EX-4.12 10 dp03277_ex0412.htm

Exhibit 4.12

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
ABN NOTESSM
REGISTERED   REGISTERED
No. [FXR] / [FLR]   [Principal Amount]
    CUSIP:

     Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.




ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
ABN NOTESSM
([Fixed Rate] / [Floating Rate])

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by
ABN AMRO Holding N.V.

[Title of Securities]

ORIGINAL ISSUE
        DATE:
INITIAL
       REDEMPTION
       DATE:
INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST ACCRUAL
       DATE:
INITIAL
       REDEMPTION
       PERCENTAGE:
INTEREST PAYMENT
 
      DATES:
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: ANNUAL
       REDEMPTION
       PERCENTAGE
       REDUCTION:
INTEREST PAYMENT
       PERIOD:
APPLICABILITY OF
       MODIFIED
       PAYMENT UPON
       ACCELERATION:
IF SPECIFIED
       CURRENCY
       OTHER THAN U.S.
       DOLLARS, OPTION
       TO ELECT
       PAYMENT IN U.S.
       DOLLARS:
REDEMPTION
       NOTICE
       PERIOD:
APPLICABILITY OF
       ANNUAL INTEREST
       PAYMENTS:
If yes, state issue Price:
EXCHANGE RATE
       AGENT:
OPTIONAL
       REDEMPTION
       DATE:
  ORIGINAL YIELD TO
MATURITY:
BASE RATE: SPREAD: SPREAD MULTIPLIER REPORTING SERVICE:
MINIMUM INTEREST: MAXIMUM
       INTEREST:
   
OTHER PROVISIONS:      

     ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands and with corporate seat in Amsterdam (together with its successors and assigns, the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                        , or registered assignees, the principal sum of                          , on the Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to maturity) and to pay interest thereon at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, from and including the Interest Accrual Date specified above until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually in arrears as specified above as the Interest Payment Period on each Interest Payment Date (as specified above), commencing on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Interest Accrual Date specified above, and at maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date); provided, however, that if the Interest Accrual Date occurs between a Record Date, as defined below, and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date succeeding the Interest Accrual Date to the registered holder of this Note on the Record Date with respect to such second Interest Payment Date.

     Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and

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including the Interest Accrual Date, until, but excluding the date the principal hereof has been paid or duly made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the date 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day (as defined below)) (each such date a “Record Date”); provided, however, that interest payable at maturity (or any redemption or repayment date) will be payable to the person to whom the principal hereof shall be payable. As used herein, “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (a) that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close (x) in The City of New York or (y) if this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, Australian dollars or euro, in the principal financial center of the country of the Specified Currency, or (z) if this Note is denominated in Australian dollars, in Sydney and (b) if this Note is denominated in euro, that is also a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (“TARGET”) is operating (a “TARGET Settlement Day”).

     Payment of the principal of this Note, any premium and the interest due at maturity (or any redemption or repayment date), unless this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and is to be paid in whole or in part in such Specified Currency, will be made in immediately available funds upon surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Paying Agent, as defined on the reverse hereof, maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such other paying agency as the Issuer or the Guarantor may determine, in U.S. dollars. U.S. dollar payments of interest, other than interest due at maturity or on any date of redemption or repayment, will be made by U.S. dollar check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note register. A holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or the equivalent in a Specified Currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes having the same Interest Payment Date, the interest on which is payable in U.S. dollars, shall be entitled to receive payments of interest, other than interest due at maturity or on any date of redemption or repayment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the Paying Agent in writing not less than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

     Except to the extent otherwise specified above, all payments of principal of and premium, if any, interest and any other amounts on, or in respect of, this Note shall be made by the Issuer without withholding or deduction at source for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of The Netherlands, or the jurisdiction of residence or incorporation of any successor to the Issuer, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required to be withheld or deducted by (i) the laws (or any regulations or ruling promulgated thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction or (ii) an official position regarding the application, administration, interpretation or enforcement of any such laws, regulations or rulings (including, without limitation, a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in a Taxing Jurisdiction). If a withholding or deduction at source is required, the Issuer shall, subject to certain limitations and exceptions set forth below, pay to the holder of this Note such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that every net payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or any other amount made on this Note, after such withholding or deduction, shall not be less than the amount provided for in this Note to be then

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due and payable; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to make payment of such additional amounts for or on account of:

      (a) any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between the holder of this Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder, if such holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership or a corporation) and The Netherlands and its possessions or any other Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof, being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having had, a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation, where presentation is required, by the holder of this Note for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

     (b) any capital gain, estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

      (c) any tax assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments on or with respect to this Note;

      (d) any tax assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed on a payment to an individual and that is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN council meeting of November 26 – 27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directives;

      (e) any tax assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal or other amounts payable, or interest on this Note, to the extent that such payment can be made without such withholding by presentation of this Note to any other paying agent;

     (f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure by the holder of this Note or the beneficial owner of this Note to comply with any reasonable request by the Issuer addressed to the holder of this Note or, if different, the direct nominee of a beneficiary of the payment, within 90 days of such request (A) to provide information or certification concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such holder or such beneficial owner or (B) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (A) or (B), is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or

     (g) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f);

     nor shall additional amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, interest or any other amounts on, this Note to any holder of this Note who is a fiduciary, a partnership or any other Person, other than the sole beneficial owner of this Note to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to such

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fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such additional amounts had it been the holder of this Note.

