Exhibit 4.1
TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
As Trustee
____________
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of July 15, 1998
Supplementing the Indenture
dated as of July 1, 1998
____________
$50,000,000
Remarketed Notes Due 2038
This First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the 15th day of July,
1998 between Tampa Electric Company, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter called the
"Company") and having its principal office at TECO Plaza, 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, and The Bank of New York,
(hereinafter called the "Trustee") and having its principal corporate trust
office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated
as of July 1, 1998 (the "Original Indenture"), pursuant to which one or
more series of debt of the Company (the "Securities") may be issued from
time to time; and
WHEREAS, Section 201 of the Original Indenture permits the terms of
any series of Securities to be established in an indenture supplemental to
the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, Section 901(7) of the Original Indenture provides that a
supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee
without the consent of any Holders of the Securities to establish the form
and terms of the Securities of any series; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Trustee to join with it in the
execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture in order to
supplement and amend the Original Indenture by, among other things,
establishing the form and terms of one series of Securities to be known as
the Company's "Remarketed Notes Due 2038" (the "Notes") and amending and
adding certain provisions thereof for the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to enter into this First
Supplemental Indenture for the purposes set forth in Sections 201 and 901
of the Original Indenture as referred to above; and
WHEREAS, the Company has furnished the Trustee with a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a valid
supplement to the Original Indenture have been done,
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes
to be issued hereunder by holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions
All capitalized terms that are used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture.
The Original Indenture together with this First Supplemental Indenture are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Indenture."
"Applicable Spread" shall mean the lowest bid indication, expressed as
a spread (in the form of a percentage or in basis points) above the Base
Rate, obtained by the SPURS Agent on the applicable Determination Date from
the bids quoted by up to five Reference Corporate Dealers for the full
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at the Dollar Price,
but assuming (i) an issue date equal to the applicable SPURS Remarketing
Date, with settlement on such date without accrued interest, (ii) a
maturity date equal to the next succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date of
the Notes, and (iii) a stated annual interest rate, payable semiannually on
each Interest Payment Date, equal to the Base Rate plus the spread bid by
the applicable Reference Corporate Dealer. If fewer than five Reference
Corporate Dealers bid as described above, then the Applicable Spread shall
be the lowest of such bid indications obtained as described above. The
SPURS Interest Rate announced by the SPURS Agent, absent manifest error,
shall be binding and conclusive upon the Beneficial Owners and holders of
the Notes, the Company and the Trustee.
"Base Rate" shall mean the interest rate established by the SPURS
Agent, after consultation with the Company, as the applicable "base rate"
at commencement of the applicable SPURS Mode.
"Beneficial Owner" shall mean, for Notes in book-entry form, the
Person who acquires an interest in the Notes, which is reflected on the
records of the Depositary through its participants.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York, or the state in which the office of the
Trustee at which the Indenture is administered are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close; provided, however, that with respect to
Notes in the Long Term Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode as to which LIBOR is an
applicable Interest Rate Basis, such day is also a London Business Day (as
hereinafter defined). "London Business Day" shall mean (i) if the Index
Currency (as hereinafter defined) is other than European Currency Units
("ECU"), any day on which dealings in such Index Currency are transacted in
the London interbank market or (ii) if the Index Currency is ECU, any day
that does not appear as an ECU non-settlement day on the display designated
as "ISDE" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so
designated by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days
do not appear on the page (and are not so designated), is a day on which
payments in ECU can be settled in the international banking market.
"Calculation Agent" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(a)
hereof.
"Calculation Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(a)
hereof.
"CD Rate" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(b)(1)
hereof.
"CMT Rate" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(b)(2)
hereof.
"Commercial Paper Term Mode" shall mean, with respect to any Note, the
Interest Rate Mode in which the interest rate on such Note is reset on a
periodic basis that shall not be less than one calendar day nor more than
364 consecutive calendar days and interest is paid as provided for such
Interest Rate Mode in Section 204(e)(1) hereof.
"Commercial Paper Term Period" shall mean, with respect to any Note,
the Interest Rate Period in the Commercial Paper Term Mode that is a period
of not less than one nor more than 364 consecutive calendar days, as
determined by the Company or, if not so determined, by the Remarketing
Agent for such Note (in its best judgment in order to obtain the lowest
interest cost for the Note). Each Commercial Paper Term Period will
commence on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date therefor and end on the day
preceding the date specified by such Remarketing Agent as the first day of
the next Interest Rate Period for the Notes. The interest rate for any
Commercial Paper Term Period relating to any Note will be determined not
later than 11:50 a.m., New York City time, on the Interest Rate Adjustment
Date for the Note, which is the first day of each Interest Period for such
Note.
"Comparable Treasury Issues" shall mean the United States Treasury
security or securities selected by the SPURS Agent as having an actual or
interpolated maturity or maturities comparable or applicable to the
remaining term to the next succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date of the
Notes being purchased.
"Comparable Treasury Price" shall mean, with respect to the SPURS
Remarketing Date, (a) the offer prices for the Comparable Treasury Issues
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) at 11:00
a.m. on the Determination Date, as set forth on Telerate Page 500 (or such
other page as may replace Telerate Page 500) or (b) if such page (or any
successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such offer prices on
such Determination Date, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such SPURS Remarketing Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the SPURS
Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations. "Telerate
Page 500" shall mean the display designated as "Telerate Page 500" on Dow
Xxxxx Markets (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500 on such
service) or such other service displaying the offer prices specified in (a)
above as may replace Dow Xxxxx Markets.
"Composite Quotations" shall mean the daily statistical release
entitled "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for United States Government
Securities" published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any
successor publication.
"Depositary" shall have the meaning specified in Section 203 hereof.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" shall mean the display on the Dow Xxxxx
Markets (or any successor service) on the page specified in the applicable
Floating Interest Rate Notice (or any other page as may replace such page
on such service for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities
as reported in H.15(519)) for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant
Maturities as reported in H.15(519). If no such page is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, the page shall be 7052 for the
most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" shall mean the original period to
maturity of the United States Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,
10, 20 or 30 years) specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice with respect to which the CMT Rate will be calculated. If no such
maturity is specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, the
Designated CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
"Designated LIBOR Page" shall mean (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified
in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, the display on the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the page
specified in such Floating Interest Rate Notice (or any other page as may
replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the London
interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice or
neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified in the applicable
Floating Interest Rate Notice as the method for calculating LIBOR, the
display on the Dow Xxxxx Markets (or any successor service) on the page
specified in such Floating Interest Rate Notice (or any other page as may
replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the London
interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency.
"Determination Date" shall mean the third Business Day immediately
preceding the applicable SPURS Remarketing Date.
"Dollar Price" shall mean the present value determined by the SPURS
Agent, as of the applicable SPURS Remarketing Date, of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments discounted to such SPURS Remarketing Date, on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months), at the Treasury Rate.
"DTC Participant" shall mean an account maintained by an institution
with the Depositary through which securities are held by such institution
and accounted for by a book-entry registration and transfer system.
"Federal Funds Rate" shall have the meaning specified in Section
206(b)(3) hereof.
"Floating Interest Rate Notice" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 206(a) hereof. The form of Floating Rate Interest Notice is set
forth as Exhibit C to this First Supplemental Indenture.
"Floating Rate Maximum Interest Rate" and "Floating Rate Minimum
Interest Rate" have the respective meanings specified in Section 206(a)
hereof.
"H.15(519)" shall mean "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected
Interest Rates" published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or any successor publication.
"Index Currency" shall mean the currency or composite currency
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as to which LIBOR
will be calculated. If no such currency or composite currency is specified
in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, the Index Currency will be
United States dollars.
"Index Maturity" shall mean the period to maturity of the instrument
or obligation with respect to which the related Interest Rate Basis or
Bases will be calculated.
"Initial Interest Rate" shall mean the annual rate of interest
applicable to the Notes during the Initial Interest Rate Period.
"Initial Interest Rate Period" shall mean the period from the Original
Issue Date to, but excluding, Initial SPURS Remarketing Date.
"Initial SPURS Agent" shall mean the SPURS Agent with the option to
purchase the Notes on the Initial SPURS Remarketing Date.
