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the
middle spot delivery quotations prevailing at 2:30 P.M., Brussels time, on the
Day of Valuation, as obtained by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent
from one or more major banks, as selected by the Issuer, in the country of
issue of the component currency in question.
If for any reason no direct quotations are available for a
Component as of a Day of Valuation from any of the banks selected for this
purpose, in computing the U.S. dollar equivalent of such Component, the
Exchange Rate Agent shall (except as provided below) use the most recent direct
quotations for such Component obtained by it or on its behalf; provided that
such quotations were prevailing not more than two Business Days before such
Day of Valuation. If such most recent quotations were so prevailing in the
country of issue more than two Business Days before such Day of Valuation, the
Exchange Rate Agent shall determine the U.S. dollar equivalent of such
Component on the basis of cross rates derived from the middle spot delivery
quotations for such component currency and for the U.S. dollar prevailing at
2:30 P.M., Brussels time, on such Day of Valuation, as obtained by, or on
behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent from one or more major banks, as selected
by the Issuer, in a country other than the country of issue of such component
currency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Exchange Rate Agent shall
determine the U.S. dollar equivalent of such Component on the basis of such
cross rates if the Issuer or such agent judges that the equivalent so
calculated is more representative than the U.S. dollar equivalent calculated
as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph. Unless otherwise
specified by the Issuer, if there is more than one market for dealing in any
component currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations or for any other
reason, the market to be referred to in respect of such currency shall be that
upon which a non-resident issuer of notes denominated in such currency would
purchase such currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
Payments in the Chosen Currency will be made at the specified
office of a paying agent in the country of the Chosen Currency, or, if none,
or at the option of the holder, at the specified office of any Paying Agent
either by a check drawn on, or by transfer to an account maintained by the
holder with, a bank in the principal financial center of the country of the
Chosen Currency; provided that if U.S. dollars is the Chosen Currency payments
shall be made in accordance with the provisions for payments in U.S. dollars
on the face hereof.
All determinations referred to above made by, or on behalf of,
the Issuer or by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at such
entity's sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on holders of this Note.
So long as this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto shall
be outstanding, the Issuer will cause to be maintained an office or agency for
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note
and the coupons appertaining hereto as herein provided. The Paying Agents
initially designated by the Issuer are listed on the reverse of each coupon
appertaining thereto. If this Note is listed on the London Stock Exchange
Limited and such Exchange so requires, the Issuer shall maintain a Paying
Agent in London. The Issuer may designate other agencies for the payment of
said principal, premium and interest at such place or places outside the
United States (subject to applicable laws and regulations) as the Issuer may
decide. So long as there shall be such an agency, the Issuer shall keep the
Trustee advised of the names and locations of such agencies, if any are so
designated.
With respect to moneys paid by the Issuer and held by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent for payment of the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Notes or coupons appertaining thereto that remain
unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, interest or premium
shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or upon call for
redemption or otherwise), (i) the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall notify
the holders of such Notes and coupons that such moneys shall be repaid to the
Issuer and any person claiming such moneys shall thereafter look only to the
Issuer for payment thereof and (ii) such moneys shall be so repaid to the
Issuer. Upon such repayment all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting
in any way any obligation that the Issuer may have to pay the principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on this Note as the same shall become due.
No provision of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto or
of the Senior Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto.
The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee may treat the holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto
as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note or
such coupon be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or the interest on this Note for any claim based hereon or on
any coupon appertaining hereto, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or
in respect of the Senior Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto,
against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Issuer or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Issuer or any successor corporation, whether by virtue
of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof,
expressly waived and released.
This Note and the coupons appertaining hereto shall for all
purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
As used herein:
(a) the term "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 or regulation
to close in The City of New York or in the City of London and (i) if
this Note bears interest calculated by reference to LIBOR, that is
also a London Banking Day, (ii) if this Note is denominated in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, Australian dollars or
ECUs, in the principal financial center of the country of the
Specified Currency, (iii) if this Note is denominated in Australian
dollars, in Sydney and (iv) if this Note is denominated in ECUs, that
is not a non-ECU clearing day, as determined by the ECU Banking
Association in Paris.
(b) the term "Market Exchange Rate" means the noon U.S. dollar
buying rate in The City of New York for wire transfers of the
Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof as certified for
customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
(c) the term "Notices" refers to notices to the holders of the
Notes and any coupons appertaining thereto to be given by publication
in an authorized newspaper in the English language and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and
London or, if publication in London is not practical, in an English
language newspaper with general circulation in Western Europe. Such
publication is expected to be made in The Wall Street Journal and the
Financial Times. Such Notices will be deemed to have been given on
the date of such publication, or if published in such newspapers on
different dates, on the date of the first such publication;
(d) the term "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and
(e) the term "United States Alien" means any person who, for
United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a
foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership, one or more of the
members of which is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien
individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or
trust.
All other terms used in this Note or the coupons appertaining
hereto which are defined in the Senior Indenture and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Senior Indenture.
OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the
Issuer to repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant
to its terms at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with
interest to the Optional Repayment Date, to the undersigned at
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is
to be repaid, specify the portion thereof which the holder elects to have
repaid: ; and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes
to be issued to the holder for the portion of the within Note not being repaid
(in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for
the portion not being repaid): .
Dated:___________________________________ ___________________________________
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
Definitive Floating Rate Senior Bearer Note
BEARER BEARER No. PGFL ____
[COMMERCIAL PAPER ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS MADE
UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BANKING ACT 1987.](1)
[A [SHORTER TERM/LONGER TERM] DEBT SECURITY ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH REGULATIONS MADE UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BANKING ACT
1987.](2)
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE
SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE
LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE UNITED STATES
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
IF APPLICABLE, THE "TOTAL AMOUNT OF OID," "ORIGINAL YIELD TO
MATURITY" AND "INITIAL ACCRUAL PERIOD OID" (COMPUTED UNDER THE APPROXIMATE
METHOD) SET FORTH BELOW HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF
APPLYING THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") RULES.