     If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, and the holder does not elect (in whole or in part) to receive payment in U.S. dollars pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, payments of interest, principal or any premium with regard to this Note will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the holder hereof with a bank located outside the United States if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the Paying Agent in writing, with respect to payments of interest, on or prior to the fifth Business Day after the applicable Record Date and, with respect to payments of principal or any premium, at least ten Business Days prior to the Maturity Date or any redemption or repayment date, as the case may be; provided that, if payment of interest, principal or any premium with regard to this Note is payable in euro, the account must be a euro account in a country for which the euro is the lawful currency, provided, further, that if such wire transfer instructions are not received, such payments will be made by check payable in such Specified Currency mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note register; and provided, further, that payment of the principal of this Note, any premium and the interest due at maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date) will be made upon surrender of this Note at the office or agency referred to in the preceding paragraph.

     If so indicated on the face hereof, the holder of this Note, if denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, may elect to receive all or a portion of payments on this Note in U.S. dollars by transmitting a written request to the Paying Agent, on or prior to the fifth Business Day after such Record Date or at least ten Business Days prior to the Maturity Date or any redemption or repayment date, as the case may be. Such election shall remain in effect unless such request is revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent as to all or a portion of payments on this Note at least five Business Days prior to such Record Date, for payments of interest, or at least ten days prior to the Maturity Date or any redemption or repayment date, for payments of principal, as the case may be.

     If the holder elects to receive all or a portion of payments of principal of and any premium and interest on this Note, if denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, in U.S. dollars, the Exchange Rate Agent (as defined on the reverse hereof) will convert such payments into U.S. dollars. In the event of such an election, payment in respect of this Note will be based upon the exchange rate as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by such Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange dealers (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent unless such Exchange Rate Agent is an affiliate of the Issuer) for the purchase by the quoting dealer of U.S. dollars for the Specified Currency for settlement on such payment date in the amount of the Specified Currency payable in the absence of such an election to such holder and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If such bid quotations are not available, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments.

     The due and punctual payment by the Issuer of the principal of and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, this Note when and as the same shall become due and payable is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor.

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     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, as defined on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.

    ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
         
Dated: _______________ By: __________________________
      Name:  
      Title:  
         
         
    By: __________________________
      Name:  
      Title:  
SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR’S CERTIFICATE
         OF AUTHENTICATION
 
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
CITIBANK, N.A.,
 
not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent

By: __________________________
  Authorized Officer






[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of ABN NotesSM (the “Notes”) of the Issuer and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (the “Guarantor”, which term includes any successor guarantor under the Indenture). The Notes are issuable under an Indenture, dated as of September 15, 2006, between the Issuer, the Guarantor, Wilmington Trust Corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) and Citibank, N.A., as Securities Administrator (the “Securities Administrator”, which term includes any successor securities administrator under the Indenture) (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, 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 of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Guarantor and holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Issuer has appointed Citibank, N.A. at its corporate trust office in The City of New York as the paying agent (the “Paying Agent,” which term includes any additional or successor Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) with respect to the Notes. The terms of individual Notes may vary with respect to interest rates, interest rate formulas, issue dates, maturity dates, or otherwise, all as provided in the Indenture. To the extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

     Unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof, this Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or subject to repayment at the option of the holder prior to maturity.

     If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be redeemed in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer on or after the Initial Redemption Date specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth on the face hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of redemption. If this Note is subject to “Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction,” the Initial Redemption Percentage indicated on the face hereof will be reduced on each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified on the face hereof until the redemption price of this Note is 100% of the principal amount hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed to the registered holders of the Notes designated for redemption at their addresses as the same shall appear on the Note register not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or within the Redemption Notice Period specified on the face hereof, subject to all the conditions and provisions of the Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the amount of the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note will be subject to repayment at the option of the holder on the Optional Repayment Date or Dates specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth herein. On any Optional Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in whole or in part in increments of $1,000 or, if this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, in increments of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination hereof) at






