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Exhibit
4(b)
WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
Series Terms
Certificate
Pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Indenture
Relating to 6.200%
Notes Due 2038
Pursuant to Section 3.01
of the Indenture, dated as of July 19, 2005, as amended and
supplemented (the “Indenture”), made between Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the
“Trustee”), Charles M. Holley, Jr., Executive Vice
President, Finance and Treasurer of the Company (the
“Certifying Authorized Officer”), hereby certifies as
follows, and Anthony D. George, Associate General Counsel, Finance
and Assistant Secretary of the Company, attests to the following
certification. Any capitalized term used herein shall have the
definition ascribed to that term as set forth in the Indenture
unless otherwise defined herein.
A. This certificate is a
Series Terms Certificate contemplated by Section 3.01 of the
Indenture and is being executed to evidence the establishment and
approval of the terms and conditions of the Series that was
established pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture by means
of a Unanimous Written Consent of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Company, dated April 7, 2008 (the
“Series Consent”), which Series is designated as the
“6.200% Notes Due 2038” (the “2038
Series”), by the Certifying Authorized Officer pursuant to
the grant of authority under the terms of the Series
Consent.
B. Each of the undersigned
has read the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 1.02
and 3.01 and the definitions relating thereto, and the resolutions
adopted in the Series Consent. In the opinion of the undersigned,
the undersigned have made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion
as to whether or not all conditions precedent provided for in the
Indenture relating to the execution and delivery by the Trustee of
the Indenture, to the creation, establishment and approval of the
title, the form and the terms of a Series under the Indenture, and
to the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of promissory
notes of a Series, have been complied with. In the opinion of the
undersigned, (i) all such conditions precedent have been
complied with and (ii) there are no Events of Default, or
events which, with the passage of time, would become an Event of
Default under the Indenture that have occurred and are continuing
at the date of this certificate.
C. Pursuant to the Series
Consent, the Company is authorized to issue initially
$2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of promissory notes of
the 2038 Series and the other promissory notes of the other series
of notes established by the Series Consent. A copy of the Series
Consent is attached hereto as Annex A . Any promissory notes
that the Company issues that are a part of the 2038 Series (the
“2038 Notes”) shall be issued in registered book entry
form and shall be represented by a global security substantially in
the form attached hereto as Annex B (the “Form of 2038
Note”). Acting pursuant to authority delegated to them
pursuant to the Series Consent, the Executive Vice President,
Finance and Treasurer and the Senior Vice President, Corporate
Finance, of the Company have approved and set the aggregate
principal amount of the 2038 Notes initially to be issued (the
“Initial 2038 Notes”) to be $1,500,000,000, by
executing the Note Issuance Approval, dated as of April 8,
2008, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex C
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D. Pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Indenture, the terms and conditions of the
2038 Series and the promissory notes forming a part of the 2038
Series, including the 2038 Notes, are established and approved to
be the following:
The Series established by the
Series Consent is designated as the “6.200% Notes Due
2038”.
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Aggregate Principal Amount : |
The 2038 Series is not
limited as to the aggregate principal amount of all the promissory
notes of the 2038 Series that the Company may issue. The Company is
issuing initially 2038 Notes that have an aggregate original
principal amount of $1,500,000,000.
Final maturity of the 2038
Notes will be April 15, 2038.
The 2038 Notes will bear
interest at the rate of 6.200% per annum, which interest shall
commence accruing from and including April 15, 2008.
Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 4(a) of the Form of
2038 Note), if any, will also be payable on the 2038
Notes.
Interest will be payable on
the 2038 Notes semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and
October 15 of each year, commencing on October 15, 2008,
to the person or persons in whose name or names the 2038 Notes are
registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding
April 1 or October 1, as the case may be. Interest on the
2038 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The principal and interest
payable with respect to the 2038 Notes shall be payable in United
States dollars.
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All payments of principal of,
any Tax Redemption Price with respect to, and interest on, the 2038
Notes shall be made as set forth in Section 5 of the Form of
2038 Note.
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Optional Redemption Features : |
The Company may redeem the
2038 Notes upon the occurrence of certain tax events as set forth
in Section 4(b) of the Form of 2038 Note.
There is no sinking fund with
respect to the 2038 Notes.
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Special Redemption Features, etc. : |
None.
$2,000 and integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof for the 2038 Notes.
