(FACE OFSECURITY) AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H (MASTER NOTE)

EX-4.3 5 d531936dex43.htm EX-4.3 EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

 

REGISTERED    REGISTERED

(FACE OF SECURITY)

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H

(MASTER NOTE)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 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.

THIS SECURITY IS A MASTER NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING SPECIFIED HEREIN.

This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof) and represents one or more obligations of AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture) (each such obligation, a “Supplemental Obligation”). The terms of each Supplemental Obligation are and will be reflected in this Security and a pricing supplement, relating to the Supplemental Obligation referred to therein, to the “Applicable Prospectus”, which initially means the Company’s prospectus, dated June 29, 2012, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated May 3, 2013, but from time to time will mean any other prospectus or prospectus supplement of the Company that the Company may deliver to the Trustee, identified as relating to Supplemental Obligations to be offered on or after the date thereof and certified by the Secretary of the Company or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. We refer to


each such pricing supplement, together with the Applicable Prospectus, as a “Pricing Supplement”. The Applicable Prospectus and the Pricing Supplement for each Supplemental Obligation are identified on Schedule A hereto and will be on file with the Trustee. With respect to each Supplemental Obligation, the provisions of the applicable Pricing Supplement are hereby incorporated by reference herein and are deemed to be a part of this Security as of the Original Issue Date specified on Schedule A. Each reference to “this Security” or a “Security of this series” includes and shall be deemed to refer to each Supplemental Obligation.

With respect to each Supplemental Obligation, every term of this Security is subject to modification, amendment or elimination through the incorporation of the applicable Pricing Supplement by reference, whether or not the phrase “unless otherwise provided in the Pricing Supplement” or language of similar import precedes the term of this Security so modified, amended or eliminated. It is the intent of the parties hereto that, in the case of any conflict between the terms of a Pricing Supplement and the terms herein, the terms of the Pricing Supplement shall control over the terms herein with respect to the relevant Supplemental Obligation. Without limiting the foregoing, in the case of each Supplemental Obligation, the Holder of this Security is directed to the applicable Pricing Supplement for a description of certain terms of such Supplemental Obligation, including, in the case of any such obligation that is designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement as an “indexed note” (an “Indexed Note”), the manner of determining the principal amount of and interest, if any, on such Supplemental Obligation, the dates, if any, on which the principal amount of and interest, if any, on such Supplemental Obligation is determined and payable, the amount payable upon any acceleration of such Supplemental Obligation and the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have made or given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action under the Indenture.

Terms that are used and not defined in this Security but that are defined in the Indenture are used herein as defined therein. Terms that are used and not defined in this Security and that are not defined in the Indenture are as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

This Security is a “Master Note”, which term means a Global Security that provides for incorporation therein of the terms of Supplemental Obligations by reference to the applicable Pricing Supplements, substantially as contemplated herein.

 

 

The Company, for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns: (i) on each principal payment date, including each amortization date, redemption date, repayment date or maturity date, as applicable, of each Supplemental Obligation, the principal amount then due and payable for each such Supplemental Obligation, and (ii) on each interest payment date, if any, and at maturity, the interest then due and payable, if any, with respect to each Supplemental Obligation.

 

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With respect to each Supplemental Obligation, the Company shall pay the principal amount and any premium specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement on the Stated Maturity shown therein, and shall pay interest on such principal, from the date specified therein as the “Original Issue Date” (or in a comparable manner) (the “Original Issue Date” for such Supplemental Obligation) or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on the Interest Payment Date(s) in each year, commencing on the first such date that is at least 15 calendar days after the Original Issue Date, and at the Maturity of such principal, as follows: (i) in the case of a Supplemental Obligation for which the interest rate is designated as fixed in the applicable Pricing Supplement (a “Fixed Rate Note”), at a rate per annum equal to the annual rate specified in such Pricing Supplement until the principal of such Supplemental Obligation is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the principal then bears interest on any overdue premium or installment of interest from the date any such overdue amount first becomes due until it is paid or made available for payment, provided that interest on any premium or installment of interest that is overdue shall be payable on demand; (ii) in the case of a Supplemental Obligation for which the interest rate is designated as floating in the applicable Pricing Supplement (a “Floating Rate Note”), at a rate per annum determined in accordance with the applicable provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, with such rate being dependent in part upon whether the rate specified as the “base rate” (or in a comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Interest Rate Basis” for such Supplemental Obligation) is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Prime Rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR, the Treasury Rate, the CMS Rate, the CMT Rate, the CD Rate, the Consumer Price Index, the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate and any other rate or combination of rates specified in the applicable pricing supplement, until the principal of such Supplemental Obligation is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate at which the principal then bears interest on any overdue premium or installment of interest from the date any such overdue amount first becomes due until it is paid or made available for payment, provided that interest on any premium or installment of interest that is overdue shall be payable on demand; and (iii) in the case of a Supplemental Obligation that is an Indexed Note, at such rate or in such manner, if any, as may be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The term “Index Maturity” as used herein means, with respect to a Floating Rate Note, the period to maturity of the instrument or obligation on which the interest rate formula is based, or specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Fixed Rate Note, interest (other than interest on overdue amounts), if any, shall be payable by the Company semi-annually or otherwise, on the dates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, and at Maturity or upon earlier redemption or repayment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Floating Rate Note and unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest (other than interest on overdue amounts) shall be payable: (i) if the interest rate reset period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Interest Rate Reset Period” for such Supplemental Obligation) is daily, weekly

 

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or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; (ii) if the Interest Rate Reset Period is quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; (iii) if the Interest Rate Reset Period is semi-annual, on the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; (iv) if the Interest Rate Reset Period is annual, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and (v) in each case, at Maturity or, if applicable, redemption, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is an Indexed Note, such interest, if any, will be payable on the dates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

Each date so determined or provided for in the preceding three paragraphs (or the applicable Pricing Supplement) is hereinafter referred to as an “Interest Payment Date”.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, one Business Day prior to such Interest Payment Date; provided, that for the purpose of determining the Holder registered at the close of the business on a Regular Record Date when business is not being conducted, the close of business will mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on that day; provided, further, that interest payable at Maturity or, if applicable, redemption, will be payable to the registered Holder of this Security to whom principal is payable. Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will cease to be payable to the registered Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. With respect to any Supplemental Obligation, references herein to the “Holder” mean the Holder of this Security.