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF
JAPAN (WHICH TERM AS USED HEREIN MEANS ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN JAPAN INCLUDING
ANY CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN) OR TO
OTHERS FOR THE RE-OFFERING OR RE-SALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO
A RESIDENT OF JAPAN EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF, AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
LAW OF JAPAN AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF JAPAN.
IF THIS NOTE IS DENOMINATED IN JAPANESE YEN, IT SHALL HAVE A
MATURITY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND IT MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT IN JAPAN
PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 90 DAYS AFTER THE SETTLEMENT DATE WITH RESPECT TO
THIS NOTE. IF (i) INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE ARE DENOMINATED IN JAPANESE
YEN AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ARE DENOMINATED IN A CURRENCY OR CURRENCY UNIT
OTHER THAN JAPANESE YEN OR (ii) PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE ARE
DENOMINATED IN JAPANESE YEN AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE DENOMINATED IN A
CURRENCY OR CURRENCY UNIT OTHER THAN JAPANESE YEN, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT
OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 180 DAYS AFTER THE
SETTLEMENT DATE WITH RESPECT TO THIS NOTE.
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(1) Applies only if this Note is denominated in pounds sterling and
matures not more than one year from and including the Original Issue
Date.
(2) Applies only if this Note is denominated in pounds sterling and matures
more than one year from and including the Original Issue Date.
MORGAN STANLEY, DEAN WITTER, DISCOVER & CO.
SENIOR DEFINITIVE MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES [D/E] (Floating Rate)
Floating Rate Senior Note
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., a Delaware
corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to bearer, upon surrender hereof, the
principal amount of , on the Maturity Date specified above
(except to the extent previously redeemed or repaid) and to pay interest
thereon to the bearer of the coupons, if any, appertaining hereto, from and
including the Interest Accrual Date specified above at a rate per annum equal
to the Initial Interest Rate specified above until and excluding the Initial
Interest Reset Date specified above, and on and after at a rate per annum
determined in accordance with the provisions specified on the reverse hereof
until but excluding the date such principal amount is paid or duly made
available for payment. The Issuer will pay interest in arrears monthly,
quarterly, semiannually or annually as specified above as the Interest Payment
Period on each Interest Payment Date (as specified above), commencing with the
first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Interest Accrual Date
specified above, and on the Maturity Date specified above (or any redemption
or repayment date); provided, however, that if the Interest Accrual Date
occurs fifteen days or less prior to the first Interest Payment Date occurring
after the Interest Accrual Date, interest payments will commence on the second
Interest Payment Date succeeding the Interest Accrual Date; and provided,
further, that if an Interest Payment Date (other than the Maturity Date or
redemption or repayment date) would fall on a day that is not a Business Day,
as defined on the reverse hereof, such Interest Payment Date shall be the
following day that is a Business Day, except that if the Base Rate specified
above is LIBOR and such next Business Day falls in the next calendar month,
such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding day that is a
Business Day; and provided, further, that if the Maturity Date or redemption
or repayment date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment
of principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such Maturity Date or redemption or repayment date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including
the Interest Accrual Date, until but excluding the date the principal hereof
has been paid or duly made available for payment (except as provided below).
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will be payable only upon presentation and surrender at
the office or agency of the Principal Paying Agent (this and certain other
capitalized terms used herein are defined on the reverse of this Note) or at
the office or agency of such other paying agents outside the United States as
the Issuer may determine for that purpose (each, a "Paying Agent," which term
shall include the Principal Paying Agent) of the interest coupons hereto
attached as they severally mature.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on this Note,
at maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date) will be made upon
presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the
Principal Paying Agent or at the office of any Paying Agent.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on this Note will be made in the Specified Currency indicated above, except as
provided on the reverse hereof. If this Note is denominated in U.S. dollars,
any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note
will be made 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.
Such payments on this Note will be made either by a check mailed to an address
outside the United States furnished by the payee or, at the option of the
payee and subject to applicable laws and regulations and the procedures of the
Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States if
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the Paying Agent
not less than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that payment in U.S. dollars of
the full amount payable on this Note at the offices of all Paying Agents would
be illegal or effectively precluded as a result of exchange controls or
similar restrictions, payment on this Note will be made by a paying agency in
the United States, if such paying agency, under applicable law and
regulations, would be able to make such payment. If this Note is denominated
in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, then, except as provided on
the reverse hereof, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note will be made in such Specified Currency either by a
check drawn on a bank outside the United States or, at the option of the payee
and subject to applicable laws and regulations and the procedures of the
Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States.
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 at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
neither this Note nor any coupons appertaining hereto shall be entitled to any
benefit under the Senior Indenture, as defined on the reverse hereof, or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly
executed and coupons bearing the facsimile signature of its ___________ to be
annexed hereto.
DATED: MORGAN STANLEY, DEAN WITTER,
DISCOVER & CO.