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10. |
Principal Repayment : |
100% of the principal amount
of the 2038 Notes.
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11. |
Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent : |
The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A. will be the registrar, paying agent and transfer
agent for the 2038 Notes.
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Payment of Additional Amounts: |
The Company shall pay
additional amounts as set forth under Section 4(a) of the Form
of 2038 Note.
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Book-Entry Procedures : |
The 2038 Notes shall be
issued in the form of global notes registered in the name of
Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company,
and will be issued in certificated form only in limited
circumstances, in each case, as set forth under Sections 11
and 12 of the Form of 2038 Note. The Initial 2038 Notes shall be
initially issued in the form of three such global notes in the
principal amount of $500,000,000 each.
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Sections 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Form of 2038 Note attached
hereto as Annex B shall also apply to the 2038 Notes.
The 2038 Notes will not have
any terms or conditions of the type contemplated by clause (ii),
(iii), (vi), (vii), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xvi), (xvii),
(xix) or (xx) of Section 3.01 of the
Indenture.
E. The 2038 Notes will be
issued pursuant to and governed by the Indenture. To the extent
that the Indenture’s terms apply to the 2038 Notes
specifically or apply to the terms of all Securities of all Series
established pursuant to and governed by the Indenture, such terms
shall apply to the 2038 Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has hereunto executed this Certificate as of
April 15, 2008.
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/s/ Charles M. Holley,
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Vice President, Finance and Treasurer |
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/s/ Anthony D.
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ANNEX A
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ACTION
IN LIEU OF SPECIAL
MEETING
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF
THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
OF WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
April 7,
2008
The undersigned, being all of
the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), do hereby consent to the adoption of the
following resolutions in accordance with the provisions of
Section 141(f) of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware:
WHEREAS , the Company
has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
promulgated thereunder, the offer and sale in one or more offerings
of an indeterminate amount of its debt securities, which debt
securities are to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Indenture,
dated as of July 19, 2005, between the Company and The Bank of
New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as
trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), as supplemented by
the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1,
2006, between the Company and the Trustee (the
“Indenture”); and
WHEREAS , the Company
desires to issue and sell in an underwritten public offering (the
“Offering”) pursuant to the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-130569) the Company’s debt securities having an
aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000,000 or such lesser
aggregate principal amount as shall be approved by the Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the
Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of the Company
(such amount, the “Authorized Principal Amount”); it
is
RESOLVED , that a
series of senior, unsecured promissory notes of the Company in an
initial aggregate principal amount to be determined, in the manner
described in and subject to the limitations contained in these
resolutions, by the Authorized Officers (as defined below), that
shall mature on or about the fifth anniversary of the date of
issuance of such promissory notes and otherwise having the terms
established as provided in these resolutions (the “Series
2013 Notes”) shall be, and it hereby is, created, established
and authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture; and
RESOLVED , that a
series of senior, unsecured promissory notes of the Company in an
initial aggregate principal amount to be determined, in the manner
described in and subject to the limitations contained in these
resolutions, by the Authorized Officers, that shall mature on or
about the tenth anniversary of the date of issuance of such
promissory notes and otherwise having the terms established as
provided in these resolutions (the “Series 2018 Notes”)
shall be, and it hereby is, created, established and authorized for
issuance and sale pursuant to the terms of the Indenture;
and
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RESOLVED , that a
series of senior, unsecured promissory notes of the Company in an
initial aggregate principal amount to be determined, in the manner
described in and subject to the limitations contained in these
resolutions, by the Authorized Officers, that shall mature on or
about the thirtieth anniversary of the date of issuance of such
promissory notes and otherwise having the terms established as
provided in these resolutions (the “Series 2038 Notes”
and, collectively with the Series 2013 Notes and the Series 2018
Notes, the “April 2008 Notes”) shall be, and it hereby
is, created, established and authorized for issuance and sale
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; and
RESOLVED , that each
series of the April 2008 Notes shall have such terms, including the
rate at which interest will accrue on the Promissory Notes (as
defined below) of such series of April 2008 Notes and the maturity
date thereof, and shall be in such form as shall be established and
approved by one or more of the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice Chairman, the Chief Financial
Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President,
any Vice President, the Controller and the Treasurer of the Company
(each an “Authorized Officer”) in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01 of the Indenture pursuant to the
authority granted by these resolutions, which approval will be
conclusively evidenced by that Authorized Officer’s or those
Authorized Officers’ execution of a Series Terms Certificate
(as defined in the Indenture) with respect to such series of April
2008 Notes; and
RESOLVED , that the
Authorized Officers shall be, and each of them hereby is,
authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Company, to establish