Currency of Payment. Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Supplemental Obligation will be made in the currency designated as the “specified currency” for such payment (or in a comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Specified Currency” for any payment on such Supplemental Obligation), except as provided in this and the next three paragraphs. For each Supplemental Obligation, any payment shall be made in the Specified Currency for such payment unless, at the time of such payment, such currency is not legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the country issuing such currency on the Original Issue Date, in which case the Specified Currency for such payment

 

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shall be such coin or currency as at the time of such payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in such country, except as provided in the next sentence. If the euro is the Specified Currency for any payment, the Specified Currency for such payment shall be such coin or currency as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in all European Monetary Union (“EMU”) Countries, provided that, if on any day there are not at least two EMU Countries, or if on any day there are at least two EMU Countries but no coin or currency is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in all EMU Countries, then the Specified Currency for such payment shall be deemed not to be available to the Company on such day.

If provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement and except as provided in the next paragraph, any payment to be made on a Supplemental Obligation in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars will be made in U.S. dollars if the Person entitled to receive such payment transmits a written request for such payment to be made in U.S. dollars to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, on or before the fifteenth day before the payment is to be made. Such written request may be mailed, hand delivered, telecopied or delivered in any other manner approved by the Trustee. Any such request made with respect to any payment on a Supplemental Obligation payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on such Supplemental Obligation payable to such Holder, unless such request is revoked on or before the fifteenth day before a payment is to be made, in which case such revocation shall be effective for such and all later payments. In the case of any payment of interest payable on an Interest Payment Date, such written request must be made by the Person who is the registered Holder of this Security on the relevant Regular Record Date and must be made no later than such Regular Record Date.

The U.S. dollar amount of any payment made pursuant to the preceding paragraph will be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent (as defined on the reverse hereof) based upon the highest bid quotation received by the Exchange Rate Agent as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, from three (or, if three are not available, then two) recognized foreign exchange dealers selected by the Exchange Rate Agent in The City of New York, in each case for the purchase by the quoting dealer, for U.S. dollars and for settlement on such payment date of an amount of such Specified Currency for such payment equal to the aggregate amount of such Specified Currency payable on such payment date to all Holders of Securities of this or any other series who elect to receive U.S. dollar payments on such payment date, and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If the Exchange Rate Agent determines that two such bid quotations are not available on such second Business Day, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency for such payment. All currency exchange costs associated with any payment in U.S. dollars on this Security will be borne by the Holder entitled to receive such payment, by deduction from such payment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any amount payable on a Supplemental Obligation is payable on any day (including at Maturity) in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, and if

 

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such Specified Currency is not available to the Company on the two Business Days before such day, due to the imposition of exchange controls, disruption in a currency market or any other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligation to pay such amount in such Specified Currency by making such payment in U.S. dollars. The amount of such payment in U.S. dollars shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the noon buying rate, certified by The Federal Reserve Bank of New York for customs purposes, for cable transfers in The City of New York for such Specified Currency (the “Exchange Rate”) as of the latest day before the day on which such payment is to be made. Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in other than U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture or this Security.

Manner of Payment – U.S. Dollars. Except as provided in the next paragraph, payment of any amount payable on any Supplemental Obligation in U.S. dollars will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York (or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose), against surrender (in the manner provided below) of this Security in the case of any payment due at Maturity of the principal of such Supplemental Obligation (other than any payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that, at the option of the Company and subject to the next paragraph, payment of interest may be made (a) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (b) by wire transfer to an account as may have been appropriately designated by such Person.

Payment of any amount payable on any Supplemental Obligation in U.S. dollars will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (i) the principal of such Supplemental Obligation is at least $1,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) and (ii) the Holder entitled to receive such payment transmits a written request for such payment to be made in such manner to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, on or before the fifth Business Day before the day on which such payment is to be made; provided that, in the case of any such payment due at the Maturity of the principal of such Supplemental Obligation (other than any payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment Date), this Security must be surrendered (in the manner provided below) at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York (or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose) in time for the Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Any such request made with respect to any payment on such Supplemental Obligation payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on such Supplemental Obligation payable to such Holder, unless such request is revoked on or before the fifth Business Day before a payment is to be made, in which case such revocation shall be effective for such and all later payments. In the case of any payment of interest payable on a Supplemental Obligation on an Interest Payment Date, such written request must be made by the Person who is the registered Holder of this Security on the relevant Regular Record Date. The Company will pay any administrative

 

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costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer with respect to this Security, but any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon any payment will be borne by the Holder of this Security and may be deducted from the payment by the Company or the Paying Agent.

Manner of Payment – Other Specified Currencies. Payment of any amount payable on any Supplemental Obligation in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as is maintained in such Specified Currency at a bank or other financial institution acceptable to the Company and the Trustee and as shall have been designated at least five Business Days prior to the applicable payment date by the Person entitled to receive such payment; provided that, in the case of any such payment due at the Maturity of the principal of such Supplemental Obligation (other than any payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment Date), this Security must be surrendered (in the manner provided below) at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York (or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose) in time for the Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Such account designation shall be made by transmitting the appropriate information to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, by mail, hand delivery, telecopier or in any other manner approved by the Trustee. Unless revoked, any such account designation made with respect to any Supplemental Obligation by the Holder hereof will remain in effect with respect to any further payments with respect to such Supplemental Obligation payable to such Holder. If a payment in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars with respect to any Supplemental Obligation cannot be made by wire transfer because the required account designation has not been received by the Trustee on or before the requisite date or for any other reason, the Company will cause a notice to be given to the Holder of this Security at its registered address requesting an account designation pursuant to which such wire transfer can be made and such payment will be made within five Business Days after the Trustee’s receipt of such a designation meeting the requirements specified above, with the same force and effect as if made on the due date. The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer with respect to this Security, but any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon any payment will be borne by the Holder of this Security and may be deducted from the payment by the Company or the Paying Agent.