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred
to in the within-mentioned
Senior Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior
Medium-Term Notes, Series [D/E], having maturities more than nine months from
the date of issue (the "Notes") of the Issuer. The Notes are issuable under a
Senior Indenture, dated as of April 15, 1989, as supplemented by a First
Supplemental Senior Indenture dated as of May 15, 1991 and a Second
Supplemental Senior Indenture dated as of April 15, 1996 between Morgan
Stanley Group Inc. (as predecessor of the Issuer) and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(formerly known as Chemical Bank), as Trustee (the "Trustee," which term
includes any successor trustee under the Senior Indenture) as further
supplemented by a Third Supplemental Senior Indenture dated as of June 1, 1997
between the Issuer and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the "Senior
Indenture"), to which Senior Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities of the Issuer, the Trustee and holders of the
Notes and any coupons appertaining thereto and the terms upon which the Notes
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Issuer has appointed The
Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Chemical Bank), London Branch, as its
principal paying agent for the Notes and the coupons appertaining hereto (the
"Principal Paying Agent," which term includes any additional or successor
Principal Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer). The terms of individual Notes
may vary with respect to interest rates, interest rate formulas, issue dates,
maturity dates, or otherwise, all as provided in the Senior Indenture. To the
extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Senior Indenture are hereby
incorporated by reference herein.
If this Note is denominated in pounds sterling, the Issuer
represents that it is not an authorized institution (for purposes of the
United Kingdom Banking Act 1987) nor a European authorized institution as
defined by Regulation 3 of the Banking Co-ordination (Second Council
Directive) Regulations 1992 and repayment of the principal of, and payment of
any interest or premium on, this Note has not been guaranteed, that it has
complied with its obligations under the listing rules of the London Stock
Exchange Limited (the "Rules") and that, since the last publication in
compliance with the Rules of information about it, it, having made all
reasonable inquiries, has not become aware of any change in circumstances
which could reasonably be regarded as significantly and adversely affecting
its ability to meet its obligations in respect of the Notes as they fall due.
Unless otherwise provided 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 and
except as set forth below, will not be redeemable or subject to repayment at
the option of the holder prior to maturity.
If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note may be
redeemed in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer on or after the
Initial Redemption Date specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth on
the face hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date
of redemption (except as provided below). If this Note is subject to "Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction," the Initial Redemption Percentage indicated
on the face hereof will be reduced on each anniversary of the Initial
Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified on the
face hereof until the redemption price of this Note is 100% of the principal
amount hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of
redemption (except as provided below). Notice of redemption shall be mailed to
the holders of the Notes designated for redemption who have filed their names
and addresses with the Principal Paying Agent, not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, subject to all the conditions
and provisions of the Senior Indenture. Notice of redemption to all other
holders of Notes shall be published in the manner set forth in "Notices" as
defined below, once in each of the three successive calendar weeks, the first
publication to be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date set
for redemption. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new
Note or Notes for the amount of the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued
upon the cancellation hereof. If redeemed prior to maturity, this Note must be
presented for payment together with all unmatured coupons, if any,
appertaining hereto, failing which the amount of any missing unmatured coupon
will be deducted from the sum due for payment; provided, however, that such
deduction may be waived by the Issuer and the Principal Paying Agent if there
is furnished to each of them such security or indemnity as they may require.
The Company will not be required (i) to exchange any Bearer
Note to be redeemed for a period of fifteen calendar days preceding the first
publication of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) to exchange any
Bearer Note selected for redemption or surrendered for optional repayment,
except that such Bearer Note may be exchanged for a Registered Note of like
tenor unless indicated otherwise on the face of this Note, provided that such
Registered Note shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption or
repayment, as the case may be.
If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note will be
subject to repayment at the option of the holder on the Optional Repayment
Date or Dates specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth herein. On
any Optional Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in whole or in part in
increments of $1,000 or, if this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency
other than U.S. dollars, in increments of 1,000 units of such Specified
Currency (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof shall not be
less than the minimum authorized denomination hereof) at the option of the
holder hereof at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid,
together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of repayment
(except as provided below). For this Note to be repaid at the option of the
holder hereof, the Principal Paying Agent must receive at its office in
London, at least 15 but not more than 30 days prior to the date of repayment,
(i) this Note, together with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, with
the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" below duly completed or (ii) a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a
national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States,
Western Europe or Japan setting forth the name of the holder of this Note, the
principal amount hereof, the certificate number of this Note or a description
of this Note's tenor and terms, the principal amount hereof to be repaid, a
statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a
guarantee that this Note, together with the form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" duly completed together with any unmatured coupons, will be
received by the Principal Paying Agent not later than the fifth Business Day
after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter;
provided, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall
only be effective if this Note, together with all unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto, and form duly completed are received by the Principal
Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day. Exercise of such repayment option by
the holder hereof shall be irrevocable.
This Note will bear interest at the rate determined in
accordance with the applicable provisions below by reference to the Base Rate
shown on the face hereof based on the Index Maturity, if any, shown on the
face hereof (i) plus or minus the Spread, if any, or (ii) multiplied by the
Spread Multiplier, if any, specified on the face hereof. Commencing with the
Initial Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which
interest on this Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date
(as used herein, the term "Interest Reset Date" shall include the Initial
Interest Reset Date). The determination of the rate of interest at which this
Note will be reset on any Interest Reset Date shall be made on the Interest
Determination Date (as defined below) pertaining to such Interest Reset Date.
The Interest Reset Dates will be the Interest Reset Dates specified on the
face hereof; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the
period from the Interest Accrual Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will
be the Initial Interest Rate. 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 day that is a Business Day, except that if the Base Rate
specified on the face hereof is LIBOR and such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next
preceding Business Day.
The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset
Date for Notes bearing interest calculated by reference to the CD Rate,
Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate and CMT Rate will be the
second Business Day next preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest
Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for Notes bearing
interest calculated by reference to LIBOR shall be the second London Banking
Day preceding such Interest Reset Date except that the Interest Determination
Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for a LIBOR Note for which the Index
Currency is pounds sterling will be such Interest Reset Date. As used herein,
"London Banking Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in the Index
Currency (as defined herein) are transacted in the London interbank market.