and to approve the terms and conditions of each series of the April
2008 Notes, to set the aggregate principal amount of the promissory
notes of each series of the April 2008 Notes to be issued and sold
in the Offering, to determine that no promissory notes of a
particular series of the April 2008 Notes will be issued and sold,
and to approve the form, terms and conditions of the promissory
notes (including the global promissory notes) representing the
promissory notes of each series of the April 2008 Notes to be
issued and sold (the “Promissory Notes”);
and
RESOLVED , that the
Authorized Officers shall be, and each of them hereby is,
authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Company, to execute
Promissory Notes for each series of April 2008 Notes having an
aggregate principal amount to be determined to be for sale in the
Offering by one or more Authorized Officers pursuant to the
authority delegated hereby, all as provided in the Indenture, and
to deliver those Promissory Notes to the Indenture Trustee for
authentication and delivery in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture; provided that the aggregate principal amount of
April 2008 Notes issued pursuant to the authority granted by these
resolutions for all such series shall not exceed $2,500,000,000;
and
RESOLVED , that the
Indenture Trustee shall be, and it hereby is, authorized and
directed to authenticate and deliver Promissory Notes relating to
the Series 2013 Notes to or upon the written order of the Company
in an aggregate principal amount determined by the Authorized
Officers, as provided in the Indenture; and
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RESOLVED , that the
Indenture Trustee shall be, and it hereby is, authorized and
directed to authenticate and deliver Promissory Notes relating to
the Series 2018 Notes to or upon the written order of the Company
in an aggregate principal amount determined by the Authorized
Officers, as provided in the Indenture; and
RESOLVED , that the
Indenture Trustee shall be, and it hereby is, authorized and
directed to authenticate and deliver Promissory Notes relating to
the Series 2038 Notes to or upon the written order of the Company
in an aggregate principal amount determined by the Authorized
Officers, as provided in the Indenture; and
RESOLVED , that the
Company shall be, and it hereby is, authorized to perform its
obligations under the Promissory Notes issued and sold by the
Company and its obligations under the Indenture, as those
obligations relate to those Promissory Notes; and
RESOLVED , that the
Company shall be, and it hereby is, authorized to enter into,
execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, and each
Authorized Officer is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on
behalf of the Company, a Pricing Agreement and an Underwriting
Agreement (collectively, the “Underwriting Agreement”)
between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and any other underwriters named
therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), providing
for the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters of
Promissory Notes having an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$2,500,000,000, which aggregate principal amount of all Promissory
Notes of all series of the April 2008 Notes to be issued and sold
and the aggregate principal amount of the Promissory Notes of each
series of the April 2008 Notes to be issued and sold shall be
determined by one or more Authorized Officers, such determination
to be evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Underwriting
Agreement by an Authorized Officer on behalf of the Company and any
other agreements necessary to effectuate the intent of these
resolutions, the Underwriting Agreement and any other such
agreements to be in the forms and to contain the terms, including
the price to be paid to the Company by the Underwriter for the
Promissory Notes of each series of April 2008 Notes being purchased
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, and conditions as the
Authorized Officer executing the same approves, such approval to be
conclusively evidenced by that Authorized Officer’s execution
and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement or other agreement;
and
RESOLVED , that the
Company shall be, and it hereby is, authorized to sell the
Promissory Notes to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement at the price or prices set forth in, and pursuant to the
other terms and conditions of, the Underwriting Agreement;
and
RESOLVED , that the
Company shall be, and it hereby is, authorized to issue one or more
global notes to represent the Promissory Notes of each series of
April 2008 Notes authorized and to be issued and sold in accordance
with these resolutions and not otherwise issue the Promissory Notes
of any series of April 2008 Notes in definitive form, which global
notes shall be in such form as the Authorized Officer executing the
same shall approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by
that Authorized Officer’s execution and delivery of such
global notes, and to permit each global note representing
Promissory Notes to be registered in the name of a nominee of The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and beneficial
interests in the global notes representing the Promissory Notes to
be otherwise shown on, and transfers of such beneficial interests
effected through, records maintained by DTC and its participants;
and
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RESOLVED , that the
signatures of the Authorized Officers executing any Promissory Note
may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future Authorized Officers and may be imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon, and any such facsimile signature shall be
binding upon the Company, notwithstanding the fact that at the time
the Promissory Notes are authenticated and delivered and disposed
of, the person signing the facsimile signature shall have ceased to
be an Authorized Officer; and
RESOLVED , that,
without in any way limiting the authority heretofore granted to any
Authorized Officer, the Authorized Officers shall be, and each of
them singly is, authorized and empowered to do and perform all such
acts and things and to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of
the Company, any and all agreements, documents and instruments and
to take any and all such actions as they may deem necessary,
desirable or proper in order to carry out the intent and purpose of
the foregoing resolutions and fully to establish the each series of
April 2008 Notes and to perform the provisions of the Underwriting
Agreement, the Indenture and the Promissory Notes, and to incur on
behalf of the Company all such expenses and obligations in
connection therewith as they may deem proper.