the option of the holder hereof at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of repayment. For this Note to be repaid at the option of the holder hereof, the Paying Agent must receive at its corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, at least 15 but not more than 30 days prior to the date of repayment, (i) this Note with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” below duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States setting forth the name of the holder of this Note, the principal amount hereof, the certificate number of this Note or a description of this Note’s tenor and terms, the principal amount hereof to be repaid, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that this Note, together with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed, will be received by the Paying Agent not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter; provided, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if this Note and form duly completed are received by the Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day. Exercise of such repayment option by the holder hereof shall be irrevocable. In the event of repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the amount of the unpaid portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the Maturity Date (or any earlier redemption or repayment date), as the case may be. Unless otherwise provided on the face hereof, interest payments for this Note will be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     In the case where the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date) does not fall on a Business Day, payment of interest, premium, if any, or principal otherwise payable on such date need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or on the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date), and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date) to such next succeeding Business Day.

     This Note and all the obligations of the Issuer hereunder are direct, unsecured obligations of the Issuer and rank without preference or priority among themselves and pari passu with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer, subject to certain statutory exceptions in the event of liquidation upon insolvency.

     The due and punctual payment by the Issuer of the principal of and interest on, and any additional amounts with respect to, this Note when and as the same shall become due and payable is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor.

     This Note, and any Note or Notes issued upon transfer or exchange hereof, is issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and, if denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated above, is issuable only in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, then, unless a higher minimum denomination is required by applicable law and unless otherwise stated above, it is issuable only in denominations of the equivalent of U.S. $1,000 (rounded to an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency), or any amount in






excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency, as determined by reference to the noon dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of such Specified Currency published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “Market Exchange Rate”) on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of issuance.

     The Securities Administrator has been appointed registrar for the Notes, and the Securities Administrator will maintain at its office in The City of New York a register for the registration and transfer of Notes. This Note may be transferred at the aforesaid office of the Securities Administrator by surrendering this Note for cancellation, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the registered holder hereof in person or by the holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Securities Administrator shall issue in the name of the transferee or transferees, in exchange herefor, a new Note or Notes having identical terms and provisions and having a like aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator will not be required (i) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that has been called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of Notes being redeemed in part, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note if the holder thereof has exercised his right, if any, to require the Issuer to repurchase such Note in whole or in part, except the portion of such Note not required to be repurchased, or (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange Notes to the extent and during the period so provided in the Indenture with respect to the redemption of Notes. Notes are exchangeable at said office for other Notes of other authorized denominations of equal aggregate principal amount having identical terms and provisions. All such exchanges and transfers of Notes will be free of charge, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in connection therewith. All Notes surrendered for exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and executed by the registered holder in person or by the holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. The date of registration of any Note delivered upon any exchange or transfer of Notes shall be such that no gain or loss of interest results from such exchange or transfer.

     In case this Note shall at any time become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen and this Note or evidence of the loss, theft or destruction thereof (together with the indemnity hereinafter referred to and such other documents or proof as may be required in the premises) shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator, the Issuer in its discretion may execute a new Note of like tenor in exchange for this Note, but, if this Note is destroyed, lost or stolen, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Issuer and the Guarantor that this Note was destroyed or lost or stolen and, if required, upon receipt also of indemnity satisfactory to each of them. All expenses and reasonable charges associated with procuring such indemnity and with the preparation, authentication and delivery of a new Note shall be borne by the owner of the Note mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen.

     The Indenture provides that (a) if an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) due to the default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any series of debt securities issued under the Indenture, including the series of ABN NotesSM of which this Note forms a part, or due to the default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer applicable to the debt securities of such series but not applicable to all outstanding debt securities issued under the Indenture, other than a covenant for which the applicable indenture specifies that violation thereof does not give a right to accelerate or declare due and payable any security issued under such indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the debt securities of each affected series






(voting as a single class) may then declare the principal of all debt securities of all such series and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately and (b) if an Event of Default due to a default in the performance of any other of the covenants or agreements in the Indenture, other than a covenant or agreement for which the applicable indenture specifies that violation thereof does not give a right to accelerate or declare due and payable any security issued under such indenture, applicable to all outstanding debt securities issued thereunder, including this Note, or due to certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer or the Guarantor, shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all debt securities issued under the Indenture then outstanding (treated as one class) may declare the principal of all such debt securities and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults may be waived (except a continuing default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on such debt securities) by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of all affected series then outstanding.

