-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Mz3eIjoK2XHegX4VjM7Vq5IKD2Sf91XE6DU1GYPGIo0uvYcuKFnHL9jieF3bsaGz /n1aGSbAcJL7eYDbly0gSg== 0001104659-10-062619.txt : 20101214 0001104659-10-062619.hdr.sgml : 20101214 20101214161139 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-062619 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101208 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101214 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WALT DISNEY CO/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001039 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 954545390 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1002 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11605 FILM NUMBER: 101250785 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA ST CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 91521 BUSINESS PHONE: 8185601000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 SOUTH BUENA VISTA ST CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 91521 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DC HOLDCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950918 8-K 1 a10-22853_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 8, 2010

 


 

The Walt Disney Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-11605

 

No. 95-4545390

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

500 South Buena Vista Street

Burbank, California 91521

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 560-1000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01.              Other Events.

 

On December 8, 2008, the Registrant commenced its Medium-Term Note Program, to allow the Registrant to issue and sell up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount (or an equivalent amount in one or more foreign or composite currencies or currency units) of Medium-Term Notes, Series E, Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue (the “Medium-Term Notes”), pursuant to a Distribution Agreement, dated December 8, 2010, between the Registrant and the several agents set forth therein.  The Medium-Term Notes may be issued as fixed rate notes, floating rate notes or a combination of fixed and floating rate notes.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Distribution Agreement, dated December 8, 2010, between the Registrant and the several agents set forth therein.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Senior Debt Securities Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2001).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Officers’ Certificate establishing the Medium-Term Notes as a series of securities under the Senior Debt Securities Indenture.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Discount) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

4.4

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Fixed Rate) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Floating Rate) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

4.6

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Zero Coupon) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Roger J. Patterson

 

Name:

Roger J. Patterson

 

Title:

Managing Vice President, Counsel

 

 

Registered In-House Counsel

 

 

 

 

Dated: December 14, 2010

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Distribution Agreement, dated December 8, 2010, between the Registrant and the several agents set forth therein.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Senior Debt Securities Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2001).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Officers’ Certificate establishing the Medium-Term Notes as a series of securities under the Senior Debt Securities Indenture.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Discount) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

4.4

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Fixed Rate) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Floating Rate) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

4.6

 

Form of Medium-Term Note (Zero Coupon) (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

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EX-1.1 2 a10-22853_1ex1d1.htm EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

Medium-Term Notes, Series E

 

Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue

 

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

December 8, 2010

 

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

RBS Securities Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with each of Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman,

 

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Sachs & Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., RBS Securities Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. (each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of its Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the “Notes”).  The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Asso ciation, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). As of the date hereof, the Company has authorized the issuance and sale of up to U.S. $5,000,000,000  aggregate principal amount (or its equivalent, based upon the applicable exchange rate at the time of issuance, in such foreign currencies or composite currencies as the Company shall designate in the Notes at the time of issuance) of Notes directly or through the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  Such Notes are in addition to other Medium-Term Notes of the Company outstanding at the date hereof. It is understood, however, that the Company may from time to time authorize the issuance of additional Notes and that, at the option of the Company, such Notes may be distributed through or sold to the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all as though the issuance of such Notes were authorized as of the date hereof.

 

This Agreement provides both for the sale of Notes by the Company directly to purchasers, in which case the Agents will act as agents of the Company in soliciting Note purchasers, and (as may from time to time be agreed to by the Company and one or more Agents) to such Agent or Agents as principal for resale to purchasers.

 

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-171048) for the registration of debt securities and other securities, including the Notes, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”).  Such registration statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (as so amended, if applicable) and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”). Such registration statement (and any further registration statements that may be filed by the Company for the purpose o f registering additional Notes and which the Company and the Agents agree is to be covered by this Agreement) and the prospectus constituting a part thereof, together with any prospectus supplement and pricing supplement relating to the Notes, including, in each case, all Incorporated Documents (as hereinafter defined), as from time to time amended or supplemented by the filing of documents pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), or the 1933 Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus,” respectively, except that, if any revised prospectus shall be provided to the Agents by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes which is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the Agents for such use.  In a ddition, any reference herein to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include, in addition to the information expressly set forth therein, only the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for the most recently completed fiscal year (the “Annual Report”), and the documents, financial statements and schedules filed subsequent to the last day of such fiscal year incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents, financial statements and schedules filed by the Company with the Commission under the 1934 Act after the date hereof, and so incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference (such incorporated documents, financial statements and schedules being herein called the “Incorporated Documents”). Notwithstanding the fo regoing, for purposes of this Agreement any prospectus or prospectus supplement prepared or filed with respect to an offering pursuant to the

 

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Registration Statement of securities other than the Notes shall not be deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus.

 

SECTION 1.  Representations and Warranties; Additional Certificates.

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  The Company represents and warrants to each Agent as of the date hereof, as of the time and date specified as the “Applicable Time” in the applicable Terms Agreement, or, if either the Terms Agreement does not specify the Applicable Time or if such Notes are not being sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the time immediately prior to the time of the first sale by an Agent (including without limitation, a contract of sale by an Agent) of such Notes or with respect to Notes sold by such Agent as agent, each time of sale (including without limitation, a contract of sale) of such Notes (each such time being an “Applicable Time”), as of the date of each delivery of Notes by the Company to the purchasers (the date of each such delivery to an Agent as principal being hereafte r referred to as a “Settlement Date”), and as of the dates referred to in Section 6(a) hereof (each of the dates referenced above being referred to hereafter as a “Representation Date”), as follows:

 

(i)            (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”), including not having been and not bein g an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405; the Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, that initially became effective within three years of the Representation Date, and the Notes, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement”; and the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

 

At the time of filing the Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Notes and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

 

(ii)           The Incorporated Documents, when they became effective or were filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, when such amendment was filed or became effective) with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act, and any Incorporated Documents filed subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act; no such Incorporated Document, when it became effective or was filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, when such amendment was filed or became effective) with the Commission, contained, and no In corporated Document filed subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes will contain, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(iii)          The Registration Statement, at the later of the time it initially became effective and the date the most recent Annual Report was filed with the Commission, complied in all material

 

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respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any supplements or amendments thereto, will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations; and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any such supplement or amendment thereto, at all such times did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, and with respect to the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Notes made prior to the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 163”) and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including, without limitation, the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.

 

As of the Applicable Time with respect to the offering of any applicable tranche of Notes, neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) made available by the Company for use by the applicable Agents as of the Applicable Time and the applicable Final Term Sheet (as defined below), if any, relating to the offering of the Notes, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

 

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Notes that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show” that constitutes a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Notes or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case, in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors.

 

“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

 

 “Statutory Prospectus” means (i) the prospectus relating to various securities of the Company, including the Notes, that is included in the Registration Statement and (ii) the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes.

 

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Notes or until any earlier date that the

 

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Company notified or notifies the Agents as described in Section 3(h), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

 

The representations and warranties in this subsection do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Agents expressly for use therein or to those parts of the Registration Statement which constitute the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 under the 1939 Act (the “Form T-1”).  There is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as required.

 

(iv)          This Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and any applicable Terms Agreement (as defined below) have been duly authorized by the Company and conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(v)           The Indenture (assuming due execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) is, and the Notes (when executed by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof) will be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (C) requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in United States dolla rs (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (D) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in a foreign currency or composite currency.  The Notes (when executed by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof) will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence).

 

(vi)          The Company is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware.  The Company has full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

 

(vii)         Each of Disney Enterprises, Inc., ABC, Inc. and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. (collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation.  Each of the Significant Subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

 

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and each of the Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each United States jurisdiction in which such qualification is required whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where a failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

 

(viii)                Except as contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, unless the Company has notified the Agents as provided in Section 3(d) hereof, there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

 

(ix)                   The Company is not in violation of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and any applicable Terms Agreement will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended, of the Company, (B) subject to the Company’s compliance with any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness contained therein, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company is a p arty or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company is subject, which breach or default would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (C) any applicable law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree.  Except for orders, permits and similar authorizations required under or by the securities or Blue Sky laws of certain jurisdictions, any securities exchange on which any of the Notes might be listed or with respect to Notes which are to be indexed or linked to any foreign currency, composite currency, commodity, equity index or similar index, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body is legally required for the valid issuance and sale of the Notes. As of the date of each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purcha se of Notes and as of the date of each delivery of Notes by the Company, the Company by such acceptance or delivery, as the case may be, shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Agents that, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such acceptance or delivery, the Company shall be in compliance with the requirements of any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness contained in the agreements or instruments referred to in clause (B) above.

 

(x)                    To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the accountants who have audited and reported upon the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the 1933 Act.  The historical financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus or incorporated therein by reference fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply.  Such historical financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting pr inciples consistently applied, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus. The unaudited pro forma financial statements, if any, together with the related notes and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the

 

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Prospectus, fairly present the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis substantially consistent with the audited financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the assumptions on which such unaudited pro forma financial statements have been prepared are reasonable; and such unaudited pro forma financial statements have been prepared, and the pro forma adjustments set forth therein have been applied, in accordance with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations (including, without limitation, Regulations S-X promulgated by the Commission), and such pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such statements.

 

(xi)                   No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Notes.

 

(b)           Additional Certifications.  Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to an Agent or to counsel for the Agents in connection with an offering of Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to such Agent as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.

 

SECTION 2.  Solicitations as Agents; Purchases as Principals.