Manner of Payment – Payments Pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary; Surrender of this Security. Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, the Company may make any and all payments of principal, premium and interest on this Security pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security as permitted in the Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the provisions hereof require that this Security be surrendered against payment of the principal of a Supplemental Obligation, such surrender

 

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may be effected by means of an appropriate adjustment to Schedule A hereto to reflect the discharge of such Supplemental Obligation, with such adjustment to be made by the Trustee in a manner not inconsistent with the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security, and in such circumstances this Security need not actually be surrendered. This paragraph shall apply only to a Master Note.

Payments Due on a Business Day. As specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, one of the following Business Day conventions shall apply:

 

  (i) if the Business Day convention is “Following Business Day”: any Interest Payment Date, the maturity date or, if applicable, redemption date, with respect a Supplemental Obligation that would otherwise be due on a day that is not a Business Day may instead be paid on the next day that is a Business Day;

 

  (ii) if the Business Day convention is “Modified Following Business Day”: any Interest Payment date other than the maturity date or, if applicable, redemption date, with respect to a Supplemental Obligation that would otherwise be due on a day that is not a Business Day may instead be paid on the next day that is a Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the payment or delivery date will be the first preceding day that is a Business Day;

 

  (iii) if the Business Day convention is “Preceding Business Day”: any Interest Payment Date other than the maturity date or, if applicable, redemption date, with respect a Supplemental Obligation that would otherwise be due on a day that is not a Business Day may instead be paid or delivered on the first preceding day that is a Business Day.

In the case of (ii) and (iii) above, if an Interest Payment Date falls on a maturity date or, if applicable, redemption date, that is not a Business Day or if the maturity date or, if applicable, redemption date, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and interest will not continue to accrue until the date of payment made on that next succeeding Business Day. Accordingly, the amount of interest accrued and payable on the Interest Payment Date will not be adjusted to reflect the longer or shorter interest period. If an interest payment is made on the following or preceding Business Day in accordance with the procedures described above and deemed made on that following or preceding Business Day (not on the original due date), the Business Day convention is “adjusted”. Accordingly, the amount of interest accrued and payable on that Interest Payment Date will be adjusted to reflect the longer or shorter interest period.

In each case, if an interest payment is made on the following or preceding Business Day in accordance with the procedures described above with the same effect as if paid or delivered on the original Interest Payment Date and without payment of any additional money, the Business Day convention is “unadjusted”.

 

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The provisions in the preceding three paragraphs shall apply to this Security in lieu of the provisions of Section 113 of the Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security 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, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: May 3, 2013

 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ David L. Herzog

  Name:   David L. Herzog
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Attest:  

/s/ Brian T. Schreiber

  Name:   Brian T. Schreiber
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and

Treasurer

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: May 3, 2013

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
  as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Laurence J. O’Brien

  Authorized Signatory


(REVERSE OF SECURITY)

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H

This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006, as amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 18, 2007, and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 3, 2010 (as so amended, and as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In the case of the acquisition of all or a portion of a Supplemental Obligation by the Company or any Affiliate thereof, the Company or such Affiliate may submit to the Trustee such evidence of such acquisition as is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, whereupon the Trustee, at the Company’s direction, shall reduce the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation in Schedule A hereto by such acquired amount, and the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation shall be reduced accordingly for all purposes of this Security. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (herein called the “Securities”), which is initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies or currency units); provided that the Company may, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time, increase such initial principal amount. Any such increase will be indicated on Schedule A hereto. References herein to “this series” mean the series of Securities designated on the face hereof.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in “Authorized Denominations”, which term shall have the following meaning. For each Supplemental Obligation having a principal amount payable in U.S. dollars, the Authorized Denominations shall be $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement. For each Supplemental Obligation having a principal amount payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the Authorized Denominations shall be the amount of such Specified Currency equivalent, at the Exchange Rate on the first Business Day next preceding the date on which the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Security, to $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

Interest Rate on Indexed Notes. In the case of any Supplemental Obligation that is linked to an index, the means of calculating interest payable thereon shall be determined as provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

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Interest Rate on Floating Rate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the following provisions shall apply with respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Floating Rate Note. With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Floating Rate Note, each and every provision on the reverse of this Security shall apply only if and to the extent that no method for determination of the interest rate, reset dates or any other matter specified below is not so specified for such Supplemental Obligation in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

The rate of interest on such Supplemental Obligation will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually or otherwise, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (each date upon which interest is so reset as provided below being hereinafter referred to as an “Interest Reset Date”). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Reset Date with respect to such Supplemental Obligation will be as follows: (i) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is daily, each Business Day; (ii) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is weekly (for Securities using an Interest Rate Basis, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, other than the Treasury Rate), Wednesday of each week; (iii) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is weekly and the Interest Rate Basis specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is the Treasury Rate, except as otherwise provided in the definition of Treasury Interest Determination Date under “Determination of Treasury Rate” below, the Tuesday of each week; (iv) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; (v) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; (vi) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is semi-annually, the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and (vii) if the Interest Rate Reset Period specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is annually, the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however, that (i) the interest rate in effect from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and (ii) except as otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, if the Interest Rate Reset Period for such Supplemental Obligation is daily or weekly, the interest rate in effect for each day following the second Business Day prior to an Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, and for each day following the second Business Day prior to, but excluding, the maturity date, shall be the rate in effect on such second Business Day. If, pursuant to the preceding sentence, any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Supplemental Obligation, the Interest Reset Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day with respect to such Supplemental Obligation, except that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, if the Interest Rate Basis specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement is LIBOR or EURIBOR and the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

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Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, on each Interest Reset Date, the rate of interest on such Supplemental Obligation shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

“Euro Business Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System, or any successor system, is open for business.

“London Banking Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London.