The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for Notes
bearing interest calculated by reference to the Treasury Rate shall be the day
of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills
normally would be auctioned; provided, however, that if as a result of a legal
holiday an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding such Interest
Reset Date, the related Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding
Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction shall fall on any Interest
Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business
Day following the date of such auction.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the "Calculation
Date" pertaining to an Interest Determination Date will 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 preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date (or, with
respect to any principal amount to be redeemed or repaid, any redemption or
repayment date), as the case may be.
Determination of CD Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
face hereof is the CD Rate, the CD Rate with respect to this Note shall be
determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate on such
date for negotiable 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(519), Selected Interest
Rates," or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System ("H.15(519)"), under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)," or,
if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date
pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate
on such Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of
the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof 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" (the "Composite Quotations") under
the heading "Certificates of Deposit." If such rate is not yet published in
either H.15(519) or the Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on such Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on such Interest Determination Date
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent referred to 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 Interest Determination Date for certificates
of deposit in an amount that is representative for a single transaction at
that time with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar
certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money
center banks of the highest credit standing in the market for negotiable
certificates of deposit; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as
aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above, the "CD
Rate" in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the CD Rate for
the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the
Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Base Rate
specified on the face hereof is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial
Paper Rate with respect to this Note shall be determined on each Interest
Determination Date and shall be the Money Market Yield (as defined herein) of
the rate on such date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified
on the face hereof, as such rate shall be published in H.15(519) under the
heading "Commercial Paper." In the event that such rate is not published by
9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such
Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money
Market Yield of the rate on such Interest Determination Date for commercial
paper of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in
Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial Paper." If by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on such Calculation Date, such rate is not yet available
in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, then the Commercial Paper Rate
shall 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 Interest Determination Date of
three leading dealers in commercial paper in The City of New York selected by
the Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof, placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or
the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however,
that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not
quoting offered rates as mentioned in this sentence, the "Commercial Paper
Rate" in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Commercial
Paper Rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there
was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall
be the Initial Interest Rate).
"Money Market Yield" shall be the yield calculated in
accordance with the following formula:
D x 360
Money Market Yield = ------------------ x 100
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable 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 Index Maturity specified on
the face hereof.
Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If the Base Rate specified
on the face hereof is the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate with
respect to this Note shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date
and shall be the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519)
under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)," or, if not so published by 9:00
A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest
Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If such rate is not yet published in either
H.15(519) or the Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal
Funds Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time,
on such Interest Determination Date, arranged by three leading brokers in
Federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent; provided, however, that if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above, the "Federal Funds Rate"
in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the Federal Funds Rate
for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the
Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of LIBOR. If the Base Rate specified on the face
hereof is LIBOR, LIBOR with respect to this Note shall be determined on each
Interest Determination Date as follows:
(i) As of the Interest Determination Date, the Calculation
Agent will determine (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified as the
Reporting Service on the face hereof, the arithmetic mean of the
offered rates (unless the specified 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 London interbank
market in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof, commencing on the second London Banking
Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, which
appear on the Designated LIBOR Page at approximately 11:00 A.M.,
London time, on such Interest Determination Date, if at least two such
offered rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is
required) on such Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified as the Reporting Service on the face hereof, the rate for
deposits in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity,
each as designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second London
Banking Day following such Interest Determination Date (or, if pounds
sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on such Interest
Determination Date), that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page at
approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination
Date. If fewer than two offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is
specified as the Reporting Service on the face hereof and calculation
of LIBOR is based on the arithmetic mean of the offered rates) or if
no rate appears (if the Reporting Service on the face hereof specifies
either (x) "LIBOR Reuters" and the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms
provides only for a single rate or (y) "LIBOR Telerate"), LIBOR in
respect of that Interest Determination Date will be determined as if
the parties had specified the rate described in (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified
as the Reporting Service on the face hereof and calculation of LIBOR
is based on the arithmetic mean of the offered rates) or no rate
appears (if the Reporting Service on the face hereof specifies either
(x) "LIBOR Reuters" and the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms
provides only for a single rate or (y) "LIBOR Telerate"), 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 Issuer), to
provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotations for deposits
in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified
on the face hereof, commencing on the second London Banking Day
immediately following such Interest Determination Date (or, if pounds
sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on such Interest
Determination Date), to prime banks in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination
Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than
U.S.$1 million (or the equivalent in the Index Currency if the Index
Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative of a single
transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time. If at
least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR
determined on such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic
mean of rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M. (or such other time
specified on the face hereof), in the applicable principal financial
center for the country of the Index Currency on such Interest
Determination Date, by three major banks in such principal financial
center selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the
Issuer) on such Interest Determination Date for loans in the Index
Currency to leading European banks, for the period of the Index
Maturity specified on the face hereof commencing on the second London
Banking Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date
(or, if pounds sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on such
Interest Determination Date) and in a principal amount of not less
than U.S.$1 million (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the
Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative of a
single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time;
provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as mentioned in this sentence,
"LIBOR" for such Interest Reset Period will be the same as LIBOR for
the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no
such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable on the LIBOR
Notes for which LIBOR is being determined shall be the Initial
Interest Rate). "Index Currency" means the currency (including
composite currencies) specified as Index Currency on the face hereof.
If no such currency is specified as Index Currency on the face hereof,
the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars. "Designated LIBOR Page"
means either (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is designated as the Reporting
Service on the face hereof, the display on the Reuters Monitor Money
Rates Service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates
of major banks for the applicable Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR
Telerate" is designated as the Reporting Service on the face hereof,
the display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service for the purpose of
displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the
applicable Index Currency. If neither LIBOR Reuters nor LIBOR
Telerate is specified as the Reporting Service on the face hereof,
LIBOR for the applicable Index Currency will be determined as if LIBOR
Telerate (and, if the U.S. dollar is the Index Currency, Page 3750)
had been specified.