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| Dated
this 7th day of April 2008 |
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/s/ H. Lee Scott,
Jr.
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/s/ S. Robson
Walton
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S. Robson
Walton |
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/s/ Christopher J.
Williams
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ANNEX B
FORM OF GLOBAL
NOTES
This Note is a global
security and is registered in the name of CEDE & CO., as
nominee of the Depositary, The Depository Trust Company. Unless and
until this Note is exchanged for Notes in definitive form, this
Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary or
a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor depositary
or a nominee of such successor depositary.
Unless this Note is presented
by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a
New York corporation (“DTC”), to the issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co.
or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as
the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
W AL -M
ART S TORES , I NC
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6.200% NOTES DUE
2038
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Number A-
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CUSIP No.: 931142 CM3
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$500,000,000
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ISIN No.: US931142CM31
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Common Code: 035812288
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WAL-MART STORES, INC., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, and any successor corporation pursuant to the
Indenture (herein referred to as the “Company”), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or
registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS on April 15, 2038 in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay
interest, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months, semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and
October 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business
Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest
Payment Date”), commencing on October 15, 2008, on said
principal sum in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum
specified in the title of this Note from April 15, 2008 or
from the most recent April 15 or October 15 to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will be paid to the person in whose name this Note is
registered (the “Holder”) at the close of business on
the preceding April 1, in the case of an Interest Payment Date
of April 15, and on the preceding October 1, in the case
of an Interest Payment Date of October 15 (each, a
“Record Date”).
Reference is made to the
further provisions of this Note set forth on the succeeding
sections hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as though fully set forth at this
place.
This Note shall not be valid
or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under
the Indenture referred to in Section 1 hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused this instrument to be signed by its Chairman of
the Board, its Vice Chairman, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents by manual or facsimile signature under its corporate
seal, attested by its Secretary, one of its Assistant Secretaries,
its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers by manual or
facsimile signature.
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WAL-MART STORES, INC. |
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M. Brett
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Senior
Vice President, Corporate Finance and Assistant
Secretary |
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Anthony
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Associate
General Counsel, Finance and Assistant Secretary |
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| TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION |
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This is one of the Securities of the Series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., |
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as Trustee |
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Authorized Signatory |
WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
6.200% NOTES DUE
2038
1. Indenture; Notes . This Note
is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company
designated as the “6.200% Notes Due 2038” (the
“Notes”), initially issued in an aggregate principal
amount of $1,500,000,000 on April 15, 2008. Such series of
Securities has been established pursuant to, and is one of an
indefinite number of series of debt securities of the Company,
issued or issuable under and pursuant to, the Indenture, dated as
of July 19, 2005, as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2006 (the
“Indenture”), by and between the Company, as Issuer,
and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the
“Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders
of the Notes and of the terms upon which this Note is, and is to
be, authenticated and delivered. The terms, conditions and
provisions of the Notes are those stated in the Indenture, those
made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, and those set forth in this Note. To the
extent that the terms, conditions and other provisions of this Note
modify, supplement or are inconsistent with those of the Indenture,
then the terms, conditions and other provisions of this Note shall
govern.
All capitalized terms which
are used but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Company may, without the
consent of the Holders, issue additional Securities ranking equally
with the Notes and otherwise identical in all respects (except for
their date of issue, issue price and the date from which interest
payments thereon shall accrue) so that such additional Securities
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes;
provided, however, that no additional Securities of any
existing or new series may be issued under the Indenture if an
Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured
thereunder.