     If the face hereof indicates that this Note is subject to “Modified Payment upon Acceleration,” then (i) if the principal hereof is declared to be due and payable as described in the preceding paragraph, the amount of principal due and payable with respect to this Note shall be limited to the aggregate principal amount hereof multiplied by the sum of the Issue Price specified on the face hereof (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount) plus the original issue discount amortized from the Interest Accrual Date to the date of declaration, which amortization shall be calculated using the “interest method” (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date of declaration), (ii) for the purpose of any vote of securityholders taken pursuant to the Indenture prior to the acceleration of payment of this Note, the principal amount hereof shall equal the amount that would be due and payable hereon, calculated as set forth in clause (i) above, if this Note were declared to be due and payable on the date of any such vote and (iii) for the purpose of any vote of securityholders taken pursuant to the Indenture following the acceleration of payment of this Note, the principal amount hereof shall equal the amount of principal due and payable with respect to this Note, calculated as set forth in clause (i) above.

     The Indenture permits the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Guarantor, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of all series issued under the Indenture then outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner the rights of the holders of each series so affected; provided that the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Guarantor may not, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby, (a) extend the final maturity of any such debt security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or repayment thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof, or modify or amend the provisions for conversion of any currency into any other currency, or modify or amend the provisions for conversion or exchange of the debt security for securities of the Issuer or other entities (other than as provided in the antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment provisions of the debt securities or otherwise in accordance with the terms thereof), or impair or affect the rights of any holder to institute suit for the payment thereof without the consent of the holder of each debt security so affected or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of debt securities the consent of the holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture.






     Except as set forth below, if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, this Note is payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency is not available to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, for making payments hereon due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or is no longer used by the government of the country issuing such currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions within the international banking community, then the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such payments in U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such payment or, if the Market Exchange Rate is not available on such date, as of the most recent practicable date; provided, however, that if the euro has been substituted for such Specified Currency, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may at its option (or shall, if so required by applicable law) without the consent of the holder of this Note effect the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note denominated in such Specified Currency in euro in lieu of such Specified Currency in conformity with legally applicable measures taken pursuant to, or by virtue of, the treaty establishing the European Community (the “EC”), as amended by the treaty on European Union (as so amended, the “Treaty”). Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars or euro where the required payment is in an unavailable Specified Currency will not constitute an Event of Default. If such Market Exchange Rate is not then available the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or is not published for a particular Specified Currency, the Market Exchange Rate will be based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the date of such payment from three recognized foreign exchange dealers (the “Exchange Dealers”) for the purchase by the quoting Exchange Dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on the payment date, in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to those holders or beneficial owners of Notes and at which the applicable Exchange Dealer commits to execute a contract. One of the Exchange Dealers providing quotations may be the Exchange Rate Agent unless the Exchange Rate Agent is an affiliate of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be. If those bid quotations are not available, the Exchange Rate Agent shall determine the market exchange rate at its sole discretion.

     The “Exchange Rate Agent,” if any, shall be indicated on the face hereof.

     All determinations referred to above made by, or on behalf of, the Issuer or the Guarantor or by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at such entity’s sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on holders of Notes and coupons.

     So long as this Note shall be outstanding, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will cause to be maintained an office or agency for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note as herein provided in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and an office or agency in said Borough of Manhattan for the registration, transfer and exchange as aforesaid of the Notes. The Issuer or the Guarantor may designate other agencies for the payment of said principal, premium and interest at such place or places (subject to applicable laws and regulations) as the Issuer or the Guarantor may decide. So long as there shall be such an agency, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall keep the Trustee and the Securities Administrator advised of the names and locations of such agencies, if any are so designated.






     With respect to moneys paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor and held by the Securities Administrator for payment of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on any Notes that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, interest or premium shall have become due and payable (whether at maturity or upon call for redemption or otherwise), (i) the Securities Administrator shall notify the holders of such Notes that such moneys shall be repaid to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and any person claiming such moneys shall thereafter look only to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, for payment thereof and (ii) such moneys shall be so repaid to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be. Upon such repayment all liability of the Securities Administrator with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting in any way any obligation the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may have to pay the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on this Note as the same shall become due.

     No provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the registered holder of this Note.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Guarantor and any agent of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Guarantor may treat the holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Guarantor or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or of the Guarantor or of any successor corporation to the Issuer or Guarantor, either directly or through the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any such successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

     This Note shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.






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
       
  TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties
       
  JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
       
           
  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT – 
 
Custodian
 
 
    (Minor)   (Cust)  
           
  Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
 
 
    (State)  
       
  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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

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[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
      
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE]

 
 
 
 
 
 

[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE]

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing such person attorney to transfer such note on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: _______________________

 

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





OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

     The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Issuer to repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest to the Optional Repayment Date, to the undersigned at

 
 
 
 
 
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)


     If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is to be repaid, specify the portion thereof which the holder elects to have repaid: _________________; and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion of the within Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid): __________________.

     
Dated: ________________________   _________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this Option to Elect
Repayment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within instrument in
every particular without alteration or enlargement.