Determination of Prime Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
face hereof is the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate with respect to this Note shall
be determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate set
forth in H.15(519) for such date opposite the caption "Bank Prime Loan." If
such rate is not yet published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Prime
Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates of interest publicly announced by each bank named on the Reuters Screen
USPRIME 1 Page (as defined below) as such bank's prime rate or base lending
rate as in effect for such Interest Determination Date as quoted on the
Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page on such Interest Determination Date, or, if
fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIME 1 Page for
such Interest Determination Date, the rate shall be the arithmetic mean of the
prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year
divided by 360 as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date
by at least two of the three major money center banks in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent from which quotations are requested. If
fewer than two quotations are provided, the Prime Rate shall be calculated by
the Calculation Agent and shall be determined as the arithmetic mean on the
basis of the prime rates in The City of New York by the appropriate number of
substitute banks or trust companies organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States, or any State thereof, in each case having total
equity capital of at least U.S. $500 million and being subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority, selected by the Calculation
Agent to quote such rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks or
trust companies selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting
rates as set forth above, the "Prime Rate" in effect for such Interest Reset
Period will be the same as the Prime Rate for the immediately preceding
Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the
rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
"Reuters Screen US PRIME1 Page" means the display designated as
Page "US PRIME1" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other
page as may replace the US PRIME1 Page on that service for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks).
Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Base Rate specified on
the face hereof is the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate with respect to this
Note shall be determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the
rate for the auction held on such date of direct obligations of the United
States ("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the face
hereof, as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury Bills--auction
average (investment)," or if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date,
the auction average rate on such Interest Determination Date (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 specified on the face hereof are not
published or reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date or if no such auction is held on such Interest
Determination Date, then the Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall 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) calculated using the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time,
on such Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States
government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue
of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity
specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the dealers selected
as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting bid rates as mentioned
in this sentence, the "Treasury Rate" for such Interest Reset Date will be the
same as the Treasury Rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period
(or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable
hereon shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
Determination of CMT Rate. If the Base Rate specified on the
face hereof is the CMT Rate, the CMT Rate with respect to this Note shall be
determined on each Interest Determination Date and shall be the rate displayed
for the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof on the Designated CMT
Telerate Page (as defined below) under the caption ". . . Treasury Constant
Maturities . . . Federal Reserve Board Release H.15" 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 Interest Determination Date and (ii)
if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week or the month, as
applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related Interest
Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant
page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such 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 if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such 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 Interest Determination Date with respect to the related 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 for the 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 the Interest
Determination Date reported, according to their written records, by three
leading primary United States government securities dealers (each a "Reference
Dealer") in The City of New York (which may include the affiliates of the
Issuer or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with
the Issuer, and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of
equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation(or, in the event of
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
remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index
minus one year. If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury
Notes quotations, the CMT Rate for such 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 offer side prices as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the 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 Issuer, and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of
equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of
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 $100,000,000. 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 not the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated;
provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the
Calculation Agent are quoting as described herein, the CMT Rate for such
Interest Reset Date will be the same as the CMT Rate for the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset
Period, the rate of interest payable hereon shall be the Initial Interest
Rate). 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 quotes for the Treasury Note with the
shorter remaining term to maturity will be used.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow
Jones Telerate Service 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 no such page is
specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052,
for the most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" shall be the original period to
maturity of the U.S. Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30
years) specified on the face hereof with respect to which the CMT Rate will be
calculated. If no such maturity is specified on the face hereof, the
designated CMT Maturity Index shall be two years.
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, specified on the face hereof. The Calculation
Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon in accordance with the
foregoing on or before each Calculation Date. The interest rate on this Note
will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as
the same may be modified by United States Federal law of general application.
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 of the next
Interest Reset Date.
Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to
but excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the Maturity Date (or any earlier
redemption or repayment date), as the case may be. Accrued interest hereon
shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the principal amount by an
accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by
adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the period for which
interest is being paid. Unless otherwise specified 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 Base Rate is CD Rate, Commercial
Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate or LIBOR, as specified on the face
hereof, or by the actual number of days in the year if the Base Rate is the
Treasury Rate or the CMT Rate, as specified on the face hereof. All
percentages resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest on this
Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point (.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point
rounded upward, and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such
calculation on this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half
cent rounded upward). The interest rate in effect on any Interest Reset Date
will be the applicable rate as reset on such date. The interest rate
applicable to any other day is the interest rate from the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Date (or, if none, the Initial Interest Rate).
This Note and the coupons appertaining hereto and all the
obligations of the Issuer hereunder are direct, unsecured obligations of the
Issuer and rank without preference or priority among themselves and pari passu
with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness
of the Issuer, subject to certain statutory exceptions in the event of
liquidation upon insolvency.
This Note is issued in definitive bearer form with coupons
attached (a "Definitive Bearer Note") and, unless otherwise indicated on the
face hereof, is issuable only in the minimum denominations set forth on the
face hereof or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of
1,000 units of the Specified Currency set forth on the face hereof.
This Note and the coupons appertaining hereto may be
transferred by delivery. At the option of the holder of this Note, and subject
to the terms of the Senior Indenture, this Note (with all unmatured coupons,
and all matured coupons, if any, in default appertaining hereto) will be
exchanged for two or more Definitive Bearer Notes (if this Note is issuable in
more than one authorized denomination) or for a Registered Note, in each case,
of any authorized denomination of like tenor and in an equal aggregate
principal amount, in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Indenture,
at the office of the Trustee in The City of New York (which initially has been
appointed registrar and transfer agent for the Notes) or at the office of the
Principal Paying Agent in London (which initially has been appointed transfer
agent for the Notes), or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the
Issuer for such purpose. If this Note is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Note after the close of business at any such office on any record
date (whether or not a Business Day) for the payment of interest on such
Registered Note and before the opening of business at such office on the
relevant Interest Payment Date, this Note shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. All such exchanges of Notes and
coupons will be free of service charge, but the Issuer may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith. None of the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall be required to exchange this Note for a Registered
Note if such exchange would result in adverse United States Federal income tax
consequences to the Issuer under then applicable United States federal income
tax laws.