2. Ranking . The Notes shall
constitute the senior, unsecured and unsubordinated debt
obligations of the Company and shall rank equally in right of
payment among themselves and with all other existing and future
senior, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the
Company.
3. Payment of Overdue Amounts .
The Company shall pay interest, calculated on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, on overdue
principal and overdue installments of interest, if any, from time
to time on demand at the interest rate borne by the Notes to the
extent lawful.
4. Payment of Additional Amounts;
Redemption Upon a Tax Event .
(a) Payment of Additional Amounts
. The Company shall pay to the Holder (including, for purposes of
this Section 4, the beneficial owner) of this Note who is a
Non-U.S. Person (as defined below) such additional amounts as may
be necessary so that every net payment of principal of and interest
on this Note to such Holder, after deduction or withholding for or
on
account of any present or future tax,
assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon such Holder by
the United States of America or any taxing authority thereof or
therein, will not be less than the amount provided in this Note to
be then due and payable (such amounts, the “Additional
Amounts”); provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts for or on
account of:
(i) any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for
(A) the existence of any present or former connection between
such Holder, or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of,
member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such
Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or
corporation, and the United States including, without limitation,
such Holder, or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member,
shareholder or possessor, being or having been a citizen or
resident of the United States of America or treated as a resident
thereof or being or having been engaged in trade or business or
present in the United States of America, or (B) the
presentation of this Note for payment on a date more than 30 days
after the later of (x) the date on which such payment becomes
due and payable and (y) the date on which payment thereof is
duly provided for;
(ii) any estate, inheritance,
gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax,
assessment or other governmental charge;
(iii) any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge imposed by reason of such Holder’s
past or present status as a passive foreign investment company, a
controlled foreign corporation or a personal holding company with
respect to the United States of America, or as a corporation which
accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income
tax;
(iv) any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by
withholding from payment of principal of or interest on this
Note;
(v) 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 withholding by any other paying
agent;
(vi) any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for
the failure to comply with certification, information,
documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the
nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United
States of America of the Holder of this Note, if such compliance is
required by statute or by regulation of the United States Treasury
Department as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax,
assessment or other governmental charge;
(vii) any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge imposed on interest received by
(A) a 10% shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B)
of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), and the regulations that may be promulgated
thereunder) of the Company or (B) a controlled foreign
corporation with respect to the Company within the meaning of the
Code;
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(viii) any withholding or
deduction that is imposed on a payment to an individual and is
required to be made pursuant to that European Union Directive
relating to the taxation of savings adopted on June 3, 2003 by
the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council,
or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order
to conform to, such Directive; or
(ix) any combination of items
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) in
this Section 4(a);
nor shall any Additional Amounts be paid
to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership to the extent that
a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member
of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have
been entitled to the payment of such Additional Amounts had such
beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the
Holder.
“Non-U.S. Person”
means any corporation, partnership, individual or fiduciary that
is, as to the United States of America, a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual who has not made a valid election to
be treated as a United States resident, a non-resident fiduciary of
a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of
the members of which is, as to the United States of America, a
foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a
non-resident fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
(b) Redemption Upon a Tax Event .
The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company in whole,
but not in part, on a date (such date, the “Tax Redemption
Date”) to be fixed by the Company on not more than 60
days’ and not less than 30 days’ notice, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes
(the “Redemption Price”) plus accrued but unpaid
interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts thereon, if the
Company determines that as a result of any change in or amendment
to the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of the United States
of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof, or any proposed change in such laws, treaties, regulations
or rulings, or any change in the official application, enforcement
or interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations or rulings,
including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction in the
United States of America, or any other action, other than an action
predicated on laws generally known on or before April 8, 2008
except for proposals before the U.S. Congress before such date,
taken by any taxing authority or a court of competent jurisdiction
in the United States of America, or the official proposal of any
such action, whether or not such action or proposal was taken or
made with respect to the Company, (A) the Company has or will
become obligated to pay Additional Amounts or (B) there is a
substantial possibility that the Company will be required to pay
such Additional Amounts.
Prior to the publication of
any notice of redemption pursuant to Section 15 hereof, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee (1) an Officers’
Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such
redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the
conditions precedent to the rights of the Company to so redeem have
occurred and (2) an Opinion of Counsel to such effect based on
such statement of facts.