 

(a)           Solicitations as Agents.  Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Notes directly on its own behalf and to any person, to sell Notes through others (provided that any other agent will execute an agreement with the Company which contains substantially the same terms and conditions contained herein), and to designate and select additional agents to become party to this Agreement, the Company hereby (i) appoints each Agent as an agent of the Company for the purpose of soliciting offers to purchase the Notes from the Company by others and (ii) agrees that whenever the Company determines to sell Notes directly to an Agent as principal for resale to others, it will enter into a Terms Agreement relating to such sale in accordance with the pro visions of Section 2(b) hereof.  Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Agents are not authorized to appoint sub-agents or to engage the services of any other broker or dealer in connection with the offer or sale of the Notes; provided, that without the Company’s consent, the Agents may solicit offers to purchase the Notes from other brokers or dealers.  In connection with the solicitation of offers to purchase Notes, without the prior consent of the Company, the Agents are not authorized to provide any written information relating to the Company to any prospective purchaser other than the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents.  Each Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes from the Company has been solicited by such Agent, as agent, and accepted by the Company, but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Company in the event any such purc hase is not consummated for any reason.

 

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes through the Agents commencing at any time for any period of time or permanently. Upon receipt of instructions from the Company, the Agents will, as soon as possible, suspend the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes from the Company until such time as the Company has advised the Agents that such solicitation may be resumed.

 

The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, which such Agent is hereby authorized to deduct from the sales proceeds of each Note sold by the Company as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent, equal to the applicable percentage of the principal amount of each such Note, as set forth in

 

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Exhibit A hereto. Without the consent of the Company, no Agent, as an agent, may reallow any portion of the commission payable pursuant hereto to dealers or purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of any Notes.

 

As an agent, each Agent is authorized, except during periods of suspension as provided in this Agreement, to solicit offers to purchase the Notes.  Each Agent shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Notes received by such Agent, as agent.  Each Agent shall have the right in its discretion reasonably exercised to reject any offer to purchase the Notes received by such Agent which it does not deem reasonable, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of such Agent’s agreements contained herein.  The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase the Notes and may reject any such offer in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed to be a breach of any agreement of the Company contained herein. The purchase price, interest rate, maturity date and other terms of the Notes agreed upon by the Company shall be set forth in a pricing supplement to the Prospectus to be prepared following each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes (a “Pricing Supplement”). Except as may be otherwise provided in any Pricing Supplement, each Note will be issued in the denomination of U.S. $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000. All Notes will be sold at 100% of their principal amount unless otherwise agreed to by the Company.  Each Agent acknowledges and agrees that any funds which such Agent receives in respect of a purchase of Notes, which purchase has been solicited by such Agent, as agent of the Company, will be received, held and disposed of by such Agent, as agent of the Company, subject to the right of such Agent to deduct from the sale proceeds the applicable commission as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

If requested by a prospective purchaser of Notes denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the Agent soliciting the offer to purchase will use its reasonable efforts to arrange for the conversion of U.S. dollars into such currency to enable the purchaser to pay for such Notes.  Such requests must be made on or before the third business day preceding the date of delivery of the Notes, or by such other dates as determined by such Agent.  Each such conversion will be made by the relevant Agent on such terms and subject to such conditions, limitations and charges as such Agent may from time to time establish in accordance with its regular foreign exchange practice. All costs of exchange will be borne by purchasers of the Notes.

 

(b)           Purchases as Principal.  Each sale of Notes to an Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms contained herein and pursuant to a separate agreement which will provide for the sale of such Notes to, and the purchase and any reoffering thereof by, such Agent.  Each such separate agreement (which may be an oral agreement if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter by an exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication (including facsimile transmission) between the Agent and the Company) is herein referred to as a “Terms Agreement.” Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference contained herein to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to include any applicable Terms Agreement between the Company and the Agent.  Each such Terms Agreement, whether oral (and confirmed in writing, which confirmation may be by facsimile transmission) or in writing shall be with respect to such information (as applicable) as is specified in Exhibit B hereto. An Agent’s commitment to purchase Notes pursuant to any Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.  The Agents may offer the Notes they have purchased as principal to other dealers.  The Agents may sell Notes to any dealer at a discount and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Terms Agreement, such discount allowed to any dealer will not be in excess of the discount to be received by such Agent from the Company. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Terms Agreement, any Notes sold to an Agent as principal will be purchased by such Agent at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof less a percentage equal to the commission applicable to an y agency sale of a Note of identical maturity.

 

(c)           Administrative Procedures. Administrative procedures with respect to the sale of Notes shall be agreed upon from time to time by the Agents and the Company (the “Procedures”).  The Procedures

 

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initially agreed upon shall be those set forth in Exhibit C hereto.  The Agents and the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by the Agents and the Company herein and in the Procedures.

 

SECTION 3.  Covenants of the Company.  The Company covenants with each Agent as follows:

 

(a)           Notice of Certain Events.  The Company will notify the Agents promptly of (i) the designation and selection of additional agents to become party to this Agreement, (ii) the designation and selection of additional agents for the sale of Notes pursuant to any agreement other than this Agreement, (iii) the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (other than a post-effective amendment relating solely to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes), (iv) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any supplement to the Prospectus (other than a Pricing Supplement or a supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes), (v) the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement, the Gener al Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than any comments relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes), (vi) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information (other than any such request relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes), (vii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, and (viii) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Notes.  The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if any such stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible time unless the Company shall, in its sole discretion, determine that it is not in its best interest to do s o. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the 1933 Act Regulations and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

 

(b)           Notice of Certain Proposed Filing. At or prior to the filing thereof, the Company will give the Agents notice of its intention to file any additional registration statement with respect to the registration of additional Notes to be covered by this Agreement, any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (other than a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes), whether by the filing of documents pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, and will furnish the Agents with copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents promptly after the filing thereof. Unless otherwise notified by the applicable Agents, the Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet&# 148;) reflecting the final terms of an offering of Notes, in form and substance satisfactory to the applicable Agents, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business within two days following the date such final terms are established.

 

(c)           Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.  The Company will deliver to the Agents one signed and as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto (including the Incorporated Documents and any exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) as the Agents may reasonably request.  The Company will furnish to the Agents as many copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Agents shall reasonably request so long as the Agents are required to

 

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deliver a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Regulations) in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes.

 

(d)           Revisions of Prospectus — Material Changes. So long as the Agents are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes, if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, after consultation with counsel for the Agents, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel for the Company, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to co mply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, prompt notice shall be given, and confirmed in writing, to the Agents to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes in their capacity as agents and to cease sales of any Notes the Agents may then own as principal.  In addition, if any Agent holds Notes purchased for resale pursuant to a Terms Agreement and the Company has given notice to the Agents pursuant to this subsection (d) within 90 days after the date of execution of such Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare and file as soon as practicable an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to the Agents.  If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there oc curred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Notes) or the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Agents and will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(e)           Compliance with 1934 Act; Accountants’ Consents.  The Company will (i) comply, in a timely manner, with all applicable requirements under the 1934 Act relating to the filing with the Commission of the Company’s reports pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and, if then applicable, of the Company’s proxy statements pursuant to Section 14 of the 1934 Act and (ii) use its best efforts to obtain the written consent of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the audited financial statements reported on by them and contained in the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K under the 1934 Act.

 

(f)            Earnings Statements.  The Company will make generally available to its security holders, in each case as soon as practicable but in any event not later than 15 months after the acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes hereunder, a consolidated earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering the twelve-month period beginning after the latest of (i) the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of such acceptance and (iii) the date of the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of such acceptance, which earnings statement will satisfy the provisions of Section 1 1 (a) of the 1933 Act (and, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations). Nothing in this Section 3(f) shall require the Company to make such earnings statement available more frequently than once in any period of twelve months.

 

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(g)           Blue Sky Qualifications.  The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Agents, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Agents may reasonably designate, and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes; provided, however, that the Company will promptly notify the Agents of any suspension or termination of any such qualifications, and provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

 

(h)           Suspension of Certain Obligations.  The Company shall not be required to comply with the provisions of subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) or (g) of this Section 3 during any period from the time the Agents shall have been notified to suspend the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes in their capacity as agents or resales of Notes purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement to the time the Company shall determine that the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes through any Agent or Agents or resales as principal of Notes purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement by any Agent or Agents should be resumed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Agent holds Notes purchased for resale pursuant to a Terms Agreement the Company shall comply with the provisions of subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)& nbsp;of this Section 3 during the 90 day period from and including the date of execution of such Terms Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right, in its reasonable business judgment, to suspend such compliance during such 90 day period for an aggregate of up to 45 days, in which event such 90 day period shall be extended by the greater of (i) the number of days included in any such period of suspension and (ii) 30 days.

 

(i)            Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.  The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the applicable Agents (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission.  Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Agents is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”  The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. Any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall be considered to be an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Agents.

 

SECTION 4.  Payment of Expenses.  The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including:

 

(a)           The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and all Incorporated Documents;

 

(b)           The preparation, filing and printing of this Agreement;

 

(c)           The preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Notes;

 

(d)           The fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, of any calculation agent or exchange rate agent and of The Depository Trust Company;

 

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(e)           The reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents incurred in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and in connection with the review of subsequent deliveries pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(f)            The qualification of the Notes under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey;

 

(g)           The printing and delivery to the Agents in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the delivery by the Agents of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto in connection with solicitations of offers to purchase, or confirmations of sales of, the Notes;

 

(h)           Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes;

 

(i)            Any advertising and other out-of-pocket expenses of the Agents incurred with the prior written approval of the Company; and

 

(j)            Reasonable fees and disbursements in connection with the subsequent delivery of legal opinions pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof.

 

SECTION 5.  Conditions of Obligations.  The obligations of any Agent to solicit offers to purchase the Notes as agent of the Company and the obligations of any Agent to purchase Notes pursuant to any Terms Agreement will be subject at all times to the accuracy, as of the applicable Representation Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein and to the accuracy, as of the date made, of the statements of the Company’s officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed, and to the following additional conditions precedent:

 

(a)           Opinion of Counsel to Company.  On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received an opinion from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, counsel to the Company, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Agents to the effect that:

 

(i)    The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(ii)   The Company has the corporate power and corporate authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture, to borrow money as contemplated in this Agreement and the Indenture and to issue, sell and deliver the Notes.