The date of any Registered Note delivered upon any exchange of
this Note shall be such that no gain or loss of interest results from such
exchange.
In case this Note or any coupons appertaining thereto shall at
any time become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen and such
Note or coupon or evidence of the loss, theft or destruction thereof (together
with the indemnity hereinafter referred to and such other documents or proof
as may be required in the premises) shall be delivered to the Trustee, a new
Note of like tenor will be issued by the Issuer in exchange for the Note so
mutilated or defaced, or in lieu of the Note so destroyed or lost or stolen,
with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the Note so
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, or in exchange for the Note to
which such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertained,
with coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the coupons so mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, but, in the case of any destroyed or lost
or stolen Note or coupon, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Issuer that such Note or coupon was destroyed or lost or
stolen and, if required, upon receipt also of indemnity satisfactory to each
of them. All expenses and reasonable charges associated with procuring such
indemnity and with the preparation, authentication and delivery of a new Note
and coupons shall be borne by the owner of the Note or the coupons mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen.
The Senior Indenture provides that, (a) if an Event of Default
(as defined in the Senior Indenture) due to the default in payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any series of debt securities
issued under the Senior Indenture, including the series of Senior Medium-Term
Notes of which this Note forms a part, or due to the default in the
performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer
applicable to the debt securities of such series but not applicable to all
outstanding debt securities issued under the Senior Indenture shall have
occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than
25% in principal amount of the debt securities of each affected series (voting
as a single class) may then declare the principal of all debt securities of
all such series and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately
and (b) if an Event of Default due to a default in the performance of any
other of the covenants or agreements in the Senior Indenture applicable to all
outstanding debt securities issued thereunder, including this Note, or due to
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Issuer,
shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of all debt securities issued under the
Senior Indenture then outstanding (treated as one class) may declare the
principal of all such debt securities and interest accrued thereon to be due
and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declarations may be
annulled and past defaults may be waived (except a continuing default in
payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such debt securities)
by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of all
affected series then outstanding.
This Note may be redeemed, as a whole, at the option of the
Issuer at any time prior to maturity, upon the giving of a notice of
redemption as described below, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount hereof, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption, if the Issuer determines that, as a result of any change in or
amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder)
of the United States or of any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in official position
regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or
rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Original
Issue Date hereof, the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts (as defined below) with respect to this Note as described below. Prior
to the giving of any Notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the
Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (i) a certificate stating that the Issuer
is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts
showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to so redeem
have occurred, and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee to such effect based on such statement of facts; provided that no such
notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest
date on which the Issuer would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts if
a payment in respect of this Note were then due.
Notice of redemption will be given not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, which date and the
applicable redemption price will be specified in the Notice.
If the Issuer shall determine that any payment made outside the
United States by the Issuer or any Paying Agent of principal, premium or
interest due in respect of this Note or any coupons appertaining thereto
would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States, be
subject to any certification, identification or other information reporting
requirement of any kind, the effect of which is the disclosure to the Issuer,
any Paying Agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence
or identity of a beneficial owner of this Note or any coupons appertaining
thereto who is a United States Alien (as defined below) (other than such a
requirement (a) that would not be applicable to a payment made by the Issuer
or any Paying Agent (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to a
custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b) that can be
satisfied by such custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect
that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided that in each
case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) payment by such custodian, nominee
or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such
requirement), the Issuer shall redeem this Note, as a whole, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption, or, at the election of the Issuer
if the conditions of the next succeeding paragraph are satisfied, pay the
additional amounts specified in such paragraph. The Issuer shall make such
determination and election as soon as practicable, shall promptly notify the
Trustee thereof and shall publish prompt notice thereof (the "Determination
Notice") stating the effective date of such certification, identification or
other information reporting requirements, whether the Issuer will redeem this
Note or has elected to pay the additional amounts specified in the next
succeeding paragraph, and (if applicable) the last date by which the
redemption of this Note must take place, as provided in the next succeeding
sentence. If the Issuer redeems this Note, such redemption shall take place on
such date, not later than one year after the publication of the Determination
Notice, as the Issuer shall elect by notice to the Trustee at least 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption. Notice of such redemption of this Note
will be given to the holder of this Note not more than 60 nor less than 30
days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Such redemption notice shall
include a statement as to the last date by which this Note to be redeemed may
be exchanged for Registered Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer
shall not so redeem this Note if the Issuer shall subsequently determine, not
less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, that subsequent
payments would not be subject to any such certification, identification or
other information reporting requirement, in which case the Issuer shall
publish prompt notice of such determination and any earlier redemption notice
shall be revoked and of no further effect. The right of the holder of this
Note to exchange this Note for Registered Notes pursuant to the provisions of
this paragraph will terminate at the close of business of the Principal Paying
Agent on the fifteenth day prior to the date fixed for redemption, and no
further exchanges of this Note for Registered Notes shall be permitted.