“Business Day” means, for any Supplemental Obligation, a day that meets all the following applicable requirements: (i) for any Supplemental Obligation, is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close, (ii) if the Supplemental Obligation is a LIBOR note, is also a London Banking Day; (iii) if the Supplemental Obligation has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars or euros, is also a day on which banking institutions are not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the principal financial center of the country issuing the Specified Currency; and (iv) if the Supplemental Obligation is EURIBOR note or has a Specified Currency of euros, or is a LIBOR note for which the Specified Currency is euros, is also a Euro Business Day.

Determination of LIBOR. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is LIBOR, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall be LIBOR on the corresponding LIBOR Interest Determination Date (as defined below) and, with respect to all Supplemental Obligations other than range accrual notes, shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

As of the LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits of the Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately following that interest determination date, that appear on the Designated LIBOR page, as defined below, as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date (as defined below), if at least two offered rates appear on the Designated LIBOR page; except that if the specified Designated LIBOR page, by its terms provides only for a single rate, that single rate will be used.

If (i) fewer than two offered rates appear on the Designated LIBOR page and the Designated LIBOR page does not by its terms provide only for a single rate or (ii) no rate appears on the Designated LIBOR page and the Designated LIBOR page by its terms provides only for a single rate, then the Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits of the Index Currency having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement commencing on the second London Banking Day

 

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immediately following the LIBOR Interest Determination Date or, if pounds sterling is the Index Currency, commencing on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in that Index Currency in that market at that time.

If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of those quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR will be determined for the applicable Interest Reset Date as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, or some other time specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, in the applicable principal financial center for the country of the Index Currency on such Interest Reset Date, by three major banks in that principal financial center selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in that Index Currency in that market at that time.

If fewer than three major banks in that principal financial center selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as set forth above, LIBOR for that LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the same as LIBOR for the immediately preceding interest period (or, in the case of the first reset date following the original issue date where an initial interest rate was specified in the applicable pricing supplement, that initial interest rate). With respect to Supplemental Obligations that are range accrual notes, the Calculation Agent will determine LIBOR for each Business Day during each interest period as follows:

As of each Business Day during each interest period, LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Business Day, if at least two offered rates appear on the Designated LIBOR page; except that if the specified Designated LIBOR page, by its terms provides only for a single rate, that single rate will be used.

If on any Business Day during an interest period, (i) fewer than two offered rates appear on the Designated LIBOR page and the Designated LIBOR page does not by its terms provide only for a single rate or (ii) no rate appears on the Designated LIBOR page and the Designated LIBOR page by its terms provides only for a single rate (any day on which such rate(s) does not appear shall be referred to herein as a “disrupted day”, then the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for the rate for deposits in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on such disrupted day, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such disrupted day and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in that Index Currency in that market at that time.

 

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If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on that disrupted day will be the arithmetic mean of those quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR will be determined for the applicable disrupted day as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, in the applicable principal financial center of the United States on that disrupted day, by three major banks in that principal financial center selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks, having the applicable Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time.

If fewer than three major banks in that principal financial center selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as set forth above, the reference rate for that disrupted day will remain the reference rate (with the applicable Index Maturity) in effect for the immediately preceding Business Day in the interest period with respect to which LIBOR (with the applicable Index Maturity) appeared on the Designated LIBOR page (or, in the case of the original issue date, LIBOR for that disrupted day will be LIBOR (with the applicable Index Maturity) in effect for the previous Business Day with respect to which LIBOR (with the applicable Index Maturity) appeared on the Designated LIBOR page).

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

The “Index Currency” means the currency specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the currency for which LIBOR will be calculated, or, if the euro is substituted for that currency, the Index Currency will be the euro. If that currency is not specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Index Currency will be U.S. dollars.

“Designated LIBOR page” means the page on the Reuters screen specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, or any other page as may replace that page on that service or such other service as may be nominated by us or the Calculation Agent as the information vendor, for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the applicable Index Currency.

“LIBOR Interest Determination Date” means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the second London Banking Day preceding such Interest Reset Date, unless the Index Currency is pounds sterling, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, or New Zealand dollars, in which case the LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the Interest Reset Date.

“Reuters LIBOR01 rate” means that the rate for a LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, which appears on the Reuters screen “LIBOR01” page, or any other page as may replace such page as a Designated LIBOR page, as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is two London Banking Days preceding that LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If that rate does not appear on the Reuters screen “LIBOR01” page, the rate for that LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined as if the parties had specified “USD-LIBOR-Reference Banks” as the applicable floating rate option.

“USD-LIBOR-Reference Banks” means that the rate for a LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market (“reference banks”) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,

 

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London time, on the day that is two London Banking Days preceding that interest determination date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a designated period commencing on that interest determination date and in a designated amount. The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of the reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two of those quotations are provided, the rate for that interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that interest reset date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a designated period commencing on that interest determination date and in a designated amount.

“One-month LIBOR” means the Reuters LIBOR01 rate with a designated maturity of one month commencing on the Interest Reset Date.

“Three-month LIBOR” means the Reuters LIBOR01 rate with a designated maturity of three months commencing on the Interest Reset Date.

“Six-month LIBOR” means the Reuters LIBOR01 rate with a designated maturity of six months commencing on the Interest Reset Date.

“Twelve-month LIBOR” means the Reuters LIBOR01 rate with a designated maturity of twelve months commencing on the Interest Reset Date.

Determination of EURIBOR. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is EURIBOR, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the interest rate for deposits in euros designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI – the Financial Markets Association (or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate) on the corresponding EURIBOR Interest Determination Date (as defined below), and shall be determined in accordance with the following procedures:

EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euros having the Index Maturity beginning on the Interest Reset Date after such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, as that rate appears on Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 Page, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which euro deposits having the Index Maturity, beginning on the Interest Reset Date, and in a Representative Amount (as defined below) are offered to prime banks in the Euro-zone (as defined below) interbank market by the principal Euro-zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent will request the principal Euro-zone office of each of these banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for the relevant EURIBOR interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.

 

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If fewer than two quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for euro loans having the Index Maturity, beginning on the Interest Reset Date, and in a Representative Amount to leading Euro-zone banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the Euro-zone selected by the Calculation Agent.