 

(iii)  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

(iv)  The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Indenture is subject to and may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or

 

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affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought (such principles of equity are of general application, and in applying such principles, a court might include a covenant of good faith and fair dealing and apply concepts of reasonableness and materiality), (c) public policy or similar considerations that may limit enforceability of indemnification provisions and provisions seeking to limit a party’s liability, (d) provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed only in United States dollars, (e) requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in U.S. dollars (or a judgme nt denominated other than in U.S. dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (f) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency, currency units or composite currencies.

 

(v)   No Governmental Approval is required on the part of the Company in connection with the issuance or sale of the Notes, other than registration thereof under the 1933 Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, and such registrations or qualifications as may be necessary under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various United States jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered or sold.

 

(vi)  The Notes, when the final terms of a particular Note and its issuance and sale have been established in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and when executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Notes is subject to and may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought (such principles of equity are of general application, and in applying such principles, a court might include a covenant of good faith and fair dealing and apply concepts of reasonableness and materiality), (c) public policy or similar considerations that may limit enforceability of indemnification provisions and provisions seeking to limit a party’s liability, (d) provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed only in United States dollars, (e) requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in U.S. dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in U.S. dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (f) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency, currency units or composite currencies.

 

(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and the Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated.

 

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(viii)  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture will not (A) violate the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, as amended, of the Company, (B) violate any Applicable Laws or (C) breach or otherwise violate any obligation of or restriction on the Company under any judgment, decree or order, applicable to the Company and known to such counsel, of any court or Governmental Authority entered in any proceeding to which the Company was or is now a party or by which it is bound; provided, that such counsel may state that no opinion is expressed as to the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which any of the Notes are to be offered.

 

(ix)  The Registration Statement, as of its initial effective date (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, at the time of filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations), and the Prospectus, as of the date of the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the related applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder then in effect, except that in each case such counsel need not express an opinion as to (i) the Incorporated Documents, (ii) the financial statements , schedules and other financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or (iii) the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including, without limitation, the Statement of Eligibility under the 1939 Act of the Trustee on Form T-1 incorporated by reference therein (the “Form T-1”).

 

(x)   The statements in the Prospectus (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) under the captions “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of the Notes,” insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of the Notes and the Indenture, fairly present the information required by Form S-3.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth above, such counsel may state that, with respect to Notes the payments of principal or interest on which will be determined by reference to one or more currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors, no opinion is expressed with respect to the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, or the rules, regulations and interpretations of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth above, the term “Applicable Laws” shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law and those laws, rules and regulations of the States of California and New York and of the United States of America which such counsel has, in the exercise of customary diligence, recognized as applicable to the Company or transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement; the term “Governmental Authority” shall mean any California, New York, Delaware or federal executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body; and the term “Governmental Approval” shall mean any order, consent, permit or approval of any Governmental Authority pursuant to Applicable Laws.

 

In addition, such counsel may state that such counsel has not undertaken to determine independently, and therefore does not assume any responsibility explicitly or implicitly for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus (except as set forth in clause (x) above). Such counsel may also state that such counsel has participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and the Agents in the course of the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and has considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein.  However, such counsel

 

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shall state that, based upon and subject to the foregoing, nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that causes such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, at the time of filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus, as of the date of this Agreement (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Co mpany having entered into a Terms Agreement, as of the date of such Terms Agreement and  as of the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement) includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, that the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time with respect to such Terms Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (except in each case as to the financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom and, in the case of the Registration Statement, except as to exhibits thereto (including, without limitation, the Form T-1, as to all of which such counsel need express no opinion).

 

(b)           Opinion of Counsel Employed by Company.  On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received an opinion from David K. Thompson, Senior Vice President-Deputy General Counsel — Corporate, or from other counsel employed by the Company (provided that such counsel is at least a Vice President of the Company), dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, to the effect that:

 

(i)            The Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation.

 

(ii)           Except as set forth in the Prospectus (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package), there is not pending or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, threatened any action, suit or proceeding against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before or by any court or governmental agency or body, which is likely (to the extent not covered by insurance) to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

 

(iii)          To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, there is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) or the Prospectus  or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as required.

 

(iv)          To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the Company is not in violation of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended.

 

(v)           To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default (with the passage of time or otherwise)

 

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under, any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject.

 

(vi)          Each of the Incorporated Documents, as of the date such document was filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act, except that in each case such counsel need not express an opinion as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom.

 

In addition, such counsel shall state that nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that leads him to believe that either the Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement became effective (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, at the time of filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or the Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a res ult of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, as of the date of such Terms Agreement and as of the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, that the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time with respect to such Terms Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference there in or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1.

 

(c)           Opinion of Agents’ Counsel.  On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received an opinion from counsel to the Agents, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents.

 

(d)           Officer’s Certificate.  On the date hereof (and, if this certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, as of the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement), the Agents shall have received a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Appendix I hereto and dated the date hereof, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the date of such certificate, (ii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions required by this Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date of such certifica te, and (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.  The officer’s certificate shall further state that except as contemplated in the Prospectus (and, if the officer’s certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, at the date hereof and at each Settlement Date with respect to any Terms Agreement, there has not been, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (and, if the officer’s certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package), any material adverse change

 

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in the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

 

(e)           Comfort Letter.  On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received a letter from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, to the effect that:

 

(i)            They are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

 

(ii)           In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and supporting schedule(s) of the Company and its subsidiaries audited and reported upon by them and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations with respect to registration statements on Form S-3 and the 1934 Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(iii)          They have performed specified procedures, not constituting an audit, including a reading of the latest available interim consolidated financial statements of the Company, a reading of the minute books of the Company since the end of the most recent fiscal year with respect to which an audit report has been issued, inquiries of and discussions with certain officials of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters with respect to the latest available interim unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company, and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, and on the basis of such inquiries and procedures nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (A) the latest available unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company were not fairly presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements incorporated by reference therein, or (B) at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there was any change in the outstanding capital stock of the Company or any increase in consolidated long-term debt of the Company or any decrease in the stockholders’ equity of the Company, in each case as compared with the amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, except in each such case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus or except for such exceptions enumerated in such letter as shall have been agreed to by the Agents and the Company.

 

(iv)          In addition to the examination referred to in their report included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and the limited procedures referred to in clause (iii) above, they have carried out certain other specified procedures, not constituting an audit, with respect to certain financial information which is included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, which would normally be covered under auditing procedures and which are specified by the Agents, and have found such financial information to be in agreement with the relevant accounting, financial and other records of the Company identified in such letter.

 

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documents and opinions as such counsel may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling such counsel to pass upon the issuance and sale of Notes as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties or the fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained.

 

If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by any of the Agents (as to itself only) and any Terms Agreement may be terminated by the Agent party to such Terms Agreement by notice to the Company at any time and any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that the covenants set forth in Section 3(f) hereof, the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreement set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 9, 13 and 14 hereof shall remain in effect.

 

SECTION 6.  Subsequent Documentation Requirement of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees that so long as Notes are authorized for sale pursuant to this Agreement and unless the sale of Notes has been suspended as provided in this Agreement:

 

(a)                Subsequent Delivery of Certificates.  Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by (i) a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or other supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of the Notes or changes in other terms of the Notes or (ii) an amendment or supplement which relates exclusively to an offering of securities other than the Notes) or there is filed with the Commission any document (other than a Current Report on Form 8-K unless delivery of a certificate is reasonably requested by the Agents with respect to such filing) incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require, the Company shall use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agents or to the Agent party to the Terms Agreement, as the case may be, promptly following such amendment, supplement or filing or on the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, a certificate in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section 5(d) hereof, which was last furnished to the Agents, are true and correct at the time of such amendment, supplement, filing or sale, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement (and, if the officer’s certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in said Section 5(d), modifie d as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate; provided, however, that in the case of any such amendment or supplement that relates to Notes which are indexed or linked to any foreign currency, composite currency, commodity, equity index or similar index, such certificate shall state that, for purposes of such certificate, the phrase “or with respect to Notes which are to be indexed or linked to any currency, composite currency, commodity, equity index or similar index” appearing in the second sentence of Section 1(a)(ix) hereof shall be deemed not to apply with respect to such Notes.

 

(b)                Subsequent Delivery of Legal Opinions.  Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by (i) a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or other supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of the Notes or changes in other terms of the Notes or (ii) an amendment or supplement providing primarily for the inclusion of additional financial information, or (iii) an amendment or supplement which relates exclusively to an offering of securities other than the Notes) or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other than any Annual Report on Form 10-K, Current Report on Form 8-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relating primarily to financ ial statements or other financial information as of and for any fiscal quarter) or

 

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the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require, the Company shall use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be furnished promptly following such amendment, supplement or filing or on the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, to the Agents or to the Agent party to the Terms Agreement, as the case may be (with a copy to counsel to the Agents or counsel to such Agent, as the case may be), letters substantially in the form of Appendix II hereto (modified, as necessary, in the case of a Terms Agreement) from the counsel last furnishing the opinions referred to in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) hereof or, in lieu of such letters, letters from other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agents (which, in the case of the opinions referred to in such Section 5(b), shall include counsel employed by the Company who is at least a Vice President of the Company), dated the date of delivery of such letter and in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) (other than, in the case of the opinion delivered pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof, the matters covered by Sections 5(b)(ii) and 5(b)(v) (with respect to execution and delivery)) hereof, but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement (and, if the opinion is being given as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion; provided, however, that (i) in the case of any such amendment or supplement that relates to Notes which are indexed or linked to any foreign currency, composite currency, commodity, equity index or similar index, the opinions referred to in Section 5(a) hereof shall not include the exceptions set forth in such Section 5(a) as to Notes which are to be indexed or linked to any foreign currency, composite currency, commodity, equity index or similar index and (ii) if reasonably requested by the Agents, the counsel delivering the opinions referred to in Section 5(b) shall expand the opinion rendered pursuant to Section 5(b)(i) to include any other subsidiary of the Company that, as a result of actions or events occurring after the date of this Agreement is of substantially similar materiality to the Company, on a consolidated basis, as each of the Significant Subsidiaries are as of the date of this Agreement.  The Company shall use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agents, promptly following each filing by the Company of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K, a letter from the counsel last furnishing the opinion referred to in Section 5(b) hereof, or from other counsel reas onably satisfactory to the Agents, dated the date of delivery of such letter and in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in Section 5(b)(ii) hereof, but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter.