If and so long as the certification, identification or other
information reporting requirements referred to in the preceding paragraph
would be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding tax or similar
charge, the Issuer may elect by notice to the Trustee to pay as additional
amounts such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made
outside the United States following the effective date of such requirements by
the Issuer or any Paying Agent of principal, premium or interest due in
respect of this Note or any coupons appertaining thereto of which the
beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that
the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed
to the Issuer, any Paying Agent or any governmental authority, with respect to
the payment of such additional amounts), after deduction or withholding for or
on account of such backup withholding tax or similar charge (other than a
backup withholding tax or similar charge that (i) would not be applicable in
the circumstances referred to in the second parenthetical clause of the first
sentence of the preceding paragraph, or (ii) is imposed as a result of
presentation of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto for payment more
than 15 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and payable or
on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later), will
not be less than the amount provided for in this Note or any coupons
appertaining hereto to be then due and payable. In the event the Issuer elects
to pay any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall
have the right to redeem this Note as a whole at any time pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph and the
redemption price of this Note will not be reduced for applicable withholding
taxes. If the Issuer elects to pay additional amounts pursuant to this
paragraph and the condition specified in the first sentence of this paragraph
should no longer be satisfied, then the Issuer will redeem this Note as a
whole, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the immediately preceding
paragraph.
The Issuer will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations
set forth below, pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") to the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto who is a United States
Alien as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of
and interest on this Note and any other amounts payable on this Note, after
withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United
States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein),
will not be less than the amount provided for in this Note or in any such
coupon appertaining hereto to be then due and payable. The Issuer will not,
however, be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts to any such
holder for or on account of:
(a) any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge that
would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any
present or former connection between such holder (or between a
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such holder,
if such holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership or a corporation)
and the United States, including, without limitation, such holder (or
such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or
having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been
engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having
had, a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation by the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto for payment on
a date more than 15 days after the date on which such payment became
due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided
for, whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal
property tax or any similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as a personal holding
company or foreign personal holding company or controlled foreign
corporation or passive foreign investment company with respect to the
United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid
United States federal income tax or as a private foundation or other
tax-exempt organization;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is
payable otherwise than by withholding from payments on or in respect
of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required
to be withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of, or
interest on, this Note, if such payment can be made without such
withholding by any other Paying Agent in a city in Western Europe;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would
not have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification,
information or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality,
residence or identity of the holder or beneficial owner of this Note
or any coupons appertaining hereto, if such compliance is required by
statute or by regulation of the United States or of any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition
to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as the actual or
constructive owner of 10% or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock entitled to vote of the Issuer or as a direct
or indirect subsidiary of the Issuer; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or
(g);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment on this Note
or any coupons appertaining thereto to a United States Alien who is a
fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such
payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the
United States (or any political subdivision thereof) to be included in the
income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such
fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would
not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary,
settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of this Note or any
coupons appertaining hereto.
The Senior Indenture permits the Issuer and the Trustee, with
the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the debt securities of all series issued under the Senior Indenture
then outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to execute supplemental
indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner the rights of
the holders of debt securities of each series or of the coupons appertaining
thereto so affected; provided that the Issuer and the Trustee may not, without
the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby,
(a) extend the final maturity of any such debt security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or repayment
thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof, or impair or affect the
rights of any holder to institute suit for the payment thereof without the
consent of the holder of each debt security so affected; or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage in principal amount of debt securities the consent of the
holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture.
Except as set forth below, if the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, this Note is payable in a Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency is not available to the Issuer for
making payments hereon due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Issuer or is no longer used by the
government of the country issuing such currency or for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions within the international banking
community, then the Issuer will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto by making such payments
in U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) on
the date of such payment or, if the Market Exchange Rate is not available on
such date, as of the most recent practicable date; provided, however, that if
such Specified Currency is replaced by a single European currency (expected to
be named the Euro), the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on any Note denominated in such currency shall be effected in the new single
European currency in conformity with legally applicable measures taken
pursuant to, or by virtue of, the treaty establishing the European Community
(the "EC"), as amended by the treaty on European Union (as so amended, the
"Treaty"). Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the
required payment is in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars (or, if
applicable, such new single European currency, will not constitute an Event of
Default.
If the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, this Note
is payable in ECUs, then with respect to each due date for any such payment on
or after the first business day in Brussels on which the ECU ceases to be used
as the unit of account of the EC and has not become a currency in its own
right, replacing all or some of the currencies of the member States of the EC,
the Issuer shall choose a substitute currency (the "Chosen Currency") which
may be any currency which was, on the last day on which the ECU was used as
the unit of account of the EC, a component currency of the ECU basket or U.S.
dollars, in which all such payments due on or after that date with respect to
this Note shall be made. Notice of the Chosen Currency so selected shall,
where practicable, be published in the manner described in "Notices" below.
The amount of each payment in such Chosen Currency shall be computed on the
basis of the equivalent of the ECU in that currency, determined as described
below, as of the fourth business day in Brussels prior to the date on which
such payment is due.
If the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, this Note
is payable in ECUs, then on the first business day in Brussels on which the
ECU ceases to be used as the unit of account of the EC and has not become a
currency in its own right, replacing all or some of the currencies of the
member states of the EC, the Issuer shall choose a Chosen Currency in which
all such payments with respect to this Note having a due date prior thereto
but not yet presented for payment are to be made. The amount of each payment
in such Chosen Currency shall be computed on the basis of the equivalent of
the ECU in that currency, determined as described below, as of such first
business day.
The equivalent of the ECU in the relevant Chosen Currency as of
any date (the "Day of Valuation") shall be determined on the following basis
by, or on behalf of, an Exchange Rate Agent appointed by the Issuer. The
amounts and components composing the ECU for this purpose (the "Components")
shall be the amounts and components composing the ECU as of the last date on
which the ECU was used as the unit of account of the EC. The equivalent of the
ECU in the Chosen Currency shall be calculated by, first, aggregating the U.S.
dollar equivalents of the Components; and then, in the case of a Chosen
Currency other than U.S. dollars, using the rate used for determining the U.S.
dollar equivalent of the Components in the Chosen Currency as set forth below,
calculating the equivalent in the Chosen Currency of such aggregate amount in
U.S. dollars.