If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, EURIBOR for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be EURIBOR in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

“EURIBOR Interest Determination Date” means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the second Euro Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Date.

“Euro-zone” means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt the euro in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community (signed in Rome on March 25, 1957), as amended by the Treaty on European Union (signed in Maastricht on February 7, 1992), the Treaty of Amsterdam (signed in Amsterdam on October 2, 1997) and the Treaty of Nice (signed in Nice on February 26, 2001).

‘‘Representative Amount” means an amount that, in the Calculation Agent’s judgment, is representative for a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.

“Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 Page” means the display on the Reuters service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “EURIBOR01” or any replacement page or pages on which EURIBOR rates are displayed.

Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the Treasury Rate, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate for the auction on the corresponding Treasury Interest Determination Date (as defined below) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity, as that rate appears on Reuters Screen USAUCTION10 or USAUCTION11 Page (as defined below) under the heading “Investment Rate”. If the Treasury Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply in determining the Treasury Rate:

If the rate described above does not appear on either page by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Treasury Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that time), the Treasury Rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the rate, for such Treasury Interest Determination Date, for the type of Treasury Bills described above, as

 

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published in H.15 Daily Update (as defined below), or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under a heading “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High.”

If the rate described in the prior paragraph does not appear in H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), the Treasury Rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the auction rate, for such Treasury Interest Determination date and for Treasury Bills of the kind described above, as announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

If the auction rate described in the prior paragraph is not so announced by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such auction is held for the relevant week, then the Treasury Rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate, for such Treasury Interest Determination Date and for Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity, as published in H.15(519) (as defined below) under the heading “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills (secondary market)”.

If the rate described in the prior paragraph does not appear in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), then the Treasury Rate will be the rate, for such Treasury Interest Determination Date and for Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity, as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under the heading “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills (secondary market)”.

If the rate described in the prior paragraph does not appear in H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), the Treasury Rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Interest Determination Date, by three primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity.

If fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described in the prior paragraph, the Treasury Rate in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be the Treasury Rate in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

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“Bond Equivalent Yield” means a yield expressed as a percentage and calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

    

D x N

360 - (D x M)

   
  bond equivalent yield =      x 100  
        

where “D” means the annual rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; “N” means 365 or 366, as the case may be; and “M” means the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Rate Reset Period.

“H.15(519)” means the weekly statistical release designated as such, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or its successor, available through the web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication.

“H.15 Daily Update” means the daily update of H.15(519) available through the worldwide-web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/Update, or any successor site or publication.

“Reuters Screen USAUCTION10 or USAUCTION11 Page” means the display on the Reuters service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “USAUCTION10” or “USAUCTION11” or any replacement page or pages on which U.S. Treasury auction rates are displayed.

“Treasury Interest Determination Date” means the day of the week in which the Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury Bills (i.e., direct obligations of the U.S. government) would normally be auctioned. Treasury Bills are usually sold at auction on the Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is usually held on the following Tuesday, except that the auction may be held on the preceding Friday. If as the result of a legal holiday an auction is held on the preceding Friday, that Friday will be the Treasury Interest Determination Date relating to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If the auction is held on a day that would otherwise be an Interest Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date will instead be the first Business Day following the auction date.

Determination of CMS Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis specified for such Supplemental Obligation is the CMS Rate (as defined below), the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate for U.S. dollar swaps with a maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, expressed as a percentage (“the CMS Rate”), on the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date (the “CMS Interest Determination Date”), appearing on the Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1 Page, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the CMS Interest Determination Date. If the CMS Rate cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will apply in determining the CMS Rate:

If the above rate is no longer displayed on the Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1 page, or if not displayed by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the CMS Interest Determination Date, then the CMS Rate will be a percentage determined on the basis of the mid-market, semi-annual swap rate quotations provided by five leading swap dealers in the New York City interbank market at

 

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approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the CMS Interest Determination Date. For this purpose, the semi-annual swap rate means the mean of the bid and offered rates for the semi-annual fixed leg, calculated on a 30/360 day count basis, of a fixed-for-floating U.S. dollar interest rate swap transaction with a term equal to the maturity of such Supplemental Obligation designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement commencing on that CMS Interest Determination Date with an acknowledged dealer of good credit in the swap market, where the floating leg, calculated on an Actual/360 day count basis, is equivalent to Three-month LIBOR (as defined above). The Calculation Agent will select the five swap dealers after consultation with the Company and will request the principal New York City office of each of those dealers to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least three quotations are provided, the CMS Rate for that CMS Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, eliminating the highest and lowest quotations or, in the event of equality, one of the highest and one of the lowest quotations.

If fewer than three quotations are provided, the Calculation Agent will determine the CMS Rate in its sole discretion.

“Reuters screen ISDAFIX1 Page” means the display on the Reuters service, or any successor service, on the page designated as “ISDAFIX1” or any replacement page or pages on which CMS rates are displayed.

Determination of CMT Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the CMT Rate, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the CMT Rate on the CMT Interest Determination Date (as defined below). “CMT Rate” means the following rate displayed on the Designated CMT Reuters Page (as defined below) under the heading “…Treasury Constant Maturities…Federal Reserve Board Release H.15…Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.”, under the column for the Designated CMT Index Maturity (as defined below):

 

  (i) if the Designated CMT Reuters Page is Reuters Screen FRBCMT Page (as defined below), the rate for such CMT Interest Determination Date; or

 

  (ii) if the Designated CMT Reuters Page is Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page (as defined below), the weekly or monthly average, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, for the week that ends immediately before the week in which such CMT Interest Determination Date falls, or for the month that ends immediately before the month in which such CMT Interest Determination Date falls, as applicable.

If the CMT Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply in determining the CMT Rate:

If the applicable rate described above is not displayed on the relevant Designated CMT Reuters Page by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such CMT Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), then the CMT Rate will be the applicable Treasury constant maturity rate described above as published in H.15(519).