If the Company elects to
redeem the Notes pursuant to this Section 4(b), then it shall
give notice to the Holders pursuant to Section 15
hereof.
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The notice of redemption,
shall specify the following:
(i) the Tax Redemption
Date;
(ii) a brief statement to the
effect that the Notes are being redeemed at the option of the
Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) and a brief statement of
the facts permitting such redemption;
(iii) that on the Tax
Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, plus accrued but unpaid
interest on the Notes, if any, will become due and payable and that
interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after such Tax
Redemption Date;
(iv) the amount of the
Redemption Price and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, that will
be due and payable on the Notes on the Tax Redemption
Date;
(v) the place or places where
the Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price
and other amounts due under clause (iv) above;
(vi) that payment of the
amounts due under clause (iv) above will be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Notes; and
(vii) the CUSIP, ISIN and
Common Code numbers of the Notes.
The notice of redemption
regarding the Notes shall be, at the election of the Company, given
by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee
in the name and at the expense of the Company.
On or before the opening of
business on any Tax Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with the Paying Agent or, if the Company is acting
as its own paying agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 5.03 of the Indenture, an amount of money sufficient
to pay the Redemption Price of, and except if the Tax Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date, accrued but unpaid interest
on, the Notes to be redeemed on the Tax Redemption Date.
The notice of redemption
having been given as specified above, the Notes shall, on the Tax
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price,
and from and after such date, unless the Company shall default in
the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued but unpaid
interest, if any, the Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of the Notes for redemption in accordance with such
notice, the Notes shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption
Price, together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the
Tax Redemption Date.
If the Notes, having been
called for redemption, shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for redemption, the Redemption Price shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Tax Redemption Date at the interest rate borne by
this Note.
5. Place and Method of Payment .
The Company shall pay principal of and interest on the Notes at the
office or agency of the Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of
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New York; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company, the Company may pay interest by check
mailed to the person entitled thereto at such person’s
address as it appears on the Registry for the Notes.
6. Defeasance of the Notes .
Sections 11.02, 11.03 and 11.04 of the Indenture shall apply to the
Notes.
7. No Redemption or Sinking Fund
. The Notes are not redeemable prior to maturity, other than as set
forth in Section 4(b) hereof, and are not subject to a sinking
fund.
8. Amendment and Modification .
Article Nine of the Indenture contains provisions for the amendment
or modification of the Indenture and the Notes without the consent
of the Holders in certain circumstances and requiring the consent
of Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes and Securities of other series that would be
affected in certain other circumstances. However, the Indenture
requires the consent of each Holder of the Notes and Securities of
other series that would be affected for certain specified
amendments or modifications of the Indenture and the Notes. These
provisions of the Indenture, which provide for, among other things,
the execution of supplemental indentures, are applicable to the
Notes.
9. Event of Default; Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . If an Event of Default
with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, then the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series may be
declared by either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of this series then
Outstanding to be, and, in certain cases, may automatically become,
immediately due and payable in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The Indenture
provides that, in the event of such an acceleration of the maturity
of the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of all of the Notes of this series then Outstanding, voting
as a separate class, in accordance with the provisions of, and in
the circumstances provided by, the Indenture, may rescind and annul
such acceleration and its consequences with respect to all of the
Notes.
10. Absolute Obligation. No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions of the Notes or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal
of and interest on this Note at the place, at the time and in the
coin or currency herein prescribed.
11. Form and Denominations; Global
Notes; Definitive Notes. The Notes are being issued in
registered form without interest coupons in denominations of $2,000
and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes are
being issued in the form of one or more global notes (each, a
“Global Note”), evidencing all or any portion of the
Notes and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee (including
their respective successors) as Depositary under the Indenture. The
Notes shall be issued in certificated form (each, a
“Definitive Note”) only in the following limited
circumstances: (1) the Depositary is at any time unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under applicable law, and a successor depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives
such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility; (2) the
Company delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that
this Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes; or
(3) an
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Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Notes, in each such case this Note
shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes in an equal aggregate
principal amount. Such Definitive Notes shall be registered in such
name or names as the Depositary shall instruct the
Trustee.
12. Registration, Transfer and
Exchange. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Company shall provide for the
registration of the Notes and the transfer and exchange of the
Notes, whether in global or definitive form. At the option of the
Holders, at any office or agency designated and maintained by the
Company for such purpose (the “Transfer Agent”)
pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, and in
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