"Initial SPURS Remarketing Date" shall mean the date designated by the
Initial SPURS Agent, after consultation with the Company, upon which the
Initial SPURS Agent may, if it has so elected, remarket the Notes at the
SPURS Interest Rate.
"Interest Determination Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 206(a) hereof.
"Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
204(c) hereof.
"Interest Rate Adjustment Date" shall mean (i) for a particular
Interest Rate Period in any Interest Rate Mode, each date, which shall be a
Business Day, on which interest and, in the case of a floating interest
rate, the Spread (if any) and the Spread Multiplier (if any) on the Notes
subject thereto commences to accrue at the rate determined and announced by
the applicable Remarketing Agent for such Interest Rate Period, and (ii)
for Notes in the Initial Interest Rate Period, the Original Issue Date.
"Interest Rate Basis" shall have the meaning specified in Section
206(a) hereof.
"Interest Rate Mode" shall mean the mode in which the interest rate on
a Note is being determined, i.e., the Commercial Paper Term Mode, the Long
Term Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode.
"Interest Rate Period" shall mean (a) with respect to any Note in the
Commercial Paper Term Mode or Long Term Rate Mode, the period of time
commencing on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date and extending either (i)
to, but not including, the immediately succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment
Date or (ii) if there is no succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date, to,
but not including, the Stated Maturity, and during which such Note bears
interest at a particular fixed interest rate or floating interest rate, and
(b) with respect to any Note in the SPURS Mode, the SPURS Rate Period.
"Interest Reset Date" and "Interest Reset Period" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 206(a) hereof.
"LIBOR" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(b)(4) hereof.
"Long Term Rate Mode" shall mean, with respect to any Note, the
Interest Rate Mode in which the interest rate on such Note is reset in a
Long Term Rate Period and interest is paid as provided for such Interest
Rate Mode in Section 204(e)(2) hereof.
"Long Term Rate Period" shall mean, with respect to any Note, any
period of more than 364 days and not exceeding the remaining term to the
Stated Maturity of such Note.
"Notification Date" shall mean a Business Day not later than five (5)
Business Days prior to the applicable SPURS Remarketing Date.
"Optional Redemption" shall mean the redemption of any Note prior to
its maturity at the option of the Company as described herein.
"Optional Redemption Price" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 305(c) hereof.
"Original Issue Date" shall mean the date upon which the Notes are
initially issued by the Company, such date to be set forth on the face of
the Note.
"Prime Rate" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(b)(5)
hereof.
"Principal Financial Center" shall mean the capital city of the
country issuing the Index Currency, except that with respect to United
Stated dollars, Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, Italian
lire, Swiss francs and ECUs, the Principal Financial Center shall be the
City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and
Luxembourg, respectively.
"Reference Corporate Dealers" shall mean such Reference Corporate
Dealers as shall be appointed by the SPURS Agent after consultation with
the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealers" shall mean such Reference Treasury
Dealers as shall be appointed by the SPURS Agent after consultation with
the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" shall mean, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and the SPURS Remarketing Date, the offer prices
for the Comparable Treasury Issues (expressed in each case as a percentage
of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the SPURS Agent by such
Reference Treasury Dealer by 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the
Determination Date.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" shall mean, with respect to the Notes,
the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest
thereon, calculated at the Base Rate only, that would be due after the
SPURS Remarketing Date to and including the next succeeding Interest Rate
Adjustment Date.
"Remarketing Agent" shall mean such agent or agents, including any
standby remarketing agent (each a "Standby Remarketing Agent"), as the
Company may appoint from time to time for the purpose of remarketing of the
Notes, as set forth in the remarketing agreement that the Company shall
enter into prior to the remarketing of such Notes.
"Reuters Screen U.S. PRIME 1 Page" shall mean the display designated
as page "U.S. PRIME 1" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any
successor service) on the U.S. PRIME 1 Page (or such other page as may
replace the U.S. PRIME 1 Page on such service) for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.
"Special Interest Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
205 hereof.
"Special Mandatory Purchase" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 210(a) hereof.
"Spread" shall mean the number of basis points to be added to or
subtracted from the related Interest Rate Basis or Bases applicable to an
Interest Rate Period for such Note.
"Spread Multiplier" shall mean the percentage of the related Interest
Rate Basis or Bases applicable to an Interest Rate Period by which such
Interest Rate Basis or Bases will be multiplied to determine the applicable
interest rate from time to time for an Interest Rate Period.
"SPURS Agent" shall mean the remarketing agent granted the option
under a SPURS Remarketing Agreement to purchase Notes in the SPURS Mode and
subsequently remarket the repurchased Notes at a SPURS Interest Rate.
"SPURS Interest Rate" shall mean the rate equal to the Base Rate
established by a SPURS Agent, after consultation with the Company, at or
prior to the commencement of the applicable SPURS Mode, plus the Applicable
Spread, which will be based on the Dollar Price.
"SPURS Mode" shall mean, with respect to any Note, the Interest Rate
Mode in which such Note shall bear interest and be subject to remarketing
as "Structured PUtable Remarketable Securities" ("SPURS") as provided for
in Article Three hereof.
"SPURS Period" shall mean, with respect to any Note remarketed by the
Initial SPURS Agent on the Initial SPURS Remarketing Date, that portion of
the SPURS Rate Period commencing on the Initial SPURS Remarketing Date up
to, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
"SPURS Rate Period" shall mean an Interest Rate Period for any Note in
the SPURS Mode established by the Company as a period of more than 364 days
and less than the remaining term to the Stated Maturity of such Note;
provided, however, that such Interest Rate Period must end on the day prior
to an Interest Payment Date for such Note. The SPURS Rate Period shall
consist of the period to and excluding the SPURS Remarketing Date and the
period from and including the SPURS Remarketing Date to, but excluding, the
next succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
"SPURS Remarketing Agreement" shall mean the agreement by and between
the Company and the SPURS Agent dated as of the date commencing the
applicable SPURS Rate Period that sets forth the rights and obligations of
the Company and the SPURS Agent with respect to the remarketing of Notes in
the SPURS Mode.
"SPURS Remarketing Date" shall mean the date designated by the SPURS
Agent, after consultation with the Company, upon which the SPURS Agent may
elect to remarket the Notes at the SPURS Interest Rate.
"Stated Maturity" shall mean July 15, 2038.
"Treasury Bills" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(b)(6)
hereof.
"Treasury Rate" shall have the meaning specified in Section 206(b)(6)
hereof.
"Weekly Rate Period" shall have the meaning specified in Section
204(e)(1) hereof.
Section 102. Section References
Each reference to a particular section set forth in this First
Supplemental Indenture shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer
to this First Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
Designation and Terms of the Notes
Section 201. Establishment of Series
There is hereby created a series of Securities to be known and
designated as the "Remarketed Notes Due 2038" (the "Notes"), which shall
rank equally with each other and all other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Company. For the purposes of the Original Indenture,
the Notes shall constitute a single series of Securities.
Section 202. Variations in Terms of Notes
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Original
Indenture and in this First Supplemental Indenture, the terms of any
particular Note may vary from the terms of any other Note as contemplated
by Section 301 of the Original Indenture, and the terms for a particular
Note will be set forth in such Note as delivered to the Trustee or an
Authenticating Agent for authentication pursuant to Section 303 of the
Original Indenture.
Section 203. Amount and Denominations; the Depositary
The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued under this
First Supplemental Indenture is limited to $50,000,000.
The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form and will
initially be registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its
successor ("Depositary"), or its nominee who is hereby designated as "U.S.
Depositary" under the Original Indenture. The authorized denominations of
Notes shall be $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 204. Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates and Interest
Rate Periods
(a) Initial Interest Rate. The Notes shall initially bear interest
at the annual rate set forth in Annex A thereof (the "Initial Interest
Rate") from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the Initial SPURS
Remarketing Date.
(b) Interest Rate(s) Subsequent to the Initial Interest Rate. If the
Initial SPURS Agent elects to purchase the Notes as described in Section
304 hereof, the Notes shall be subject to mandatory tender to the Initial
SPURS Agent on the Initial SPURS Remarketing Date, except in the limited
circumstances described in Section 304 hereof, and shall for the SPURS
Period bear interest at the SPURS Interest Rate as described in Section
304(b) hereof.