 

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If the applicable rate described above does not appear in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), then the CMT Rate will be the Treasury constant maturity rate, or other U.S. Treasury rate, for the Designated CMT Index Maturity and with reference to such CMT Interest Determination Date, that:

 

  (i) is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or the U.S. Department of the Treasury; and

 

  (ii) is determined by the Calculation Agent to be comparable to the applicable rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Reuters Page and published in H.15(519).

If the rate described above does not appear by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), then the CMT Rate will be the yield to maturity of the arithmetic mean of secondary market offered rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Interest Determination Date, of three primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for the most recently issued direct, non-callable, fixed rate obligations of the U.S. government (“Treasury Notes”) having an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Index Maturity and a remaining term to maturity of not less than the Designated CMT Index Maturity minus one year and in a Representative Amount. In selecting such offered rates, the Calculation Agent will request quotations from five such primary dealers and will disregard the highest quotation – or, if there is equality, one of the highest – and the lowest quotation – or, if there is equality, one of the lowest.

If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three quotations of the kind described in the prior paragraph, the CMT Rate will be the yield to maturity of the arithmetic mean of secondary market offered rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Interest Determination Date, of three primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for Treasury Notes with an original maturity longer than the Designated CMT Index Maturity, with a remaining term to maturity closest to the Designated CMT Index Maturity and in a Representative Amount. In selecting such offered rates, the Calculation Agent will request quotations from five such primary dealers and will disregard the highest quotation – or, if there is equality, one of the highest – and the lowest quotation – or, if there is equality, one of the lowest. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity longer than the Designated CMT Index Maturity have remaining terms to maturity that are equally close to the Designated CMT Index Maturity, the Calculation Agent will obtain quotations for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity.

If fewer than five but more than two such primary dealers are quoting as described in the prior paragraph, the CMT Rate for such CMT Interest Determination Date will be based on the arithmetic mean of the offered rates so obtained, and neither the highest nor the lowest of those quotations will be disregarded.

 

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If two or fewer primary dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, the CMT Rate in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be the CMT Rate in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

“CMT Interest Determination Date’’ means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date.

“Designated CMT Index Maturity” means the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and will be the original period to maturity of a U.S. Treasury security specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, provided that, if no such original maturity period is so specified, the Designated CMT Index Maturity will be 2 years.

“Designated CMT Reuters Page’’ means the Reuters page specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement that displays Treasury constant maturities as reported in H.15(519); provided, however, that, if no Reuters page is so specified, then the applicable page will be Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page, and provided further, that if Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page applies but it is not specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement whether the weekly or monthly average applies, the weekly average will apply.

“Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page” means the display on the Reuters service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “FEDCMT” or any replacement page or pages on which CMT rates are displayed.

“Reuters Screen FRBCMT Page” means the display on the Reuters service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “FRBCMT” or any replacement page or pages on which CMT rates are displayed.

 

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Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the Commercial Paper Rate, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the Money Market Yield (as defined below) of the discount rate, for the Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date (as defined below), for U.S. dollar denominated commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Commercial Paper – Nonfinancial”. If the Commercial Paper Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply in determining the Commercial Paper Rate:

If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that time), then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the discount rate, for such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, as published in H.15 Daily Update or any other recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under the heading “Commercial Paper – Nonfinancial”.

If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, by three leading U.S. dollar commercial paper dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for U.S. dollar commercial paper that has the Index Maturity and is placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA”, or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency.

If fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, the Commercial Paper Rate for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

“Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date” means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date.

“Money Market Yield” means a yield expressed as a percentage and calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

   money market yield =  

D x 360

360 - (D x M)

  x 100   
         
         

where “D” means the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and “M” means the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Rate Reset Period.

Determination of Prime Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the Prime Rate, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate, for the Prime Interest Determination Date (as defined below), published in H.15(519) under the heading “Bank prime loan’’. If the Prime Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply in determining the Prime Rate:

 

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If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Prime Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that time), then the Prime Rate will be the rate, for such Interest Determination Date, as published in H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying that rate, under the heading “Bank prime loan”.

If the rate described above is not published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), then the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank appearing on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page (as defined below) as that bank’s prime rate or base lending rate, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Prime Interest Determination Date as they appear on that page.

If fewer than four of the rates referred to above appear on the Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page, the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates, as of the close of business on such Prime Interest Determination Date, of three major banks in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent. For this purpose, the Calculation Agent will use rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year.

If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, the Prime Rate for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be the Prime Rate in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

“Prime Interest Determination Date” means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the first Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date.

“Reuters Screen US PRIME 1 Page” means the display on the “US PRIME 1” page on the Reuters service, or any successor or replacement service, or any replacement page or pages on that service, on which prime rates or base lending rates of major U.S. banks are displayed.

 

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Determination of CD Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the CD Rate, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate, on the CD Interest Determination Date (as defined below), for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity as published in H.15(519) under the heading “CDs (secondary market)”. If the CD Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply in determining the CD Rate:

If the rate described above does not appear published in H.15(519) by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such CD Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that time), then the CD Rate will be the rate, for such CD Interest Determination Date, as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under the heading “CDs (secondary market)”.

If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), the CD Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such CD Interest Determination Date, by three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City, as selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major U.S. money center banks with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity, and in a Representative Amount.

If fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, the CD Rate in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be the CD Rate in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

“CD Interest Determination Date’’ means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date.

Determination of Consumer Price Index. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), then for each Interest Payment Date, “CPI Performance” is the rate equal to the annual percentage change in the CPI (as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) for the period up to and including the stated calendar month prior to the month of the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “reference month”).

The performance of the Consumer Price Index will be calculated as follows:

 

  Interest Rate =   (  

CPIF – CPII

  )   
      CPII     

 

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where,

CPIF = CPI for the applicable reference month, as published on Bloomberg CPURNSA;

CPII = CPI for the twelfth month, or otherwise as specified in the applicable pricing supplement, prior to the applicable reference month, as published on Bloomberg CPURNSA.

Unless specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest rate payment on any Interest Payment Date will not be less than 0.00% per annum.