 

(c)                Subsequent Delivery of Comfort Letters.  Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to include additional financial information or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains additional financial statement information relating to the Company or the Company sells Notes pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm promptly following such amendment, supplement or filing or on the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, to furnish the Agents or to the Agent party to the Terms Agreement, as the case may be, a letter , dated the date of filing of such amendment, supplement or document with the Commission, or such Settlement Date, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents (or such Agent), of the same tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 5(e) hereof but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement (and, if the letter is being delivered as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) and Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter, and of the same general tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in clause (iii) (other than the information required by

 

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clause (B) thereof, except in the case of a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require) and clause (iv) of said Section 5(e) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the Company; provided, however, that if the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented primarily to include financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm may limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial statements included in such amendment or supplement.

 

SECTION 7.  Indemnification.

 

(a)           Indemnification of the Agents.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each person, if any, who controls an Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act as follows:

 

(i)            against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Agents), as incurred, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arises out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necess ary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(ii)           against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Agents), as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

 

(iii)          against any and all expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Agents), as incurred, reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided, however, that this indemnity shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage of expense (A) to the extent arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon the Form T-1; or (B) as to which such Agent may be requir ed to indemnify the Company pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 7.

 

(b)           Indemnification of the Company.  Each Agent severally (and not jointly) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 7, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with

 

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written information furnished to the Company by such Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus.

 

(c)           General.

 

(i)            In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought against any Agent or any person controlling such Agent, based upon the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus and with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to this Section 7, such Agent or controlling person shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel (such counsel to be reasonably acceptable to such Agent) and payment of all expenses. Any such Agent or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense ther eof, but the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be at the expense of such Agent or such controlling person unless (A) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by the Company, (B) the Company shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel or (C) the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) shall include both such Agent or such controlling person and the Company, and such Agent or such controlling person shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from, or additional to, those available to the Company (in which case, if such Agent or such controlling person notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Agent or such controlling person, it being u nderstood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all such Agents and such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of all such Agents, on behalf of all of such Agents and such controlling persons).

 

(ii)           In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought against the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, with respect to which indemnity may be sought against any Agent pursuant to this Section 7, such Agent shall have the rights and duties given to the Company by subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7, and the Company, the Company’s directors and officers and any such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to the Agents by subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7.

 

SECTION 8.  Contribution.  In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable with respect to the indemnified parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and each Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Agents, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and each of the Agents participating in the offering that gave rise to such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (a “Relevant Agent”) on the other hand from the offering of such Notes. If however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding s entence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required pursuant to Section 7(c) hereof or pursuant to the last sentence of this Section 8, then the Company and each Relevant Agent shall contribute to such aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by the Company and the Relevant Agents, as

 

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incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and each Relevant Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and each Relevant Agent on the other hand in connection with the offering of such Notes shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of such Notes by such Relevant Agent received by the Company (before deducting expenses) bear to the total commissions or other compensation or remuneration received by such Relevant Agent in respect thereof.  The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or such Relevant Agent and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. If more than one Agent is a Relevant Agent in respect of a proceeding, each Relevant Agent’s obligation to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 shall be several and not joint, and shall be in the proportion that the principal amount of the Notes that are the subject of such proceeding and that were offered and sold through such Relevant Agent bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that are the subject of such proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Agent shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes purchased by or through it were sold exceeds the amount of any damages which such Agent has o therwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 8 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for co ntribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 8, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 8 or otherwise; provided, however, that such notice need not be given if such party entitled to contribution hereunder has previously given notice pursuant to Section 7(c) hereof with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding.

 

SECTION 9.  Representations. Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.  All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent or any controlling person as defined in Section 15 of the 1933 Act of any Agent, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Notes.

 

SECTION 10.  Termination.

 

(a)                Termination of this Agreement.  This Agreement (excluding any Terms Agreement) may be terminated by the Company (i) for any reason at any time with respect to any Agent or Agents upon the giving of 2 business days’ written notice of such termination to each other party hereto or (ii) at any time upon notice to each other party hereto if no Notes then remain authorized for sale pursuant hereto.  This Agreement may be terminated by any Agent (as to itself only) either (x) upon the giving of 2 business days’ written notice of such termination to each other party hereto or (y) at any time upon notice to the Company if the Company shall have failed to furnish or cause to be furnished the certificates, opinions or letters referred to in Section 5 or 6 hereof or if no Notes then remain authorized for sale pursuant hereto.

 

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(b)                Termination of a Terms Agreement. An Agent party to a Terms Agreement may terminate such Terms Agreement (as to itself only) immediately upon notice to the Company, at any time prior to the Settlement Date relating thereto if (i) there has been, between the date of such Terms Agreement and the related Settlement Date, any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, (ii) there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of such Agent, impracticable to market the Notes or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Notes, (iii) trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended (other than pursuant to a request by the Company with respect to an announcement by the Company of certain information not constituting a material adverse change, since the date of such Terms Agreement, in the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise), the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of such Agent, impracticable to market the Notes or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Notes, (iv) trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, by such exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities or if a banking moratorium has been declared by the relevant author ities in the country or countries of origin of any foreign currency or currencies in which the Notes are denominated or payable, (v) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred or (vi) after the date of such Terms Agreement the rating assigned by any nationally recognized securities rating agency to any debt securities of the Company as of the date of such Terms Agreement shall have been lowered or any such rating agency shall have publicly announced that it has placed any debt securities of the Company on what is commonly termed a “watch list” with negative implications.

 

(c)                General. In the event of any such termination, no party will have any liability to any other party hereto, except that (i) a terminating Agent shall be entitled to any commissions earned in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 2(a) hereof, (ii) if at the time of termination (A) a terminating Agent and the Company shall have entered into a Terms Agreement and the Settlement Date with respect thereto shall not yet have occurred or (B) an offer to purchase any of the Notes has been accepted by the Company but the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent of the Note or Notes relating thereto has not occurred, the covenants set forth in Sections 3 (subject to the provisions of Section 3(h)) and 6 hereof shall remain in effect until such Settlement D ate or until such Notes are so delivered, as the case may be, and (iii) the covenant set forth in Section 3(f) hereof, the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 9, 13 and 14 hereof shall remain in effect.

 

SECTION 11.  Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Agents shall be directed, as the case may be, to:

 

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC
Debt & Equity Capital Markets
600 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention:
                             Fred Royall

 

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BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention:
                             Syndicate Desk

(917) 472-4745 (fax)

 

CastleOak Securities, L.P.
110 East 59
th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York  10022

Attention:                             Philip J. Ippolito

(212) 308-7342 (fax)

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 35
th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention:
                             Transaction Execution Group

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue, 5
th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Attention:
                             Short-Term Products Group

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street, 3
rd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attention:
                             Debt Capital Markets—Syndicate Desk

(212) 797-2202 (fax)

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Attention:                             Registration Department

(866) 471-2526

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York  10018
Attention:
                             Transaction Management, 3rd Floor

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Attention:                             Transaction Execution Group

 

Loop Capital Markets LLC
200 W. Jackson, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois  60606
Attention:
                             Paul Bonaguro, Debt Capital Markets-Corporates

(312) 913-4928 (fax)

 

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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

One Bryant Park
NY1-100-18-03
New York, New York 10036
Attention:
                             High Grade Transaction Management/Legal

(646) 855-5958 (fax)

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention:
                             Capital Markets Group

(646) 434-3455 (fax)

 

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
1251 Avenue of the Americas — 33rd Floor
New York, New York 10020
Attention:
                             Debt Capital Markets Desk

(917) 512-7166 (fax)

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attention:
                             Investment Banking Division

(212) 507-8999 (fax)

 

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.
61 Broadway, 29
th Floor
New York, New York  10006
Attention:
                             Larry Goldman—Managing Director

 

RBS Securities Inc.

600 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

Attention:                             Debt Capital Markets Syndicate

(203) 873-4534 (fax)

 

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

3333 Peachtree Road, 11th Floor

Mail Code: GA-ATLANTA-3947

Atlanta, Georgia 30326

Attention:                             Chris Grumboski

 

UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc.

150 East 42nd Street, 30th Floor

New York, New York 10017

Attention:                             Andy Lupo

 

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U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention:
                             Head of Syndicate

(877) 774-3462 (fax)

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
301 S. College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
Attention:
                             Transaction Management

(704) 383-9165 (fax)

 

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
650 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, New York  10019
Attention:
                             Bob Diserens (diserens@willcap.com)

(212) 830-4567 (fax)

 

Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at:

 

500 South Buena Vista Street

Burbank, California 91521

Attention:                             Legal Department

 

SECTION 12.  Parties.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Agents (and, in the case of a Terms Agreement, the Agent or Agents party thereto) and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained.  This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

 

SECTION 13.  Governing LawsTHIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES CREATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF TITLE 14 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW RULE 327(b).

 

SECTION 14.  No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Notes and any related discounts and commissions, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Company, on the one hand, and the Agents, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offerings contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent (except to the extent expressly set forth herein) or fiduciary of the Company or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (iii) no Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offerings contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Agent has any obligation to the Company with

 

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respect to any offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Agents and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) no Agent has provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offerings contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

 

SECTION 15.  Covenant of the Agents.  Each Agent covenants with the Company that, except as provided herein, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company is referred to herein as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to the offering of any applicable tranche of Notes, the Company consents to the use by the Agents of a free writing prospectu s that contains only (a)(i) information describing the preliminary terms of such Notes or their offering or (ii) information that describes the final terms of such Notes and that is included in the Final Term Sheet of the Company relating to the offering of such Notes or (b) other customary information that is neither “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, or otherwise an issuer free writing prospectus.