If the Initial SPURS Agent does not purchase the Notes on the Initial
SPURS Remarketing Date, thereafter each Note shall bear interest at a rate
or rates in a new SPURS Mode, a Long Term Rate Mode or a Commercial Paper
Term Mode if remarketed as provided for in Section 209 hereof, or otherwise
shall be redeemed by the Company as provided for under Section 210(b)
hereof. Each Note may bear interest for designated Interest Rate Periods
in the same or a different Interest Rate Mode from other Notes. The
interest rate for the Notes shall be established periodically by the
applicable Remarketing Agent as provided for in Section 209 hereof. Each
Note will set forth on Annex A thereof the then applicable Interest Rate
Mode of such Note, its interest rate, each Interest Rate Adjustment Date,
the Interest Rate Period and such other information indicated in the form
of Annex A attached to Exhibit A hereto.
(c) Payment of Interest. Interest shall be payable on any Note at
maturity and (i) for the Initial Interest Rate Period, on the dates set
forth on the face thereof; (ii) for any Interest Rate Period in the
Commercial Paper Term Mode, on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date commencing
the next succeeding Interest Rate Period for such Note and on such other
dates (if any) as shall be established upon conversion of such Note to the
Commercial Paper Term Mode or upon remarketing of the Note in a new
Interest Rate Period in the Commercial Paper Term Mode and set forth in
Annex A to the applicable Note; and (iii) in the Long Term Rate Mode or
SPURS Mode, no less frequently than semiannually on such dates as will be
established upon conversion of such Note to the Long Term Rate Mode or the
SPURS Mode (or upon remarketing of the Note in a new Interest Rate Period
in the Long Term Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode, as the case may be) and set
forth in Annex A to the applicable Note in the case of a fixed interest
rate, or as described below in Section 206 in the case of a floating
interest rate, and on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date commencing the next
succeeding Interest Rate Period (each such date, an "Interest Payment
Date"). Such interest will be payable to the holder thereof as of the
related Record Date, which, for any Note (x) during the Initial Interest
Rate Period is the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date; (y) in the
Commercial Paper Term Mode, is the Business Day prior to the related
Interest Payment Date; and (z) in the Long Term Rate Mode or the SPURS
Mode, is the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date. If any Interest
Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business
Day, and no interest will accrue on such payment for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding Business Day.
(d) Computation of Interest. Interest on Notes bearing interest in
the Commercial Paper Term Mode or at a floating interest rate during an
Interest Rate Period in the Long Term Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode will be
computed on the basis of actual days elapsed over 360; provided that, if an
applicable Interest Rate Basis is the CMT Rate or Treasury Rate (each as
defined in Section 206 hereof), interest will be computed on the basis of
actual days elapsed over the actual number of days in the year. Interest
on Notes bearing interest at a fixed rate in the Long Term Rate Mode or
SPURS Mode will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting
of twelve 30-day months. Interest on Notes at the Initial Interest Rate
will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve
30-day months.
(e) Interest Rate Modes. The Interest Rate Period for each interest
rate mode shall be determined in accordance with this subsection (e)
subject to possibility of extension of such period pursuant to standby
remarketing arrangements, if any, as described in Section 209(b) hereof.
(1) Commercial Paper Term Mode. The Interest Rate Period for
any Note in the Commercial Paper Term Mode will be a period of not less
than one nor more than 364 consecutive calendar days (a "Commercial Paper
Term Period"), as determined by the Company (as described in Section 207
below) or, if not so determined, by the Remarketing Agent for such Note (in
its best judgment in order to obtain the lowest interest cost for such
Note). Each Commercial Paper Term Period will commence on the Interest
Rate Adjustment Date therefor and end on the day preceding the date
specified by such Remarketing Agent as the first day of the next Interest
Rate Period for such Note. A "Weekly Rate Period" is a Commercial Paper
Term Period and shall be a period of seven days commencing on any Interest
Rate Adjustment Date and ending on the day preceding the first day of the
next Interest Rate Period for such Note. The interest rate for any
Commercial Paper Term Period relating to a Note shall be determined not
later than 11:50 a.m., New York City time, on the Interest Rate Adjustment
Date for such Note (subject to Section 209 hereof), which is the first day
of each Interest Period for such Note.
(2) Long Term Rate Mode. The Interest Rate Period for any Note
in the Long Term Rate Mode shall be established by the Company (as
described in Section 207 hereof) as a period of more than 364 days and not
exceeding the remaining term to the Stated Maturity of such Note (a "Long
Term Rate Period"). The interest rate, or Spread (if any) and Spread
Multiplier (if any), for any Note in the Long Term Rate Mode shall be
determined not later than 11:50 a.m., New York City time, on the Interest
Rate Adjustment Date for such Note, which is the first day of each Interest
Rate Period for such Note.
(3) SPURS Mode. So long as any Note is in a SPURS Mode during
the period up to, but excluding, the applicable SPURS Remarketing Date, the
provisions set forth in this Article Two are applicable to the remarketing
of Notes generally, but only to the extent expressly provided in Article
Three. The Interest Rate Period for any Note in the SPURS Mode shall be
established by the Company (as described in Section 207 hereof) as a period
of more than 364 days and not exceeding the remaining term to the Stated
Maturity of such Note (a "SPURS Rate Period"). A SPURS Rate Period shall
consist of the period to and excluding the SPURS Remarketing Date and the
period from and including the SPURS Remarketing Date to, but excluding, the
next succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date, as described in Article
Three and subject to the conditions therein and otherwise herein described.
The interest rate and, in the case of a floating interest rate, the Spread
(if any), and the Spread Multiplier (if any) to the SPURS Remarketing Date
for any Note in the SPURS Mode shall be determined not later than 11:50
a.m., New York City time, on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date for such
Note, which for the SPURS Mode is the first day of each Interest Rate
Period for such Note.
Section 205. Determination of Interest Rates
The interest rate and, in the case of a floating interest rate, the
Spread (if any), and the Spread Multiplier (if any), for any Note shall be
established by the applicable Remarketing Agent in a remarketing as
provided for in Section 207 hereof or otherwise not later than the first
day of each succeeding Interest Rate Period for such Note, which must be a
Business Day (each an "Interest Rate Adjustment Date"), and will be the
minimum rate of interest and, in the case of a floating interest rate,
Spread (if any) and Spread Multiplier (if any) necessary in the judgment of
such Remarketing Agent to produce a par bid in the secondary market for
such Note on the date the interest rate is established. Such rate will be
effective for the next succeeding Interest Rate Period for such Note
commencing on such Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
In the event that (i) the applicable Remarketing Agent has been
removed or has resigned and no successor has been appointed; or (ii) such
Remarketing Agent has failed to announce the appropriate interest rate,
Spread (if any) or Spread Multiplier (if any), as the case may be, on the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date for any Note for whatever reason; or (iii)
the appropriate interest rate, Spread (if any) or Spread Multiplier (if
any), as the case may be, or Interest Rate Period cannot be determined for
any Note for whatever reason, then the next succeeding Interest Rate Period
for such Note shall be automatically converted to a Weekly Rate Period, and
the rate of interest thereon will be equal to the Federal Funds Rate (such
rate of interest being referred to herein as the "Special Interest Rate").
After any Interest Rate Adjustment Date any Beneficial Owner may
contact the Trustee or the Remarketing Agent in order to be advised of the
interest rate applicable to such Beneficial Owner's remarketed Notes. No
notice of the applicable interest rate will be sent to Beneficial Owners.
The interest rate and other terms announced by the Remarketing Agent,
absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive upon the Beneficial
Owners, the Company and the Trustee.