If the Consumer Price Index cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will be applied in determining the CPI:

If the Consumer Price Index is not reported on Bloomberg CPURNSA for a particular month by 3:00 p.m. on the Consumer Price Index Interest Determination Date, but has otherwise been published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Calculation Agent will determine the Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for that month using any other source as the Calculation Agent deems appropriate.

If the Consumer Price Index is rebased to a different year or period, the base reference period will continue to be the 1982-1984 reference period as long as the 1982-1984 Consumer Price Index continues to be published.

If the Consumer Price Index for the reference month is subsequently revised by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Calculation Agent will continue to use the Consumer Price Index initially published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the Interest Reset Date.

If, while such Supplemental Obligations are outstanding, the Consumer Price Index is discontinued or substantially altered, as determined by the Calculation Agent, the applicable substitute index for such Supplemental Obligation will be that chosen by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Department of Treasury’s Inflation-Linked Treasuries as described at 62 Federal Register 846-874 (January 6, 1997). If none of those securities are outstanding, the Calculation Agent will determine a substitute index for such Supplemental Obligation in accordance with general market practice at the time.

Determination of Federal Funds (Effective) Rate. If the Interest Rate Basis for such Supplemental Obligation is the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate, the Interest Rate Basis that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate, on the Federal Funds Interest Determination Date (as defined below), for U.S. dollar federal funds, as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Federal funds (effective)”, as that rate is displayed on Reuters Screen FEDFUNDS1 Page (as defined below). If the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply in determining the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate:

If the rate described above is not displayed on Reuters Screen FEDFUNDS1 Page by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Federal Funds

 

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Interest Determination Date, then the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate will be the rate, for such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, described above as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under the heading “Federal Funds/Effective Rate”.

If the rate described above in the prior paragraph is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate to be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight U.S. dollar federal funds by each of three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds transactions in The City of New York, which may include the agent and its affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on that Federal Funds Interest Determination Date.

If fewer than three leading brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described in the prior paragraph, the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period will be the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period. If the Initial Interest Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Rate Reset Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Rate Reset Period.

The Interest Rate Basis determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions will be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of the spread, if any, or by multiplying such Interest Rate Basis by the spread multiplier, if any, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

“Federal Funds Interest Determination Date” means, in relation to a particular Interest Reset Date, the first Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date.

“Reuters Screen FEDFUNDS1 Page” means the display on the Reuters service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “FEDFUNDS1” or any replacement page or pages on which U.S. dollar federal funds rates are displayed.

Any reference to a particular heading or headings on Designated CMT Reuters Page, H.15(519), H.15 daily update, Reuters screen EURIBOR01 Page, Reuters screen FEDCMT Page, Reuters screen FEDFUNDS1 Page, Reuters screen FRBCMT Page, Reuters screen LIBO Page, Designated LIBOR Page, Reuters screen USAUCTION10 Page, Reuters screen USAUCTION11 Page, Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1 Page, Reuters screen US PRIME 1 Page or any Reuters Page, shall include any successor or replacement heading or headings as determined by the Calculation Agent.

The “Calculation Date” pertaining to any Treasury Interest Determination Date, CMT Interest Determination Date, Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, CD Interest Determination Date, Consumer Price Index Interest Determination Date, CMS Interest Determination Date or Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, as the case may be, shall be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest

 

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Determination Date or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; and (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity or, for any amount to be redeemed or repaid, any redemption or repayment date, whichever is the day on which the payment of interest will be due. If LIBOR or EURIBOR is the specified Interest Rate Basis in the applicable Pricing Supplement, LIBOR and EURIBOR will be calculated on the relevant LIBOR Interest Determination Date or EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

The Calculation Agent’s determination of the interest rate on a Supplemental Obligation will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. In calculating an Interest Rate Basis, the Calculation Agent may obtain quotations from banks and dealers that are affiliates of the Calculation Agent and/or the Company.

All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to a Supplemental Obligation will be rounded upwards, or downwards, as appropriate, to the next higher or lower one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (for example, 9.876541% (or 0.09876541) would be rounded down to 9.87654% (or 0.0987654) and 9.876545% (or 0.09876545) would be rounded up to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655)), and all amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent in the case of U.S. dollars, or to the nearest corresponding hundredth of a unit, in the case of a currency other than U.S. dollars (with one-half cent or one-half of a corresponding unit or more being rounded upwards).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate on any Supplemental Obligation shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, shown in the applicable Pricing Supplement and, in any event, the interest rate on such Supplemental Obligation shall not be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.

For each interest period, the Calculation Agent will calculate the amount of accrued interest by multiplying the face amount of the Floating Rate Note by an accrued interest factor for the interest period. This factor will equal the sum of the interest factors calculated for each day during the interest period. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal) for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such day by (i) 360, in the case of Supplemental Obligations with a LIBOR (other than such Supplemental Obligations with a LIBOR Interest Rate Basis denominated in pounds sterling), EURIBOR, Commercial Paper, Prime Rate, CD Rate or Federal Funds Effective Rate Interest Rate Basis, (ii) by 365, in the case of Supplemental Obligations with a LIBOR Interest Rate Basis denominated in pounds sterling, or (iii) by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of Supplemental Obligations with a Treasury Rate, CMS Rate or CMT Rate Interest Rate Basis.

Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies an initial date on which a Supplemental Obligation may be redeemed by the Company (a “Redemption Commencement

 

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Date”), a Supplemental Obligation will not be redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity. If the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies a Redemption Commencement Date with respect to a Supplemental Obligation, the applicable Pricing Supplement will also specify one or more redemption prices, which will be expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of any Supplemental Obligation, and the redemption period or periods during which such redemption prices will apply. If a Supplemental Obligation is redeemable at the Company’s option, it will be redeemable at any time in whole or in part on or after the specified Redemption Commencement Date for a limited period, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, at the specified redemption price applicable to the redemption period for such Supplemental Obligation together with interest accrued up to the redemption date. If the Company elects to redeem a Supplemental Obligation, the Company will give to the Holder of such Supplemental Obligation written notice of the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation to be redeemed, not less than 5 Business Days nor more than 60 days before the applicable redemption date. In the event of redemption of this Supplemental Obligation in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

If one or more repayment dates are specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the principal of a Supplemental Obligation will be repayable in whole or in part in an amount equal to any authorized denomination (provided that the remaining principal amount of any Supplemental Obligation surrendered for partial repayment shall at least equal the minimum authorized denomination), on any such repayment date, in each case at the option of the Holder and at the applicable repayment price specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, together with accrued interest to the applicable repayment date (but interest installments due on or prior to such repayment date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date as provided in the Indenture). With respect to any Supplemental Obligation, if the applicable Pricing Supplement provides for more than one repayment date and the Holder exercises its option to elect repayment, the Holder shall be deemed to have elected repayment on the earliest repayment date after all conditions to such exercise have been satisfied, and references herein to the applicable repayment date shall mean such earliest repayment date.