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Agents and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan S. Headley

 

 

Name:  Jonathan S. Headley

 

 

Title:    Senior Vice President — Corporate Finance and Assistant Treasurer

 

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED:

 

 

BLAYLOCK ROBERT VAN, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Clifford C. Swint

 

 

Name: Clifford C. Swint

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jim Turner

 

 

Name: Jim Turner

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASTLEOAK SECURITIES, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philip J. Ippolito

 

 

Name: Philip J. Ippolito

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer & Director of Operations

 

 

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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Chandru M. Harjani

 

 

Name: Chandru M. Harjani

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Helena Willner

 

 

Name: Helena Willner

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Marc Fratepietro

 

 

Name: Marc Fratepietro

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ritu Ketkar

 

 

Name: Ritu Ketkar

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

 

 

 

 

 

HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Zobkiw, Jr.

 

 

Name: Richard N. Zobkiw, Jr.

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

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J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Name: Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

LOOP CAPITAL MARKETS LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Bonaguro

 

 

Name: Paul Bonaguro

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Keith Harman

 

 

Name: Keith Harman

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MITSUBISHI UFJ SECURITIES (USA), INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Cogliandro

 

 

Name: Brian Cogliandro

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James M. Shepard

 

 

Name: James M. Shepard

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yurij Slyz

 

 

Name: Yurij Slyz

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAMUEL A. RAMIREZ & COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lawrence F. Goldman

 

 

Name: Lawrence F. Goldman

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RBS SECURITIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Fahrbach

 

 

Name: Robert Fahrbach

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher S. Grumboski

 

 

Name: Christopher S. Grumboski

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

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UNICREDIT CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andy Lupo

 

 

Name: Andy Lupo

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Wood

 

 

Name: David Wood

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carolyn Hurley

 

 

Name: Carolyn Hurley

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WILLIAMS CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DiAnne Calabrisotto

 

 

Name: DiAnne Calabrisotto

 

 

Title: Chief Operating Officer

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Term(1)

 

Commission Rate(2)

More than 9 months but less than 1 year

 

0.125%

From 1 year but less than 18 months

 

0.150%

From 18 months but less than 2 years

 

0.200%

From 2 years but less than 3 years

 

0.250%

From 3 years but less than 4 years

 

0.350%

From 4 years but less than 5 years

 

0.450%

From 5 years but less than 6 years

 

0.500%

From 6 years but less than 7 years

 

0.550%

From 7 years but less than 10 years

 

0.600%

From 10 years but less than 15 years

 

0.625%

From 15 years but less than 20 years

 

0.700%

From 20 years but less than 30 years

 

0.750%

From 30 years

 

To be determined by the Company and the relevant Agent(s)

 


(1)                                  With respect to each Note that is subject to purchase by the Company at the option of the holder thereof (a “Put Note”), the word “Term” as used in this Exhibit A refers to the earliest purchase date specified in the applicable Put Note.

 

(2)                                  With respect to each Note that is a Discount Security (as defined in the Indenture), the commission payable to each Agent with respect to each such Note sold as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent shall be based on the purchase price of such Note.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

The following terms, if applicable, shall be agreed to by each Agent and the Company pursuant to each Terms Agreement:

 

Principal Amount:

 

$

 

(or principal amount of foreign currency or composite currency)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Fixed Rate Note, Interest Rate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Floating Rate Note:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base Rate or Rates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Interest Rate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Reset Dates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Payment Dates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Index Maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMT Maturity Index, if any:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Determination Dates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum Interest Rate, if any:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Interest Rate, if any:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Reset Period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Payment Period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculation Agent (if other than the Trustee):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Redeemable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest Redemption Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Price:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stated Maturity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Maturity (for Renewable Notes):

 

 

 

 

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Initial Maturity (for Renewable Notes):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase Price:

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

Applicable Time:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement Date and Time:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency of Denomination (if currency is other than U.S. dollar):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency of Payment (if currency is other than U.S. dollar):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Terms:

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES E

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

 

December 8, 2010

 

The administrative procedures and specific terms of the offering of Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the “Notes”) on a continuing basis by The Walt Disney Company (the “Issuer”) pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, dated December 8, 2010 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Distribution Agreement”), between the Issuer and each of Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., RBS Securities Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. (each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”) are explained below.  In the Distribution Agreement, the Agents have agreed to act as agents of the Issuer to solicit offers to purchase the Notes.  Each Agent, as principal, may purchase Notes for its own account pursuant to the terms and settlement details of a terms agreement entered into between the Issuer and such Agent, as contemplated by the Distribution Agreement.  In the Distribution Agreement, the Issuer reserves the right to sell Notes directly on its own behalf and to or through others.

 

Each Note will be issued under an indenture between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), dated as of September 24, 2001 (the “Indenture”), relating to senior debt securities of the Issuer.  Notes will bear interest at either fixed rates (“Fixed Rate Notes”) or floating rates (“Floating Rate Notes”).  Each Note will be represented by either a Global Security (as defined hereinafter) delivered to the Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC (a “Book-Entry Note”) or a certificate delivered to the Holder thereof or a Person designated by such Holder (a “Certificated Note”).  Owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be entitled to physical delivery of Certificated Notes equal in principal amount to their respective beneficial interests only under certain limited circumstances.

 

The Trustee will act as Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and will perform, as Paying Agent, unless otherwise specified in the Notes, the Indenture or herein, the other duties specified herein.  Book-Entry Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part I hereof, and Certificated Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part II hereof.  Any administrative responsibilities, document control and record-keeping functions to be performed by the Issuer will be performed by its Treasury Department.  To the extent that the procedures set forth herein conflict with any provision of the Notes (which, in the case of Book-Entry Notes shall be the related Global Security), the Indenture or the Distribution Agreement, the relevant provisions of the Notes, the Indent ure or the Distribution Agreement shall be controlling.  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate establishing the Notes pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of the Indenture or the Notes shall be used herein as therein defined.

 

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PART I:                                                   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR BOOK ENTRY NOTES

 

In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Notes for eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, the Trustee will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of Representations from the Issuer and the Trustee to DTC, dated March 10, 2005, and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Trustee and DTC, dated May 14, 1991, and its obligations as a participant in DTC, including DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System (“SDFS”).

 

Issuance:

 

On any date of settlement (as defined under “Settlement” below) for one or more Book-Entry Notes, the Issuer will issue a single global security in fully registered form without coupons (a “Global Security”) representing up to $500,000,000 principal amount of all such Notes that have the same Stated Maturity and Final Maturity, Earliest Redemption Date, Redemption Price and other redemption provisions, if any, Interest Payment Dates, Regular Record Dates, Interest Payment Period, original issue discount, if any, and, additionally, in the case of Fixed Rate Notes, interest rate and, in the case of Floating Rate Notes, Initial Interest Rate, Base Rate or Rates, Index Maturity, Interest Reset Period, Interest Reset Dates, Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, Minimum Interest Rate, if any, and Maximum Interest Rate, if any (collectively, the “Terms”).  ; Each Global Security will be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Trustee.  Each Global Security will bear interest from the later of the Original Issue Date specified therein or from the most recent Interest Payment Date with respect to such Global Security (or Predecessor Security) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for (such later date being herein referred to as a “Global Interest Accrual Date”).  Book-Entry Notes may only be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars. No Global Security will represent any Certificated Note.

 

 

 

Identification Numbers:

 

The Issuer has arranged with the CUSIP Service Bureau of Standard & Poor’s Corporation (the “CUSIP Service Bureau”) for the reservation of a series of CUSIP numbers (including tranche numbers), which series consists of approximately 900 CUSIP numbers (of which 842 remained unassigned as of the date hereof) and relates to Global Securities representing the Book-Entry Notes.  The Issuer has obtained from the CUSIP Service Bureau a written list of such series of reserved CUSIP numbers and has delivered to the Trustee and DTC such written list of such CUSIP numbers. The Trustee will assign CUSIP numbers to Global Securities as described under Settlement Procedure “B” below.  DTC will notify the CUSIP Service Bureau periodically of the CUSIP numbers that the Trustee has assigned to Global Securities.  At any time when fewer than 100 of the reserved CUSIP numbers of a series remain unassigned to Global Securities, the Trustee, if it deems necessary, will reserve additional CUSIP numbers for assignment to Global Securities representing Book-Entry Notes.  Upon obtaining such additional CUSIP numbers, the Trustee shall deliver a list of such additional CUSIP numbers to the Issuer and DTC.

 

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Registration:

 

Each Global Security will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, on the register of Securities maintained under the Indenture.  The beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note (or one or more indirect participants in DTC designated by such owner) will designate one or more participants in DTC (with respect to such Note, the “Participants”) to act as agent or agents for such owner in connection with the book- entry system maintained by DTC, and DTC will record in book-entry form, in accordance with instructions provided by such Participants, a credit balance with respect to such Note in the account of such Participants.  The ownership interest of such beneficial owner in such Note will be recorded through the records of such Participants or through the separate records of such Participants and one or more indirect participants in DTC.

 

 

 

Transfers:

 

Transfers of a Book-Entry Note will be accomplished by book entries made by DTC and, in turn, by Participants (and in certain cases, one or more indirect participants in DTC) acting on behalf of beneficial transferors and transferees of such Note.