Section 206. Election and Determination of a Floating Interest Rate
by the Company
(a) While any Note bears interest in the Long Term Rate Mode or the
SPURS Mode (with respect to the period from, and including, the Interest
Rate Adjustment Date commencing such period to, but excluding, the SPURS
Remarketing Date), the Company may elect a floating interest rate by
providing notice, which shall be submitted or promptly confirmed in writing
(which includes facsimile or appropriate electronic media), received by the
Trustee and the Remarketing Agent for such Note (the "Floating Interest
Rate Notice") not less than ten (10) days prior to the Interest Rate
Adjustment Date for such Long Term Rate Period or SPURS Rate Period. The
Floating Interest Rate Notice must identify by CUSIP number or otherwise
the portion of the Note to which it relates and state the Interest Rate
Period (or portion thereof, in the case of the SPURS Mode) therefor to
which it relates. Each Floating Interest Rate Notice must also state the
Interest Rate Basis or Bases, the initial Interest Reset Date, the Interest
Reset Period and Interest Reset Dates, the Interest Rate Period and
Interest Payment Dates, the Index Maturity and the Floating Rate Maximum
Interest Rate and/or Floating Rate Minimum Interest Rate, if any. If one
or more of the applicable Interest Rate Bases is LIBOR or the CMT Rate, the
Floating Interest Rate Notice shall also specify the Index Currency and
Designated LIBOR Page or the Designated CMT Maturity Index and Designated
CMT Telerate Page, respectively. A form of Floating Interest Rate Notice
is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
If any Note bears interest at a floating rate in a Long Term Rate
Period or SPURS Rate Period, such Note shall bear interest at the rate
determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a)
plus or minus the Spread (if any) and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread
Multiplier (if any) specified by the Remarketing Agent, in the case of a
Long Term Rate Period, or the SPURS Agent, in the case of a SPURS Rate
Period. Commencing on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date for such Interest
Rate Period, the rate at which interest on such Note will be payable shall
be reset as of each Interest Reset Date during such Interest Rate Period
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice.
The applicable floating interest rate on any Note during any Interest
Rate Period shall be determined by reference to the applicable Interest
Rate Basis or Bases, which may include (i) the CD Rate, (ii) the CMT Rate,
(iii) the Federal Funds Rate, (iv) LIBOR, (v) the Prime Rate, (vi) the
Treasury Rate or (vii) such other Interest Rate Basis or interest rate
formula as may be specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice
(each, an "Interest Rate Basis").
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice, the interest rate with respect to each Interest Rate Basis shall be
determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section
206. Except as set forth above or in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice, the interest rate in effect on each day shall be (i), if such day
is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest
Determination Date immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date or (ii),
if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as
of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the most recent
Interest Reset Date. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day
that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to
the next succeeding Business Day, unless LIBOR is an applicable Interest
Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, in which case such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day. In addition, if the Treasury Rate is an applicable
Interest Rate Basis and the Interest Determination Date would otherwise
fall on an Interest Reset Date, then such Interest Reset Date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding Business Day.
The applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice will specify whether the
rate of interest will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly,
semiannually or annually or on such other specified basis (each, an
"Interest Reset Period") and the dates on which such rate of interest will
be reset (each, an "Interest Reset Date"). Unless otherwise specified in
the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, the Interest Reset Dates will
be, in the case of a floating interest rate which resets: (i) daily, each
Business Day; (ii) weekly, the Wednesday of each week (unless the Treasury
Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, in which case the Tuesday of
each week except as described below); (iii) monthly, the third Wednesday of
each month; (iv) quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September
and December of each year; (v) semiannually, the third Wednesday of the two
months specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice; and (vi)
annually, the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable
Floating Interest Rate Notice.
The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period commencing
on the related Interest Reset Date shall be the rate determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date. The "Interest Determination Date"
shall mean (i), with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT Rate, the Federal
Funds Rate and the Prime Rate, the second Business Day immediately
preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date; (ii) with respect to LIBOR,
the second London Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Interest Reset Date, unless the Index Currency is British pounds sterling,
in which case it shall mean the applicable Interest Reset Date; and (iii)
with respect to the Treasury Rate, the day within the week in which the
applicable Interest Reset Date falls upon which day Treasury Bills are
normally auctioned; provided, however, that if an auction is held on the
Friday of the week preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date, the
"Interest Determination Date" shall mean such preceding Friday. If the
interest rate of any Note is a floating interest rate determined with
reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases specified in the applicable
Floating Interest Rate Notice, the Interest Determination Date pertaining
to the Note shall be the most recent Business Day which is at least two
Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Reset Date on which each
Interest Rate Basis shall determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis will be
determined as of such date, and the applicable interest rate shall take
effect on the related Interest Reset Date.
Either or both of the following may also apply to the floating
interest rate on any Note for an Interest Rate Period: (i) a floating rate
maximum interest rate, or ceiling, that may accrue during any Interest
Reset Period (the "Floating Rate Maximum Interest Rate") and (ii) a
floating rate minimum interest rate, or floor, that may accrue during any
Interest Reset Period (the "Floating Rate Minimum Interest Rate"). In
addition to any Floating Rate Maximum Interest Rate that may apply, the
interest rate on any Note shall in no event be higher than the maximum rate
permitted under the law of the State of New York, as the same may be
modified by United States laws of general application.
Except as provided below or in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice, interest will be payable, in the case of floating interest rates
which reset: (i) daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each
month; (ii) quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and
December of each year; (iii) semiannually, on the third Wednesday of the
two months of each year specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice; and (iv) annually, on the third Wednesday of the month of each year
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice and, in each
case, on the Business Day immediately following the applicable Long Term
Rate Period or SPURS Rate Period, as the case may be. If any Interest
Payment Date for the payment of interest at a floating rate (other than
following the end of the applicable Long Term Rate Period or SPURS Rate
Period, as the case may be) would otherwise be a day that is not a Business
Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding
Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and
such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such
Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day.
All percentages resulting from any calculation of floating interest
rates will be rounded to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards
(e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or
.0987655)), and all amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will
be rounded, in the case of United States dollars, to the nearest cent or,
in the case of a foreign currency or composite currency, to the nearest
unit (with one-half cent or unit being rounded upwards).
Accrued floating rate interest will be calculated by multiplying the
principal amount of the applicable Note by an accrued interest factor. Such
accrued interest factor will be computed by adding the interest factor
calculated for each day in the applicable Interest Reset Period. Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, the
interest factor for each such day will be computed by dividing the interest
rate applicable to such day by 360, if an applicable Interest Rate Basis is
the CD Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or the Prime Rate, or by the
actual number of days in the year if an applicable Interest Rate Basis is
the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, if the floating interest rate is
calculated with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases, the interest
factor will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only one
of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied as specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice.
For any Note bearing interest at a floating rate, the applicable
Remarketing Agent shall determine the interest rate in effect from the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date for such Note to the initial Interest Reset
Date. The interest rate in effect for each Interest Reset Period thereafter
shall be determined by a calculation agent selected by the Company (a
"Calculation Agent"). Upon request of the Beneficial Owner of a Note,
after any Interest Rate Adjustment Date, the Calculation Agent or the
Remarketing Agent shall disclose the interest rate and, in the case of a
floating interest rate, Interest Rate Basis or Bases, Spread (if any) and
Spread Multiplier (if any), and in each case the other terms applicable to
such Note then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate that will
become effective as a result of a determination made for the next
succeeding Interest Reset Date with respect to such Note. Except as
described herein with respect to a Note earning interest at floating rates,
the Beneficial Owner of a note shall not be entitled to receive notice of
the applicable interest rate, Spread (if any) or Spread Multiplier (if
any).
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice, the "Calculation Date," if applicable, pertaining to any Interest
Determination Date will be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after
such Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding
the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity, as the case
may be.
(b) Interest Rate Bases for Floating Interest Rates. The basis for
the floating interest rate on any Note during any Interest Rate Period may
include, but is not limited to, any of the following bases (each, an
"Interest Rate Basis"):
(1) If an Interest Rate Basis for any Note is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as the "CD Rate," the CD Rate
shall mean, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a
Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the CD
Rate (a "CD Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate on such date for
negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit having the Index
Maturity specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as
published in H.15(519) under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)," or, if
not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date, the rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date for negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate notice as published in
Composite Quotations under the heading "Certificates of Deposit." If such
rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations
by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the
CD Rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by
the Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the secondary
market offered rates as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit in the City of New York (which
may include the Remarketing Agent or its affiliates) selected by the
Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for negotiable
United States dollars certificates of deposit of major United States money
center banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining
maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Floating
Interest Rate Notice in an amount that is representative for a single
transaction in that market at that time; provided, however, that if the
dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned
in this sentence, the CD Rate determined as of such CD Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the CD Rate in effect on such CD Rate Interest
Determination Date.