In order for the exercise of such option to be effective and the principal amount of a Supplemental Obligation to be repaid, the Company must receive at the applicable address of the Trustee set forth below (or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of this Security), at least 15 days but not more than 30 days (or if either such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) prior to the applicable Repayment Date, either (i) the form below entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed and signed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth (a) the name, address and telephone number of the Holder of such Security, (b) the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation and the amount of such Supplemental Obligation to be repaid, (c) a description of the tenor and terms of the Security, (d) a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and (e) a guarantee stating that the Security being repaid, together with the form entitled “Option to

 

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Elect Repayment” on the addendum to such Security duly completed and signed will be received by the Company not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter (provided that such form duly completed and signed is received by the Company by such fifth Business Day). Any such election shall be irrevocable. The address to which such deliveries are to be made is The Bank of New York Mellon, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 (or at such other place or places as the Company or the Trustee shall notify the Holder of this Security). All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Security for repayment will be determined by the Company, whose determination will be final and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the option of the Holder to elect repayment may be exercised in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary for this Security at least 15 days prior to the applicable repayment date and (y) the option of the Holder to elect repayment may be exercised in any such manner as the Company may approve.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, we will not provide any sinking fund for a Supplemental Obligation.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of a Security of this series or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If a Supplemental Obligation is not an Original Issue Discount Security and if an Event of Default with respect to such Supplemental Obligation shall occur and be continuing, the principal of such Supplemental Obligation may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

If a Supplemental Obligation is an Original Discount Security and if an Event of Default with respect to such Supplemental Obligation shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of such Supplemental Obligation may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to the formula set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal and premium and interest, if any, on such Supplemental Obligation shall terminate.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. To the extent permitted by law, the Company may also amend or modify the rights of a particular Security of this series without the consent or approval of the other Holders of Securities of this series. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all

 

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Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

This Security shall be subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations in Section 305 thereof on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.

This Security is a Master Note and may be exchanged at any time, solely upon the request of the Company to the Trustee, for one or more Global Securities in the same aggregate principal amount, each of which may or may not be a Master Note, as requested by the Company. Each such replacement Global Security that is a Master Note shall reflect such of the Supplemental Obligations as the Company shall request. Each such replacement Global Security that is not a Master Note shall represent one (and only one) Supplemental Obligation as requested by the Company, and such Global Security shall be appropriately modified so as to reflect the terms of such Supplemental Obligation.

This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

 

 

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MASTER NOTE CUSIP NO.   
SUPPLEMENTAL OBLIGATION:   
Pricing Supplement No. and Date:   
Original Issue Date:   

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H

(Master Note)

OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THE SUPPLEMENTAL OBLIGATION REFERENCED IN THIS NOTICE

IS REPAYABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER AND

THE HOLDER ELECTS TO EXERCISE SUCH RIGHT

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repay the Supplemental Obligation referred to in this notice (or the portion thereof specified below) at the applicable repayment price, together with interest to the repayment date, all as provided for in such Supplemental Obligation, to the undersigned, whose name, address and telephone number are as follows:

 

 

 

(please print name of the undersigned)

 

 

(please print address of the undersigned)

 

 

(please print telephone number of the undersigned)

If such Supplemental Obligation provides for more than one repayment date, the undersigned requests repayment on the earliest repayment date after the requirements for exercising this option have been satisfied, and references in this notice to the repayment date mean such earliest repayment date. Terms used in this notice that are defined in the Security specified above are used herein as defined therein.

For such Supplemental Obligation to be repaid the Company must receive at the applicable address of the Trustee set forth below or at such other place or places of which the Company or the Trustee shall from time to time notify the Holder of such Security, any Business Day not later than the 15th or earlier than the 30th calendar day prior to the repayment date (or, if either such calendar day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (i) this

 

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“Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed and signed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth (a) the name, address and telephone number of the Holder of such Security, (b) the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation and the amount of such Supplemental Obligation to be repaid, (c) a description of the tenor and terms of the Security, (d) a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and (e) a guarantee stating that the Security being repaid, together with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the addendum to such Security duly completed and signed will be received by the Company not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter (provided that such form duly completed and signed is received by the Company by such fifth Business Day). The address to which such deliveries are to be made is:

The Bank of New York Mellon

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

101 Barclay Street

New York, New York 10286

or at such other place or places as the Company or the Trustee shall notify the Holder of such Security.

If less than the entire principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation is to be repaid, specify the portion thereof (which shall equal any Authorized Denomination) that the Holder elects to have repaid:

 

 

 

Date:  

 

    

 

       Notice: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the name of the Holder as written on the face of such Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any other change whatsoever.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM     as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT                        Custodian             
TEN ENT     as tenants by the entireties        (Cust)                     (Minor)
JT TEN     as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common       

Under Uniform Gifts to

Minors Act                     

          

(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE      

 

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:   

 

     
Signature Guaranteed      

 

     

 

NOTICE: Signature must be guaranteed

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.


SCHEDULE A

 

Pricing Supplement No.

   Principal Amount of
Supplemental
Obligation
   Original
Issue Date
   Decrease
in Principal
Amount
   Increase
in Principal
Amount
   Effective Date
of Increase or
Decrease
   Trustee
Notation