 

 

 

Exchanges:

 

At the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall deliver to DTC and the CUSIP Service Bureau at any time a written notice of consolidation specifying (i) the CUSIP numbers of two or more Outstanding Global Securities that represent Book-Entry Notes having the same Terms and for which interest has been paid to the same date, (ii) a date, occurring at least 30 days after such written notice is delivered and at least 30 days before the next Interest Payment Date for such Book- Entry Notes, on which such Global Securities shall be exchanged for a single replacement Global Security and (iii) a new CUSIP number, obtained from the Issuer, to be assigned to such replacement Global Security.  Upon receipt of such a notice, DTC will send to its Participants (including the Trustee) a written reorganization notice to the effect that such exchange will occur on such date.  Prior to the specified exch ange date, the Trustee will deliver to the CUSIP Service Bureau a written notice setting forth such exchange date and the new CUSIP number and stating that, as of such exchange date, the CUSIP numbers of the Global Securities to be exchanged will no longer be valid.  On the specified exchange date, the Trustee will exchange such Global Securities for a single Global Security bearing the new CUSIP number, and the CUSIP numbers of the exchanged Global Securities will, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau customary procedures, be cancelled and not immediately reassigned.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Global Securities to be exchanged exceed $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, one Global Security will be authenticated and issued to represent each $500,000,000 of principal amount of the exchanged Global Securities and an additional Global Security will be authenticated and issued to represent any remaining principal amount of such Global Securities (see “Denominations” belo w).

 

 

 

Maturities:

 

Each Book-Entry Note will mature on a date nine months or more

 

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after the settlement date for such Note.

 

 

 

Notice of Redemption Dates:

 

In the case of a full redemption of all Book-Entry Notes represented by a single Global Security, the Trustee will notify DTC, not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date with respect to such Global Security, of the CUSIP number of such Global Security, the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price. In the case of a redemption of less than all Book-Entry Notes represented by a single Global Security, the Trustee will notify DTC not more than two Business Days before 60 days, but not less than two Business Days before 30 days, prior to the Redemption Date with respect to such Global Security, of the CUSIP number of such Global Security, the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price.

 

 

 

Denominations:

 

Book-Entry Notes will be sold in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000, unless a different denomination is specified in the pricing supplement to the Prospectus (as defined in the Distribution Agreement) relating to such Notes (the “Pricing Supplement”).  Unless a different minimum denomination is so specified, Global Securities will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000 up to a maximum denomination of $500,000,000. If one or more Book-Entry Notes having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500,000,000 would, but for the preceding sentence, be represented by a single Global Security, then one Global Security will be issued to represent each $500,000,000 principal amount of such Book-Entry Note or Notes and an additional Global Security will be issued to represent any remaining principal amount of such Book-Entry Note or Notes.  In such a case, each of the Global Securities representing such Book-Entry Note or Notes shall be assigned the same CUSIP number.

 

 

 

Interest:

 

General.  Interest on each Book-Entry Note will accrue from the Global Interest Accrual Date with respect to the Global Security representing such Note and will be paid on the Interest Payment Dates of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Note.  In the case of a Global Security originally issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the next Regular Record Date.  Each payment of interest on a Global Security will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Date or Maturity.  See “Calculation of Interest” below.  Interest payable at the Maturity of a Book-Entry Note will be payable to the Person to whom the principal of such Note is payable. S tandard & Poor’s Corporation will use the information received in the pending deposit message described under Settlement Procedure “C” below in order to include the amount of any interest payable and certain other information regarding any Global Security in the appropriate weekly supplement to the Corporate Registered Bond Interest Record published by

 

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Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

 

 

 

 

 

Regular Record Dates.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Book-Entry Note as specified in the related Global Security, the Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date for Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes shall be the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Book-Entry Note as specified in the related Global Security, the Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date for Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes shall be the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Book-Entry Note as specified in the related Global Security, interest payments on Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes will be made semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, as specified in the related Global Security, and at Stated Maturity, subject to the exceptions specified in “Payments of Principal and Interest” below.

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Book-Entry Note as specified in the related Global Security, interest payments on Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes will be made monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually of each year, as specified in the related Global Security, and at Stated Maturity.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Book-Entry Note as specified in the related Global Security and with respect to Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes, subject to the exceptions specified in “Payments of Principal and Interest” below, interest will be payable, in the case of Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes which pay interest (i) monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month; (ii) quarterly, on the third Wednesday of each March, June, September and December of each yea r; (iii) semiannually, on the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in the Global Security representing the applicable Book-Entry Note; and (iv) annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the Global Security representing the applicable Book-Entry Note.  In the case of Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes, interest will be payable on the first calendar day of each March, June, September and December.

 

 

 

 

 

Notice of Interest Payment and Regular Record Dates.  On the first Business Day of January, April, July and October of each year, the Trustee will deliver to the Issuer and DTC a written list of Regular Record Dates and Interest Payment Dates (to the extent then determinable by the Trustee) that will occur with respect to each Global Security during the six-month period beginning on such first Business Day. Promptly after each Interest Determination Date for Floating Rate Notes, the calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”) will notify Standard & Poor’s Corporation of the interest rates

 

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determined on such Interest Determination Date.

 

 

 

Calculation of Interest:

 

Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes.  Interest on Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes (including interest for partial periods) will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes.  Interest rates on Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes will be determined as set forth in the Global Security representing the applicable Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes.  Interest will be calculated in the case of (a) Commercial Paper Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, CD Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, Prime Rate Notes, Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes and EURIBOR Notes, on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period and a 360-day year, and (b) Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes, on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period and the actual number of days in the year.

 

 

 

Payments of Principal and Interest:

 

Payments of Interest Only.  Promptly after each Regular Record Date, the Trustee will deliver to the Issuer and DTC a written notice specifying by CUSIP number the amount of interest to be paid on each Global Security on the following Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date coinciding with Stated Maturity) and the total of such amounts.  DTC will check the amount payable on each Global Security on such Interest Payment Date as shown in the appropriate weekly supplements to the Corporate Registered Bond Interest Record published by Standard & Poor’s Corporation.  On such Interest Payment Date, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee the total amount of interest due on such Interest Payment Date (other than at Stated Maturity), and the Trustee will pay such amount to DTC at the times and in the manner set forth below under “Manner of Payment.”

 

 

 

 

 

If any Interest Payment Date for a Fixed Rate Book- Entry Note is scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Fixed Rate Book- Entry Note, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date to such following day that is a Business Day.

 

 

 

 

 

If any Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note is scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate Book-Entry Note, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate Book-Entry Note, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date to such following day that is a Business Day, except that in the case of a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note that is a LIBOR Note or a EURIBOR Note (or a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note for which

 

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LIBOR or EURIBOR is the applicable Base Rate), if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.

 

 

 

 

 

Payments at Maturity.  On or about the first Business Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to the Issuer and DTC a written list of principal and interest to be paid on each Global Security maturing either at Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date occurring in the following month (to the extent then determinable by the Trustee). The Issuer, the Trustee and DTC will confirm the amounts of such principal and interest payments with respect to each such Global Security on or about the fifth Business Day preceding the Maturity of such Global Security.  The Issuer will pay to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Paying Agent, the principal amount of such Global Security, together with interest due at such Maturity.  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will pay such amounts to DTC at the times and in the manner set forth under &# 147;Manner of Payment” below.  If any Maturity of a Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes is not a Business Day, the payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Maturity.  Promptly after payment to DTC of the principal and interest due at the Stated Maturity of such Global Security, the Trustee will cancel such Global Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, deliver to the Issuer an appropriate debit advice and a certificate of destruction relating to all such cancelled Global Securities.  On the first Business Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to the Issuer by facsimile transmission a written statement, indicating the total principal amount of Outstanding Global Securities for which it serves as trustee as of the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

 

 

 

 

Manner of Payment.  The total amount of any principal and interest due on Global Securities on any Interest Payment Date or at Maturity shall be debited from an account of the Issuer maintained at the Trustee with funds available for immediate use in the amount required for such payment.  The Trustee will pay by separate wire transfer (using Fedwire message entry instructions in a form previously specified by DTC) to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York previously specified by DTC, in funds available for immediate use by DTC, each payment of interest and principal due on a Global Security on such date.  On each Interest Payment Date, interest payments shall be made to DTC in same day funds in accordance with existing arrangements between the Trustee and DTC.  Thereafter on each such date, DTC will pay, in accordance with it s SDFS operating procedures then in effect, such amounts in funds available for immediate use to the respective Participants in whose names the Book-Entry Notes represented by such Global Securities are recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC. Neither the Issuer (either as Issuer or as Paying Agent) nor the

 

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Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for the payment by DTC to such Participants of the principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Notes.

 

 

 

 

 

Withholding Taxes.  The amount of any taxes required under applicable law to be withheld from any interest payment on a Book-Entry Note will be determined and withheld by the Participant, indirect participant in DTC or other Person responsible for forwarding payments and materials directly to the beneficial owner of such Note.

 

 

 

Acceptance and Rejection of Offers:

 

The Issuer has the sole right to accept offers to purchase Book-Entry Notes and may reject any such offer in whole or in part.  Each Agent may, in its discretion reasonably exercised, reject any offer to purchase Book-Entry Notes received by it in whole or in part. Each Agent will advise the Issuer promptly by telephone or by facsimile transmission of all offers to purchase Book-Entry Notes received by such Agent, other than those rejected by it.

 

 

 

Settlement:

 

The receipt by the Issuer of immediately available funds in payment for a Book-Entry Note and the authentication and issuance of the Global Security representing such Note shall constitute “settlement” with respect to such Note.  Each offer accepted by the Issuer will be settled on the third Business Day (or, if acceptance by the Issuer occurs after 4:30 p.m., New York time, on the fourth Business Day) following acceptance of such offer pursuant to the timetable for settlement set forth below, unless the Issuer and the purchaser agree to settlement on another day which shall be no earlier than the Business Day following acceptance of such offer.

 

 

 

Settlement Procedures:

 

In the event of a purchase of Book-Entry Notes by one or more of the Agents, as principal, appropriate settlement details, if different from those set forth below, will be set forth in an applicable Terms Agreement to be entered into between such Agent or Agents and the Issuer pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.  Settlement Procedures with regard to each Book-Entry Note sold by the Issuer through an Agent, as agent, shall be as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

A.                                   Such Agent will advise the Issuer by facsimile transmission or orally (if confirmed within 24 hours by written telecommunication) of the following settlement information:

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       Principal amount.