(2) If an Interest Rate Basis for any Note is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as the "CMT Rate," the CMT Rate
shall mean, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a
Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the CMT
Rate (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate displayed on the
Designated CMT Telerate Page under the caption "...Treasury Constant
Maturities ... Federal Reserve Board Release H.15 ... Mondays Approximately
3:45 P.M.," under the column for the Designated CMT Maturity Index for (i),
if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is
7052, the weekly or monthly average, as specified in the Floating Interest
Rate Notice, for the week or the month, as applicable, ended immediately
preceding the week or the month, as applicable, in which the related CMT
Rate Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer
displayed on the relevant page or is not displayed by 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be such treasury constant maturity
rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in H.15(519). If
such rate is no longer published or is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be such treasury constant maturity
rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury
rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date with respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be
published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or
the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent
determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the
Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in H.15(519). If such
information is not provided by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall
be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary
market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date reported, according
to their written records, by three leading primary United States government
securities dealers each, a "Reference Dealer") in the City of New York
(which may include the Remarketing Agent or its affiliates) selected by the
Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company (from five such
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation
with the Company, and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event
of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event
of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct
noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes")
with an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity
Index and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT
Maturity Index minus one year. If the Calculation Agent is unable to
obtain three such Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent
and shall be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the
secondary market offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference
Dealers in the City of New York (from five such Reference Dealers selected
by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, and
eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of
years that is the next highest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a
remaining term to maturity closest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and
in an amount of at least U.S. $100 million. If three or four (and not
five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described above, then the
CMT Rate shall be based on the arithmetic mean of the offer prices obtained
and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes shall be eliminated;
provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers so selected
by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, are quoting
as mentioned herein, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original
maturity as described in the second preceding sentence have remaining terms
to maturity equally close to the Designated CMT Maturity Index, the
Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, shall obtain from
five Reference Dealers quotations for the Treasury Note with the shorter
remaining term to maturity.
(3) If an Interest Rate Basis for any Note is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as the "Federal Funds Rate," the
Federal Funds Rate shall mean, with respect to any Interest Determination
Date relating to a Note for which the interest rate is determined with
reference to the Federal Funds Rate (a "Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date"), the rate on such date for United States dollar
federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds
(Effective)" or, if not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If such rate is not published in either
H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by
three leading brokers of federal funds transactions in The City of New York
(which may include the Remarketing Agent or its affiliates) selected by the
Calculation Agent after consultation with the Company, prior to 9:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date;
provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent
are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate
determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall
be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date.
(4) If an Interest Rate Basis for any Note is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as "LIBOR," LIBOR shall mean the
rate determined by the Calculation Agent as of the applicable Interest
Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination Date") in accordance
with the following provisions:
(i) If (a) "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the applicable
Floating Interest Rate Notice, the arithmetic mean of the offered
rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides
only for a single rate, in which case such single rate will be
used) for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index
Maturity specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, that
appear (or, if only a single rate is required as aforesaid,
appears) on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, or (b) "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate
Notice, or if neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as the
method for calculating LIBOR, the rate for deposits in the Index
Currency having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable
Floating Interest Rate Notice, commencing on such Interest Reset
Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If fewer
than two such offered rates appear, or if no such rate appears,
as applicable, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date
will be determined in accordance with the provisions described in
clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on
which fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as
the case may be, on the Designated LIBOR Page as specified in
clause (i) above, the Calculation Agent 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 deposits in the
Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified in
the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice, commencing on the
applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount
that is representative for a single transaction in such Index
Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such
quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date shall be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided,
then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be the
arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
in the applicable Principal Financial Center, on such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date by three major banks in such
Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent,
after consultation with the Company, for loans in the Index
Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice and in
a principal amount that is representative for a single
transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time;
provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence,
LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date
shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date.
(5) If an Interest Rate Basis for any Note is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as the "Prime Rate," Prime Rate
shall mean, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a
Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the Prime
Rate (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate on such date as
such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading "Bank Prime Loan."
If such rate is not published prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic
mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears
on the Reuters Screen U.S. PRIME 1 Page (as defined below) as such bank's
prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters
Screen U.S. PRIME 1 Page for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date,
the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates quoted on
the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day
year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date by four major money center banks (which may include the Calculation
Agent) in the City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after
consultation with the Company. If fewer than four such quotations are so
provided, the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of four prime rates
quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a
360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date as furnished in the City of New York by the major money
center banks, if any, that have provided such quotations and by as many
substitute banks or trust companies (which may include the Calculation
Agent) as necessary in order to obtain four such prime rate quotations,
provided such substitute banks or trust companies are organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, have
total equity capital of at least U.S. $500 million and are each subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, selected by the
Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, to provide such
rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks or trust companies so
selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date shall be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date.
(6) If an Interest Rate Basis for any Note is specified in the
applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice as the "Treasury Rate," Treasury
Rate shall mean, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating
to a Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the
Treasury Rate (a "Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date"), as the rate
from the auction held on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date
(the "Auction") of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury
Bills") having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Floating
Interest Rate Notice, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the
heading "Treasury Bills-auction average (investment)" or, if not published
by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the
auction average rate of such Treasury Bills (expressed as a bond equivalent
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a
daily basis) as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the
Treasury. In the event that the results of the Auction of Treasury Bills
having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Floating Interest
Rate Notice are not reported as provided above by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the
Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent, and will be a
yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of
365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the
arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination
Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers
(which may include the Remarketing Agent or its affiliates) selected by the
Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for the issue of
Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity
specified in the applicable Floating Interest Rate Notice; provided,
however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not
quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of
such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Treasury Rate
in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.
Section 207. Conversion Between Interest Rate Modes by the Company
The Company may, at its option, convert the Interest Rate Mode of the
Notes upon (i) any Interest Rate Adjustment Date, (ii) election of a SPURS
Agent to remarket the Notes, subject to the provisions of Section 305
hereof, or (iii) failure of the SPUR Agent to purchase the Notes on the
applicable SPURS Remarketing Date as described in Section 304 hereof, in
each case in accordance with the procedures provided for in this Section.
(a) Conversion Between Commercial Paper Term Periods. Each Note in a
Commercial Paper Term Period may be remarketed into the same Interest Rate
Period or converted at the option of the Company to a different Commercial
Paper Term Period on any Interest Rate Adjustment Date upon either receipt
by the Remarketing Agent and the Trustee of a notice, which will be
submitted promptly confirmed in writing (which includes facsimile or
appropriate electronic media), from the Company (a "Conversion Notice")
prior to 9:30 a.m., New York City time, or the remarketing of such Note,
whichever occurs later, on such Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
(b) Conversion from the Commercial Paper Term Mode to the Long Term
Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode. Each Note in the Commercial Paper Term Mode
may be converted at the option of the Company to the Long Term Rate Mode or
the SPURS Mode on any Interest Rate Adjustment Date upon receipt not less
than ten (10) days prior to such Interest Rate Adjustment Date by the
Remarketing Agent and the Trustee of a Conversion Notice from the Company.
(c) Conversion Between Long Term Rate Periods or from the Long Term
Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode to the Commercial Paper Term Mode, Long Term
Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode. Each Note in a Long Term Rate Period may be
remarketed in the same Interest Rate Period or converted at the option of
the Company to a different Long Term Rate Period or from the Long Term Rate
Mode to the Commercial Paper Term Mode or the SPURS Mode, or from the SPURS
Mode to a different SPURS Mode or to the Long Term Rate Mode or the
Commercial Paper Term Mode, on any Interest Rate Adjustment Date for such
Note upon receipt by the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent for such Note of
a Conversion Notice from the Company not less than ten (10) days prior to
such Interest Rate Adjustment Dates; provided that the notice required for
conversion from the initial SPURS Mode shall not be required until the
latest of the day after the Initial SPURS Agent notifies the Company that
it will not purchase the Notes for remarketing, the day the Initial SPURS
Agent fails to so purchase the Notes or the day the Company elects to
convert the Notes to a new Interest Rate Mode after the Initial SPURS Agent
has elected to remarket the Notes.
(d) Conversion Notice. Each Conversion Notice must state each Note
to which it relates and the new Interest Rate Mode (if applicable), the new
Interest Rate Period, the date of the applicable conversion (the
"Conversion Date") and, with respect to any Long Term Rate Period, any
optional redemption or repayment terms for each such Note.