The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Components shall be
determined by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the
middle spot delivery quotations prevailing at 2:30 P.M., Brussels time, on the
Day of Valuation, as obtained by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent
from one or more major banks, as selected by the Issuer, in the country of
issue of the component currency in question.
If for any reason no direct quotations are available for a
Component as of a Day of Valuation from any of the banks selected for this
purpose, in computing the U.S. dollar equivalent of such Component, the
Exchange Rate Agent shall (except as provided below) use the most recent direct
quotations for such Component obtained by it or on its behalf; provided that
such quotations were prevailing not more than two Business Days before such
Day of Valuation. If such most recent quotations were so prevailing in the
country of issue more than two Business Days before such Day of Valuation, the
Exchange Rate Agent shall determine the U.S. dollar equivalent of such
Component on the basis of cross rates derived from the middle spot delivery
quotations for such component currency and for the U.S. dollar prevailing at
2:30 P.M., Brussels time, on such Day of Valuation, as obtained by, or on
behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent from one or more major banks, as selected
by the Issuer, in a country other than the country of issue of such component
currency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Exchange Rate Agent shall
determine the U.S. dollar equivalent of such Component on the basis of such
cross rates if the Issuer or such agent judges that the equivalent so
calculated is more representative than the U.S. dollar equivalent calculated
as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph. Unless otherwise
specified by the Issuer, if there is more than one market for dealing in any
component currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations or for any other
reason, the market to be referred to in respect of such currency shall be that
upon which a non-resident issuer of notes denominated in such currency would
purchase such currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
Payments in the Chosen Currency will be made at the specified
office of a paying agent in the country of the Chosen Currency, or, if none,
or at the option of the holder, at the specified office of any Paying Agent
either by a check drawn on, or by transfer to an account maintained by the
holder with, a bank in the principal financial center of the country of the
Chosen Currency; provided that if U.S. dollars is the Chosen Currency payments
shall be made in accordance with the provisions for payments in U.S. dollars
on the face hereof.
All determinations referred to above made by, or on behalf of,
the Issuer or by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at such
entity's sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on holders of this Note.
So long as this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto shall
be outstanding, the Issuer will cause to be maintained an office or agency for
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note
and the coupons appertaining hereto as herein provided. The Paying Agents
initially designated by the Issuer are listed on the reverse of each coupon
appertaining thereto. If this Note is listed on the London Stock Exchange
Limited and such Exchange so requires, the Issuer shall maintain a Paying
Agent in London. The Issuer may designate other agencies for the payment of
said principal, premium and interest at such place or places outside the
United States (subject to applicable laws and regulations) as the Issuer may
decide. So long as there shall be such an agency, the Issuer shall keep the
Trustee advised of the names and locations of such agencies, if any are so
designated.
With respect to moneys paid by the Issuer and held by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent for payment of the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Notes or coupons appertaining thereto that remain
unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, interest or premium
shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or upon call for
redemption or otherwise), (i) the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall notify
the holders of such Notes and coupons that such moneys shall be repaid to the
Issuer and any person claiming such moneys shall thereafter look only to the
Issuer for payment thereof and (ii) such moneys shall be so repaid to the
Issuer. Upon such repayment all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting
in any way any obligation that the Issuer may have to pay the principal of or
interest or premium, if any, on this Note as the same shall become due.
No provision of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto or
of the Senior Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the
holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto.
The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee may treat the holder of this Note or any coupons appertaining hereto
as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note or
such coupon be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or the interest on this Note for any claim based hereon or on
any coupon appertaining hereto, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or
in respect of the Senior Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto,
against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Issuer or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Issuer or any successor corporation, whether by virtue
of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof,
expressly waived and released.
This Note and the coupons appertaining hereto shall for all
purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
As used herein:
(a) the term "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 or regulation
to close in The City of New York or in the City of London and (i) if
this Note bears interest calculated by reference to LIBOR, that is
also a London Banking Day, (ii) if this Note is denominated in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, Australian dollars or
ECUs, in the principal financial center of the country of the
Specified Currency, (iii) if this Note is denominated in Australian
dollars, in Sydney and (iv) if this Note is denominated in ECUs, that
is not a non-ECU clearing day, as determined by the ECU Banking
Association in Paris.
(b) the term "Market Exchange Rate" means the noon U.S. dollar
buying rate in The City of New York for wire transfers of the
Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof as certified for
customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
(c) the term "Notices" refers to notices to the holders of the
Notes and any coupons appertaining thereto to be given by publication
in an authorized newspaper in the English language and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and
London or, if publication in London is not practical, in an English
language newspaper with general circulation in Western Europe. Such
publication is expected to be made in The Wall Street Journal and the
Financial Times. Such Notices will be deemed to have been given on
the date of such publication, or if published in such newspapers on
different dates, on the date of the first such publication;
(d) the term "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and
(e) the term "United States Alien" means any person who, for
United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a
foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership, one or more of the
members of which is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien
individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or
trust.
All other terms used in this Note or the coupons appertaining
hereto which are defined in the Senior Indenture and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Senior Indenture.
OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the
Issuer to repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant
to its terms at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with
interest to the Optional Repayment Date, to the undersigned at
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is
to be repaid, specify the portion thereof which the holder elects to have
repaid: ; and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes
to be issued to the holder for the portion of the within Note not being repaid
(in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for
the portion not being repaid): .
Dated:___________________________________ ___________________________________