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Stated Maturity.

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       If such Note is a Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate.  If such Note is a Floating Rate Note, the following:

 

 

 

 

 

a.                                       Base Rate or Base Rates;

 

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b.                                      Initial Interest Rate;

 

 

 

 

 

c.                                       Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any;

 

 

 

 

 

d.                                      Interest Reset Dates;

 

 

 

 

 

e.                                       Interest Reset Period;

 

 

 

 

 

f.                                         Interest Payment Dates;

 

 

 

 

 

g.                                      Index Maturity;

 

 

 

 

 

h.                                      Interest Payment Period;

 

 

 

 

 

i.                                          Calculation Agent (if other than Wells Fargo Bank, National Association);

 

 

 

 

 

j.                                          Maximum Interest Rate, if any;

 

 

 

 

 

k.                                       Minimum Interest Rate, if any;

 

 

 

 

 

l.                                          Interest Determination Dates; and

 

 

 

 

 

m.                                    Index Currency, if applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Earliest Redemption Date, Redemption Price and other redemption provisions, if any.

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Settlement date.

 

 

 

 

 

6.                                       Original Issue Price.

 

 

 

 

 

7.                                       Original issue discount, if any.

 

 

 

 

 

8.                                       Agent’s commission, determined as provided in Section 2 of the Distribution Agreement between the Issuer and such Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

9.                                       Additional terms or provisions of such Note, if any.

 

 

 

 

 

10.                                 Net Proceeds to the Issuer.

 

 

 

 

 

11.                                 Commission.

 

 

 

 

 

12.                                 Discount.

 

 

 

 

 

13.                                 Initial Maturity Date (for Renewable Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

14.                                 Final Maturity Date (for Renewable Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

B.                                     The Issuer will advise the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing signed by an authorized person at any time on the

 

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same date) or facsimile transmission signed by an authorized person of the information set forth in Settlement Procedure “A” above and the name of such Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

C.                                     The Trustee will assign a CUSIP number to the Global Security representing such Note.  The Trustee will notify the Issuer and the Agent of such CUSIP number by telephone as soon as practicable.

 

 

 

 

 

D.                                    The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through DTC’s Participant Terminal System, providing the following settlement information to DTC, such Agent, and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                       The information set forth in Settlement Procedure “A” above.

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                       Numbers of the participant accounts maintained by DTC on behalf of the Trustee and the Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                       Identification as a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note or a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note.

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                       Initial Interest Payment Date for such Note, Regular Record Date and amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date.

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                       Interest Payment Period.

 

 

 

 

 

6.                                       CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Note.

 

 

 

 

 

7.                                       Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry Note (to the extent known at such time).

 

 

 

 

 

E.                                      The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a pre- printed Global Security to represent such Note, in a form that has been approved by the Issuer, the Agents and the Trustee.

 

 

 

 

 

F.                                      The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security representing such Note.

 

 

 

 

 

G.                                     DTC will credit such Note to the Trustee’s participant account at DTC.

 

 

 

 

 

H.                                    The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC’s Participant Terminal System instructing DTC to (i) debit such Note to the Trustee’s participant account and credit such Note to such Agent’s participant account and (ii) debit such Agent’s settlement account and credit the Trustee’s

 

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settlement account for an amount equal to the price of such Note less such Agent’s commission. The entry of such a deliver order shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Trustee to DTC that (i) the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Note has been issued and authenticated and (ii) the Trustee is holding such Global Security pursuant to the Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Trustee and DTC.

 

 

 

 

 

I.                                         Such Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC’s Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to such Agent’s participant account and credit such Note to the participant accounts of the Participants with respect to such Note and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such Participants and credit the settlement account of such Agent for any amount equal to the price of such Note.

 

 

 

 

 

J.                                        Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in Settlement Procedures “G” and “H” above will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the settlement date.

 

 

 

 

 

K.                                    The Trustee will credit to an account of the Issuer maintained at the Trustee funds available for immediate use in the amount transferred to the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure “G” above.

 

 

 

 

 

L.                                      The Trustee will retain the Global Security representing such Note and will send a photocopy thereof to the Issuer by first-class mail.  The Trustee will send to the Issuer, at the request of the Issuer, a written statement setting forth (i) the principal amount of Notes Outstanding under the Indenture as of the date of such report, (ii) a brief description of any sales of which the Issuer has advised the Trustee but which have not yet been settled and (iii) a description of issuances and retirements of, payment on and other activity relating to the Notes during the related month.

 

 

 

 

 

M.                                 Such Agent will confirm the purchase of such Note to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participants with respect to such Note a confirmation order or orders through DTC’s institution delivery system or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser.

 

 

 

Settlement Procedures Timetable:

 

For orders of Book-Entry Notes solicited by an Agent, as agent, and accepted by the Issuer for settlement on the first Business Day after the sale date, Settlement Procedure “A” through “L” above shall be completed as soon as possible but not later than the respective times (New York City time) set forth below:

 

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Settlement Procedure

 

Time

 

 

A

 

11:00 am. on the sale date

 

 

B

 

12:00 noon on the sale date

 

 

C

 

2:00 p.m. on the sale date

 

 

D

 

3:00 p.m. on the sale date

 

 

E

 

9:00 a.m. on settlement date

 

 

F

 

10:00 a.m. on settlement date

 

 

G-I

 

2:00 p.m. on settlement date

 

 

J-M

 

5:00 p.m. on settlement date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If a sale is to be settled more than one Business Day after the sale date, Settlement Procedure “A” shall be completed as soon as practicable but no later than 11:00 a.m. on the first Business Day after the sale date and Settlement Procedures “B” and “C” shall be completed as soon as practicable but no later than 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m., respectively, on the first Business Day after the sale date.  If the Initial Interest Rate for a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note has not been determined at the time that Settlement Procedure “A” is completed, Settlement Procedures “B” and “C” shall be completed as soon as such rate has been determined but no later than 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m., respectively, on the second Business Day before the settlement date.  Settlement Procedures “D” through “L” shall be comple ted as soon as possible thereafter but not later than the respective times (New York City time) set forth in the preceding table, except that Settlement Procedures “I” through “L” are subject to extension in accordance with any extension of Fedwire closing deadlines and in the other events specified in the SDFS operating procedures in effect on the settlement date.

 

 

 

 

 

If settlement of a Book-Entry Note is rescheduled or cancelled, the Trustee will deliver to DTC, through DTC’s Participant Terminal System, a cancellation message to such effect by no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the scheduled settlement date.

 

 

 

Failure to Settle:

 

If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS deliver order with respect to a Book-Entry Note pursuant to Settlement Procedure “G,” the Trustee may deliver to DTC, through DTC’s Participant Terminal System, as soon as practicable, a withdrawal message instructing DTC to debit such Note to the Trustee’s participant account. DTC will process the withdrawal message, provided that the Trustee’s participant account contains a principal amount of the Global Security representing such Note that is at least equal to the principal amount to be debited.  If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to all the Book-Entry Notes represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will mark such Global Security “cancelled,” make appropriate entries in the Trustee’s records and send such cancelled Global Security to the Issuer.  The CUSIP number assigned to such Global Security shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau customary procedures, be cancelled and not immediately reassigned.  If a withdrawal message

 

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is processed with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Notes represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will exchange the Global Security for two Global Securities, one of which shall represent such Book-Entry Note or Notes for which such withdrawal message has been processed and shall be cancelled immediately after issuance and the other of which shall represent the remaining Book-Entry Notes previously represented by the surrendered Global Security and shall bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Global Security.

 

 

 

 

 

If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Note is not timely paid to the applicable Participants with respect to such Note by the beneficial purchaser thereof (or a Person, including an indirect participant in DTC, acting on behalf of such purchaser), such Participants and, in turn, the Agent for such Note, may enter SDFS deliver orders through DTC’s Participant Terminal System reversing the orders entered pursuant to Settlement Procedures “H” and “G,” respectively.  Thereafter, the Trustee will deliver the withdrawal message and take the related actions described in the preceding paragraph.  If such failure shall have occurred for any reason other than default by the applicable Agent in the performance of its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Issuer will pay to such Agent an amount equal to the interest earned by the Issuer with respect to such fun ds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Issuer.

 

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to settle with respect to a Book-Entry Note, DTC may take such actions as it deems appropriate in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect in order to reverse the orders entered into DTC’s Participant Terminal System pursuant to Settlement Procedures “H” and “G,” respectively.  In the event of a failure to settle with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Notes to have been represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will provide, in accordance with Settlement Procedures “D” and “E,” for the authentication and issuance of a Global Security representing the other Book-Entry Notes to have been represented by such Global Security and will make appropriate entries in its records.

 

 

 

Procedure for Postings:

 

The Issuer will periodically contact one or more Agents for recommended interest rates, coupons or spreads (“postings”) with respect to Notes being offered.  When the Issuer has determined or changed its postings with respect to Notes being offered, it will promptly advise the Agents. At such times as the Issuer is not posting, the Agents will not solicit firm offers but may record “indications of interest” only.

 

 

 

Pricing Supplements:

 

After any sale of Notes, the Issuer will file or transmit for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a copy of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and/or Final Term Sheet and Pricing Supplement relating to such Notes in compliance with

 

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Rule 433 and Rule 424(b), respectively, of the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that reflects the applicable interest rates and other terms and will deliver a copy of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and/or Final Term Sheet and Pricing Supplement to the applicable Agent at its address set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to the Trustee.

 

 

 

Suspension of Solicitation, Amendment or Supplement:

 

The Issuer may instruct the Agents to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Book-Entry Notes at any time.  Upon receipt of such instructions, each Agent will as soon as possible suspend such solicitations until such time as it has been advised by the Issuer that such solicitations may be resumed.  The Issuer will, consistent with its obligations under the Distribution Agreement, promptly advise each Agent and the Trustee whether orders outstanding at the time such Agent suspends solicitation may be settled and whether copies of the Prospectus, as in effect at the time of the suspension, together with the appropriate Pricing Supplement, may be delivered in connection with the settlement of such orders.  The Issuer will have the sole responsibility for such decision and for any arrangements that may be made in the event that the Issuer determines that such orders may not be settled or that cop ies of such Prospectus and Pricing Supplement may not be so delivered.