(e) Revocation or Change of Conversion Notice or Floating Interest
Rate Notice. The Company may, upon written notice received by the Trustee
and the applicable Remarketing Agent, revoke any Conversion Notice or
Floating Interest Rate Notice or change the Interest Rate Mode to which
such Conversion Notice relates or change any Floating Interest Rate Notice
up to 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Conversion Date, subject to the
limitation set forth in subsection (f) of this Section. If the Company
revokes a Conversion Notice or the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent fail
to receive a Conversion Notice from the Company by the specified date in
advance of the Interest Rate Adjustment Date for a Note, the Note shall be
converted automatically to the Weekly Rate Period.
(f) Limitation on Conversion, Change of Conversion Notice or Floating
Interest Rate Notice and Revocation. Notwithstanding the foregoing
subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), the Company may not, without the
consent of the applicable Remarketing Agent, convert any Note or revoke or
change any Conversion Notice or Floating Interest Rate Notice at or after
the time at which such Remarketing Agent has determined the interest rate,
or Spread (if any) and Spread Multiplier (if any), for any Note being
remarketed (i.e., the time at which such Note has been successfully
remarketed, subject to settlement on the related Interest Rate Adjustment
Date). The Remarketing Agent may advise the Company of indicative rates
from time to time, or at any time upon the request of the Company, prior to
making such determination of the interest rate, Spread or Spread
Multiplier, as the case may be.
Section 208. Automatic Tender of Notes on the Interest Rate
Adjustment Date
Each Note shall be automatically tendered for purchase, or deemed
tendered for purchase, on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date relating
thereto. Notes shall be purchased or redeemed on the Interest Rate
Adjustment Date relating thereto as described in Section 209 or 210 hereof.
Section 209. Remarketing
(a) Appointment of Remarketing Agent. In connection with the
conversion by the Company of any Note as set forth in Section 207 hereof,
the Company shall enter into a remarketing agreement with a Remarketing
Agent on or prior to the remarketing of such Notes, which Remarketing Agent
shall be responsible for the remarketing of such Notes. When any Note is
tendered under Section 208 hereof to the Remarketing Agent for remarketing,
the Remarketing Agent will use its reasonable efforts to remarket such Note
on behalf of the Beneficial Owner thereof at a price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof. The Remarketing Agent may purchase tendered
Notes for its own account in a remarketing, but will not be obligated to do
so. The Company may offer to purchase Notes in a remarketing, provided
that the interest rate established with respect to Notes in such
remarketing is not different from the interest rate that would have been
established if the Company had not purchased such Notes. Any Notes for
which the Company shall have given a notice of redemption to the Trustee
and the Remarketing Agent will not be considered in a remarketing.
(b) Remarketing Procedures. With respect to each Note for which
there is to be established an interest rate from time to time by a
Remarketing Agent responsible for the remarketing thereof, such interest
rate shall be set in accordance with the procedures of paragraphs (i) and
(ii) below.
(i) Determination of Interest Rate. By 11:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date for any Note, the
applicable Remarketing Agent will determine the interest rate for such Note
being remarketed to the nearest one hundred thousandth (0.00001) of one
percent per annum for the next Interest Rate Period in the case of a fixed
interest rate, and the Spread (if any) and Spread Multiplier (if any) in
the case of a floating interest rate; provided, that between 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, and 11:50 a.m., New York City time, the Remarketing
Agent and the Standby Remarketing Agent, if any, will use their reasonable
efforts to determine the interest rate for any Notes not successfully
remarketed as of the applicable deadline specified in this paragraph. In
determining the applicable interest rate for such Note and other terms,
such Remarketing Agent will, after taking into account market conditions as
reflected in the prevailing yields on fixed and variable rate taxable debt
securities, (i) consider the principal amount of all Notes tendered or to
be tendered on such date and the principal amount of such Notes prospective
purchasers are or may be willing to purchase and (ii) contact, by telephone
or otherwise, prospective purchasers and ascertain the interest rates
therefor at which they would be willing to hold or purchase such Notes.
(ii) Notification of Results; Settlement. By 12:30 p.m., New
York City time, on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date of any Notes, the
applicable Remarketing Agent will notify the Company and the Trustee in
writing (which may include facsimile or other electronic transmission), of
(i) the interest rate or, in the case of a floating interest rate, the
initial interest rate, the Spread and Spread Multiplier and the initial
Interest Reset Date, applicable to such Notes for the next Interest Rate
Period, (ii) the Interest Rate Adjustment Date, (iii) the Interest Payment
Dates for any Notes in the Commercial Paper Term Mode (if other than the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date), the Long Term Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode,
(iv) the optional redemption terms, if any, and early remarketing terms, if
any, in the case of a remarketing into a Long Term Rate Period, (v) the
aggregate principal amount of tendered Notes and (vi) the aggregate
principal amount of such tendered Notes that such Remarketing Agent was
able to remarket, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any. Immediately after receiving such notice
and, in any case, not later than 1:30 p.m., New York City time, the Trustee
will transmit such information and any other settlement information
required by the Depositary, to the extent such information has been
provided to the Trustee, to the Depositary in accordance with the
Depositary's procedures as in effect from time to time.
By telephone at approximately 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
Interest Rate Adjustment Date, the applicable Remarketing Agent will advise
each purchaser of Notes (or the DTC Participant of each such purchaser who
it is expected in turn will advise such purchaser) of the principal amount
of such Notes that such purchaser is to purchase.
Each purchaser of Notes in a remarketing will be required to give
instructions to its DTC Participant to pay the purchase price therefor in
same day funds to the applicable Remarketing Agent against delivery of the
principal amount of such Notes by book-entry through the Depositary by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
All tendered Notes will be automatically delivered to the account of
the Trustee (or such other account meeting the requirements of the
Depositary's procedures as in effect from time to time), by book-entry
through the Depositary against payment of the purchase price or redemption
price therefor, on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date relating thereto.
The applicable Remarketing Agent will make, or cause the Trustee to
make, payment to the DTC Participant of each tendering Beneficial Owner of
Notes subject to a remarketing, by book-entry through the Depositary by the
close of business on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date against delivery
through the Depositary of such Beneficial Owner's tendered Notes, of the
purchase price for tendered Notes that have been sold in the remarketing.
If any such Notes were purchased pursuant to a Special Mandatory Purchase,
subject to receipt of funds from the Company or, if applicable, an
institution providing credit support, as the case may be, the Trustee will
make such payment of the purchase price of such Notes plus accrued
interest, if any, to such date.
The transactions described above for a remarketing of any Notes will
be executed on the Interest Rate Adjustment Date for such Notes through the
Depositary in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, and the
accounts of the respective the DTC Participants will be debited and
credited and such Notes delivered by book-entry as necessary to effect the
purchases and sales thereof, in each case as determined in the related
remarketing.
Except as otherwise set forth in Section 210 hereof, any Notes
tendered in a remarketing will be purchased solely out of the proceeds
received from purchasers of such Notes in such remarketing, and none of the
Trustee, the applicable Remarketing Agent, any Standby Remarketing Agent or
the Company will be obligated to provide funds to make payment upon any
Beneficial Owner's tender in a remarketing.
Although tendered Notes will be subject to purchase by a Remarketing
Agent in a remarketing, such Remarketing Agent and any Standby Remarketing
Agent will not be obligated to purchase any such Notes.
The settlement and remarketing procedures described above, including
provisions for payment by purchasers of tendered Notes or for payment to
selling Beneficial Owners of tendered Notes, may be modified to the extent
required by the Depositary. In addition, each Remarketing Agent may, in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, modify the settlement and
remarketing procedures set forth above in order to facilitate the
settlement and remarketing process.
As long as the Depositary's nominee holds the certificates
representing the Notes in the book-entry system of the Depositary, no
certificates for such Notes will be delivered by any selling Beneficial
Owner to reflect any transfer of Notes effected in any remarketing.
The Trustee shall confirm to the Depositary the interest rate for the
following Interest Rate Period in accordance with the Depositary's
procedures as in effect from time to time.
The interest rate announced by the applicable Remarketing Agent,
absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive upon the Beneficial
Owners, the Company and the Trustee.
(c) Failed Remarketing. Notes not successfully remarketed will be
subject to Special Mandatory Purchase by the Company as set forth in
Section 210 hereof.
Section 210. Purchase and Redemption of Notes
(a) Special Mandatory Purchase. Subject to certain exceptions, if on
any Interest Rate Adjustment Date for any Notes, the applicable Remarketing
Agent and the applicable Standby Remarketing Agent(s) have not remarketed
all such Notes, the Notes that have not been remarketed are subject to
Special Mandatory Purchase (a "Special Mandatory Purchase") by the Company.
The Company is obligated to pay all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on
unremarketed Notes to such Interest Rate Adjustment Date. Payment of the
principal amount of unremarketed Notes by the Company, and payment of
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, by the Company, will be made by
deposit of same-day funds with the Trustee (or such other account meeting
the requirements of the Depositary's procedures as in effect from time to
time) irrevocably in trust for the benefit of the Beneficial Owners of
Notes subject to Special Mandatory Purchase by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on such Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
Failure by the Company to purchase Notes pursuant to a Special
Mandatory Purchase will constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture
as set forth in Section 401 hereof in which event the date of such failure
shall constitute a date of Maturity for such Notes and the principal
thereof may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Following such failure to pay pursuant to a
Special Mandatory Purchase, such Notes will bear interest at the Special
Interest Rate as provided for in Section 205 hereof.
(b) Optional Redemption on any Interest Rate Adjustment Date. Each
Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company in whole or
in part on any Interest Rate Adjustment Date relating thereto without
notice to the holders thereof at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof.
(c) Redemption While Notes are in the Long Term Rate Mode. Any Notes
in the Long Term Rate Mode are subject to redemption at the option of the
Company at the times and upon the terms specified at the time of conversion
to or within such Long Term Rate Mode.
(d) Allocation. Except in the case of a Special Mandatory Purchase,
if the Notes are to be redeemed in part, the Depositary, after receiving
notice of redemption specifying the aggregate principal amount of Notes to
be so redeemed, will determine by lot (or otherwise in accordance with the
procedures of the Depositary) the principal amount of such Notes to be
redeemed from the account of each DTC Participant. After making its
determination as described above, the Depositary will give notice of such
determination to each DTC Participant from whose account such Notes are to
be redeemed. Each such DTC Participant, upon receipt of such notice will
in turn determine the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed from the
accounts of the Beneficial Owners of such Notes for which it serves as DTC
Participant, and give notice of such determination to the Remarketing
Agent.
Section 211. Form and Other Terms of the Notes
(a) Attached hereto as Exhibit A is the form of Note, which form is
hereby established as the form in which Notes may be issued bearing
interest at the Initial Interest Rate or in the Commercial Paper Term Mode,
the Long Term Rate Mode or the SPURS Mode. Annex A to Exhibit A is deemed
to be a part of such Note and such Annex may be changed upon the mutual
agreement of the Company and the Trustee to reflect changes occasioned by
remarketings.
(b) Subject to (a) above, any Note may be issued in such other form
as may be provided by, or not inconsistent with, the terms of the Original
Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE THREE
The SPURS Mode
Section 301. Applicability of Article
The provisions of this Article Three shall apply to any Note in the
SPURS Mode. To the extent that any provision of this Article Three
conflicts with any provision of Article Two, the provisions set forth in
this Article Three shall govern.
Section 302. Initial SPURS Rate Period
The Notes shall be issued initially in a SPURS Mode with respect to
which the Company shall have on the Original Issue Date entered into a
SPURS Remarketing Agreement. With respect to Notes within a SPURS Rate
Period commencing on the Original Issue Date, references in this Article
Three to (i) the SPURS Agent and SPURS Remarketing Date shall mean the
Initial SPURS Agent and the Initial SPURS Remarketing Date and (ii) the
Interest Rate Adjustment Date upon which the SPURS Rate Period commences
shall mean the Original Issue Date.
Section 303. Interest to SPURS Remarketing Date
Each Note in the SPURS Mode will bear interest at the annual interest
rate established by the SPURS Agent from, and including, the Interest Rate
Adjustment Date commencing the Interest Rate Period for the SPURS Mode to,
but excluding, the SPURS Remarketing Date. Such interest rate will be the
minimum rate of interest and, in the case of a floating interest rate,
Spread (if any) and Spread Multiplier (if any) necessary in the judgment of
such SPURS Agent to produce a par bid in the secondary market for such Note
on the date the interest rate is established. The designated SPURS
Remarketing Date shall be an Interest Payment Date within such Interest
Rate Period.
Section 304. Tender to and Remarketing by the SPURS Agent
The obligations of the SPUR Agent set forth herein shall be performed
under the applicable SPURS Remarketing Agreement.
(a) Mandatory Tender. Provided that the SPURS Agent gives notice to
the Company and the Trustee on or before the Notification Date of its
intention to purchase the Notes for remarketing, each Note will be
automatically tendered, or deemed tendered, to the SPURS Agent for
remarketing at the SPURS Interest Rate on the SPURS Remarketing Date,
except in the circumstances described in subsection (b)(2) and Section 305
below with regard to failure of the SPURS Agent to purchase the Notes. The
purchase price for the tendered Notes to be paid by the SPURS Agent will
equal 100% of the principal amount thereof. When the Notes are tendered
for remarketing, the SPURS Agent may remarket the Notes for its own account
at varying prices to be determined by the SPURS Agent at the time of each
sale. From and including the SPURS Remarketing Date to, but excluding, the
next succeeding Interest Rate Adjustment Date, the Notes will bear interest
at the SPURS Interest Rate. If the SPURS Agent elects to remarket the
Notes, the obligation of the SPURS Agent to purchase the Notes on the SPURS
Remarketing Date is subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable
SPURS Remarketing Agreement.
(b) Remarketing. The remarketing of the notes purchased by SPURS
Agent under the SPURS Remarketing Agreement shall be carried out in
accordance with the following procedures:
(1) The SPURS Interest Rate. Subject to the SPURS Agent's
election to remarket the Notes as provided in subsection (a) above, the
SPURS Interest Rate shall be determined by the SPURS Agent by 3:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the
SPURS Remarketing Date (the "Determination Date") to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth (0.00001) of one percent per annum and will be equal to
the Base Rate established by the SPURS Agent, after consultation with the
Company, at or prior to the commencement of the SPURS Mode (the "Base
Rate"), plus the Applicable Spread, which will be based on the Dollar Price
of the Notes.
(2) Notification of Results; Settlement. Provided the SPURS
Agent has previously notified the Company and the Trustee on the
Notification Date of its intention to purchase all tendered Notes on the
SPURS Remarketing Date, the SPURS Agent will notify the Company, the
Trustee and the Depositary by telephone, confirmed in writing, by 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Determination Date, of the SPURS Interest
Rate.
All of the tendered Notes will be automatically delivered to the
account of the Trustee, by book-entry through the Depositary pending
payment of the purchase price therefor, on the SPURS Remarketing Date.
In the event that the SPURS Agent purchases the tendered Notes on the
SPURS Remarketing Date, the SPURS Agent will make or cause the Trustee to
make payment to the DTC Participant of each tendering Beneficial Owner of
Notes, by book-entry through the Depositary by the close of business on the
SPURS Remarketing Date against delivery through the Depositary of such
Beneficial Owner's tendered Notes. If the SPURS Agent does not purchase
all of the Notes on the SPURS Remarketing Date, the Company may attempt to
convert the Notes to a new Interest Rate Mode, such interest rate to be
determined as provided for in Section 205 hereof, and settlement will be
effected as described in this Section 304(b). In any case, the Company
will make or cause the Trustee to make payment of interest to each
Beneficial Owner of Notes due on the SPURS Remarketing Date by book-entry
through the Depositary by the close of business on the SPURS Remarketing
Date.
The transactions in this subsection (b)(2) hereof will be executed on
the SPURS Remarketing Date through the Depositary in accordance with the
procedures of the Depositary, and the accounts of the respective DTC
Participants will be debited and credited and the Notes delivered by
book-entry as necessary to effect the purchases and sales thereof.
Transactions involving the sale and purchase of Notes remarketed by
the SPURS Agent on and after a SPURS Remarketing Date will settle in
immediately available funds through the Depositary's Same-Day Funds
Settlement System.
The tender and settlement procedures described above, including
provisions for payment by purchasers of Notes in the remarketing or for
payment to selling Beneficial Owners of tendered Notes, may be modified to
the extent required by the Depositary or to the extent required to
facilitate the tender and remarketing of Notes in certificated form, if the
book-entry system is no longer available for the Notes at the time of the
remarketing. In addition, the SPURS Agent may, in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, modify the tender and settlement procedures set
forth above in order to facilitate the tender and settlement process.
As long as the Depositary's nominee holds the certificates
representing any Notes in the book-entry system of the Depositary, no
certificates for such Notes will be delivered by any selling Beneficial
Owner to reflect any transfer of such Notes effected in the remarketing.
Section 305. Conversion or Redemption Following Election by the
SPURS Agent to Remarket
(a) If the SPURS Agent elects to remarket the Notes on the SPURS
Remarketing Date, the Notes will be subject to mandatory tender to the
SPURS Agent for remarketing on such date, in each case subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 304 hereof, and to the Company's right to
either convert the Notes to a new Interest Rate Mode on the SPURS
Remarketing Date or to redeem the Notes from the SPURS Agent, in each case
as described in the next sentence. The Company will notify the SPURS Agent
and the Trustee, not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Determination Date, if the Company irrevocably elects to exercise its right
to either convert the Notes to a new Interest Rate Mode, or to redeem the
Notes in whole, but not in part, from the SPURS Agent at the Optional
Redemption Price, in each case on the SPURS Remarketing Date.
(b) In the event that the Company irrevocably elects to convert the
Notes to a new Interest Rate Mode, then as of the SPURS Remarketing Date
the Notes will cease to be in the SPURS Mode, the SPURS Remarketing Date
will constitute an Interest Rate Adjustment Date, and the Notes shall be
subject to remarketing on such date by a Remarketing Agent appointed in the
Commercial Paper Term Mode or the Long Term Rate Mode or a new SPURS Mode
established in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 207
hereof; provided that, in such case, the notice period required for
conversion shall be the period commencing on the Determination Date. In
such case, the Company shall pay to the SPURS Agent the excess of the
Dollar Price of the Notes over 100% of the principal amount of the Notes in
same-day funds by wire transfer to an account designated by the SPURS Agent
on the SPURS Remarketing Date.
(c) In the event that the Company irrevocably elects to redeem the
Notes, the "Optional Redemption Price" shall be the greater of either (i)
100% of the principal amount of the Notes or (ii) the Dollar Price, plus in
either case accrued and unpaid interest from the SPURS Remarketing Date on
the principal amount being redeemed to the date of redemption. If the
Company elects to redeem the Notes, it shall pay the redemption price
therefor in same-day funds by wire transfer to an account designated by the
SPURS Agent on the SPURS Remarketing Date.
(d) If notice has been given as provided in the Indenture and funds
for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption shall have been made
available on the redemption date referred to in such notice, such Notes
shall cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption
specified in such notice and the only right of the SPURS Agent from and
after the redemption date shall be to receive payment of the Optional
Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes in accordance with such
notice.
ARTICLE FOUR
Additional Events of Default with Respect to the Notes
Section 401. Definition
All of the events specified in clauses (1), (2) and (4) through (6) of
Section 501(a) of the Original Indenture shall be "Events of Default" with
respect to the Notes. In addition, the following event that shall have
occurred and be continuing shall be an additional Event of Default with
respect to each series of Notes: (7) default in the payment of the
purchase price with respect to the Special Mandatory Purchase on the
applicable Interest Rate Adjustment Date in accordance with Section 210(a)
hereof.
ARTICLE FIVE
Authentication and Delivery of the Notes
Section 501. Authentication and Delivery
As provided in and pursuant to Section 303 of the Original Indenture,
each time that the Company delivers Notes to the Trustee or Authenticating
Agent for authentication, the Company shall deliver a Supplemental Company
Order in the form of Exhibit B to this First Supplemental Indenture for the
authentication and delivery of such Notes and the Trustee or such
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
ARTICLE SIX
Supplemental Indentures
Section 601. Effect On Original Indenture
The First Supplemental Indenture is a supplement to the Original
Indenture. As supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the
Original Indenture is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and
the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Miscellaneous
Section 701. Counterparts
This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute by one and the same
instrument.
Section 702. Recitals
The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of
this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 703. Governing Law
This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction that govern the Original
Indenture and its construction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and their respective corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date and year
first written above.
TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
[Corporate Seal]
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE
By:
Name:
Title:
[Corporate Seal]
State of )
) SS.:
County of )
On the __________ day of ________________, 1998 before me personally
came Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY, one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
Notary Public
State of New York )
) SS.:
County of New York )
On the ________ day of __________________ 1998 before me personally
came ______________________________________ to me known, who, being by me
duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is ____________________________
of THE BANK OF NEW YORK, one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation, and that he/she signed his/her names thereto by like
authority.
Notary Public
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
See form of Remarkdet Note Due 2038 which appears as Exhibit 4.2 to this
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K.
EXHIBIT B
TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
REMARKETED NOTES DUE 2038
SUPPLEMENTAL COMPANY ORDER
Pursuant to Article Five of the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of July 15, 1998, to the Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1998, as amended,
you are instructed to prepare and authenticate a Note, of the series
identified above, in the principal amount of $______________. The Note is
being delivered in exchange for issued and outstanding Notes of the series
identified above.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
this _____ day of______, 1998.
TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
[Tampa Electric Company Letterhead]
FLOATING INTEREST RATE NOTICE
[Date]
To: [Remarketing Agent(s)]
[Address]
The Bank of New York
00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Re: Remarketed Notes Due 2038 (the "Notes")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Floating Interest Rate Notice relates to (i) $_______________
principal amount of the Notes (CUSIP No. ___________) and (ii) the proposed
[Long Term Rate Period] [SPURS Rate Period] of the Note (the "Interest Rate
Period") commencing on ___________ and ending on ___________. Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective
meanings assigned to them in the Notes.
We hereby notify you that the above-referenced Notes will bear the
following floating rate terms during the Interest Rate Period specified
above:
1. The Interest Rate Basis(es) shall be:
[ ] CD Rate, where the Index Maturity will be ______________;
[ ] CMT Rate, where the Designated CMT Maturity Index will be
_____________, and the Designated CMT Telerate Page will be
____________;
[ ] Federal Funds Rate;
[ ] LIBOR Reuters, where the Index Currency will be ___________, and
the Designated LIBOR Page will be __________;
[ ] LIBOR Telerate, where the Index Currency will be _____________ ,
and the Designated LIBOR Page will be _____________;
[ ] Prime Rate;
[ ] Treasury Rate
2. The floating interest rate will be reset as follows:
[ ] Initial Interest Reset Date will be __________ ;
[ ] Interest Reset Dates will be _____________;
[ ] Interest Reset Period will be ____________;
3. The interest will be paid as follows:
[ ] Interest Payment Dates will be _____________;
[ ] Interest Rate Period will be ____________;
[ ] Index Maturity will be _________;
[ ] Floating Rate Maximum Interest Rate will be ____________;
[ ] Floating Rate Minimum Interest Rate will be ______________.
4. Day Count Convention:
[ ] Actual/360;
[ ] Actual/Actual;
[ ] 30/360.
5. Other terms: [ ]
Each Beneficial Owner of the Note will be deemed to have tendered such
Note as of the Interest Rate Adjustment Date and will not be entitled to
further accrual of interest after the Interest Rate Adjustment Date.
TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:
Name:
Title:
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION . . 2
Section 101 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 102 Section References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ARTICLE TWO DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF THE NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 201 Establishment of Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 202 Variations in Terms of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 203 Amount and Denominations; the Depositary . . . . . . . 9
Section 204 Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates and Interest
Rate Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 205 Determination of Interest Rates . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 206 Election and Determination of a Floating Interest Rate
by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 207 Conversion Between Interest Rate Modes by the Company 19
Section 208 Automatic Tender of Notes on the Interest Rate
Adjustment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 209 Remarketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 210 Purchase and Redemption of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 211 Form and Other Terms of the Notes . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE THREE THE SPURS MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 301 Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 302 Initial SPURS Rate Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 303 Interest to SPURS Remarketing Date . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 304 Tender to and Remarketing by the SPURS Agent . . . . . 25
Section 305 Conversion or Redemption Following Election by the
SPURS Agent to Remarket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE FOUR ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTES . . 28
Section 401 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ARTICLE FIVE AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE NOTES . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 501 Authentication and Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ARTICLE SIX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 601 Effect On Original Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE SEVEN MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 701 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 702 Recitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 703 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