 

 

 

Delivery of Prospectus:

 

A copy of the most recent Prospectus and of the applicable Pricing Supplement, if any, must be provided to a purchaser by the applicable Agent prior to or at the time of the earlier of (a) the written confirmation of a sale sent to a purchaser of Book-Entry Notes or his Agent, and (b) the date of settlement of any such Book-Entry Notes (see “Settlement Procedures”).

 

 

 

Advertising Costs:

 

The Issuer will determine with the Agents the amount and nature of advertising that may be appropriate in offering the Notes.  Advertising expenses approved in writing by the Issuer in connection with the solicitation of purchases of the Notes from the Issuer will be paid by the Issuer.

 

PART II:                                               ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES

 

The Trustee will serve as Registrar in connection with the Certificated Notes.

 

Issuance:

 

Each Certificated Note will be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Trustee.  Each Certificated Note will bear interest from the later of the Original Issue Date specified therein or from the most recent Interest Payment Date with respect to such Certificated Note (or Predecessor Security) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for (such later date being herein referred to as a “Certificated Interest Accrual Date”).

 

 

 

Registration:

 

Certificated Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons.

 

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Transfers and Exchanges:

 

A Certificated Note may be presented for transfer or exchange at the Corporate Trust office of the Trustee.  Certificated Notes will be exchangeable for other Certificated Notes having identical terms but different denominations without service charge.  Certificated Notes will not be exchangeable for Book-Entry Notes.

 

 

 

Maturities:

 

Each Certificated Note will mature on a date nine months or more from the settlement date for such Note.

 

 

 

Denominations:

 

Certificated Notes will be issued in denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000, unless a different denomination is specified in the Pricing Supplement relating to such Notes.

 

 

 

Interest:

 

General.  Interest on each Certificated Note will accrue from the Certificated Interest Accrual Date of such Note.  In the case of a Certificated Note originally issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment Date, the first interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next Regular Record Date.  Each payment of interest on a Certificated Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Date or Maturity.  See “Calculation of Interest” below. Interest will be payable to the person in whose name a Certificated Note is registered on the register of Securities at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date; provided, however, interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom principal of such Certificated Note is payable.

 

 

 

 

 

Regular Record Date.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Certificated Notes as specified therein, Regular Record Date with respect to Fixed Rate Certificated Notes shall be the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.  The Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date for Floating Rate Certificated Notes shall be the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate Certificated Notes.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Certificated Notes as specified therein, interest payments on Fixed Rate Certificated Notes will be made semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year and at Maturity, subject to the exceptions specified in “Payments of Principal and Interest” below.

 

 

 

 

 

Floating Rate Certificated Notes.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to any Certificated Notes as specified therein, interest payments will be made on Floating Rate Certificated Notes monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually of each year, as specified in the related Note, and at maturity.  Subject to the exceptions specified in “Payments of Principal and Interest” below and except with respect

 

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to Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes, except as otherwise provided with respect to any Certificated Notes as specified therein, interest will be payable, in the case of Floating Rate Certificated Notes which pay interest (i) 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 each of the two months specified in the applicable Certificated Note; and (iv) annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable Certificated Note.  In the case of Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes, interest will be payable on the first calendar day of each March, June, September and December.

 

 

 

Calculation of Interest:

 

Fixed Rate Certificated Notes.  Interest on Fixed Rate Certificated Notes (including interest for partial periods) will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Floating Rate Certificated Notes.  Interest rates on Floating Rate Certificated Notes will be determined as set forth in the applicable Notes.  The Issuer and the Trustee will confirm the amount of the initial interest payment due on any Floating Rate Certificated Note for which the initial Interest Period is shorter or longer than the Index Maturity.  Promptly after each Interest Determination Date for Floating Rate Certificated Notes, the Calculation Agent will notify Standard & Poor’s Corporation of the interest rates determined on such Interest Determination Date.  Interest will be calculated in the case of (a) Commercial Paper Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, CD Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, Prime Rate Notes, Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes and EURIBOR Notes, on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period and a 360-day year; and (b) Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes, on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period and the actual number of days in the year.

 

 

 

Payments of Principal and Interest:

 

The Trustee will pay the principal amount of each Certificated Note at Maturity upon presentation of such Note to the Trustee.  Such payment, together with payment of interest due at Maturity of such Note, will be made in funds available for immediate use by the Holder of such Note.  Certificated Notes presented to the Trustee at Maturity for payment will be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and returned to the Issuer.  All interest payments on a Certificated Note (other than interest due at Maturity) will be made by check drawn on the Trustee (or another Person appointed by the Trustee) and mailed by the Trustee to the Person entitled thereto as provided in such Note.  Following each Regular Record Date and Special Record Date, the Trustee will furnish the Issuer with a list of interest payments to be made on the following Interest Payment Date for each Certificated Note and in total for all Certificated Notes.  Interest at Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom the payment of principal is payable.  The Trustee will provide monthly to the Issuer lists of principal and

 

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interest to be paid on Certificated Notes maturing in the next month.  The Trustee will be responsible for withholding taxes on interest paid on Certificated Notes as required by applicable law.  On the first Business Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to the Issuer by facsimile transmission a written statement, indicating the total principal amount of Outstanding Certificated Notes for which it serves as trustee as of the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

 

 

 

 

If any Interest Payment Date for a Fixed Rate Certificated Note is scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Fixed Rate Certificated Note, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Fixed Rate Certificated Note, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date to such following day that is a Business Day.

 

 

 

 

 

If any Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate Certificated Note is scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate Certificated Note, such Interest Payment Date will be the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate Certificated Note; provided, however, that in the case of a Floating Rate Certificated Note that is a LIBOR Note or a EURIBOR Note (or a Floating Rate Certificated Note for which LIBOR or EURIBOR is the applicable Base Rate), if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.

 

 

 

 

 

If the date of Maturity of a Certificated Note is scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Certificated Note, the payment due at Maturity will be made on the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Certificated Note, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable at Maturity for the period from and after the date of Maturity.

 

 

 

Acceptance and Rejection of Offers:

 

The Issuer has the sole right to accept offers to purchase Certificated Notes and may reject any offer in whole or in part.  Each Agent may, in its discretion reasonably exercised, reject any offer to purchase Certificated Notes received by it in whole or part. Each Agent will advise the Issuer promptly by telephone or facsimile transmission of all offers to purchase Certificated Notes received by such Agent, other than those rejected by it.

 

 

 

Settlement:

 

The receipt by the Issuer of immediately available funds in exchange for an authenticated Certificated Note delivered to the selling Agent and such Agent’s delivery of such Note against receipt of immediately available funds shall constitute “settlement” with respect to such Note.  Each offer accepted by the Issuer will be settled on the third Business Day (or, if acceptance by the Issuer occurs after 4:30 p.m., New York time, on the fourth Business Day) following acceptance of such offer pursuant to the timetable for

 

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settlement set forth below, unless the Issuer and the purchaser agree to settlement on another day; provided, however, that the Issuer will notify the Trustee at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of settlement.

 

 

 

Settlement Procedures:

 

In the event of a purchase of Certificated Notes by one or more of the Agents, as principal, appropriate settlement details, if different from those set forth below, will be set forth in an applicable Terms Agreement to be entered into between such Agent or Agents and the Issuer pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement Procedures with regard to each Certificated Note sold by the Issuer through an Agent, as agent, shall be as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

A.                                    Such Agent will advise the Issuer by facsimile transmission or orally (if confirmed within 24 hours by written telecommunication) of the following settlement information:

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                      Name in which such Note is to be registered (the “Registered Owner”).

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                      Address of the Registered Owner and address for payment of principal and interest.

 

 

 

 

 

3.                                      Taxpayer identification or Social Security number of the Registered Owner (if available).

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                      Principal amount.

 

 

 

 

 

5.                                      Stated Maturity.

 

 

 

 

 

6.                                      If such Note is Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate.  If such Note is a Floating Rate Note, the following:

 

 

 

 

 

a.                                      Base Rate or Base Rates;

 

 

 

 

 

b.                                      Initial Interest Rate;

 

 

 

 

 

c.                                       Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any;

 

 

 

 

 

d.                                      Interest Reset Dates;

 

 

 

 

 

e.                                       Interest Reset Period;

 

 

 

 

 

f.                                        Interest Payment Dates;

 

 

 

 

 

g.                                       Index Maturity;

 

 

 

 

 

h.                                      Interest Payment Period;

 

 

 

 

 

i.                                          Calculation Agent (if other than Wells

 

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Fargo Bank, National Association);

 

 

 

 

 

j.                                         Maximum Interest Rate, if any;

 

 

 

 

 

k.                                      Minimum Interest Rate, if any;

 

 

 

 

 

l.                                          Interest Determination Dates; and

 

 

 

 

 

m.                                  Index Currency, if applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

7.                                      Earliest Redemption Date, Redemption Price and other redemption provisions, if any.

 

 

 

 

 

8.                                      Settlement date.

 

 

 

 

 

9.                                      Original Issue Price.

 

 

 

 

 

10.                               Original issue discount, if any.

 

 

 

 

 

11.                               Agent’s commission, determined as provided in Section 2 of the Distribution Agreement between the Issuer and such Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

12.                               Additional terms or provisions of such Note, if any.

 

 

 

 

 

13.                               Net Proceeds to the Issuer.

 

 

 

 

 

14.                               Commission.

 

 

 

 

 

15.                               Discount.

 

 

 

 

 

16.                               Initial Maturity Date (for Renewable Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

17.                               Final Maturity Date (for Renewable Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

B.                                    The Issuer will advise the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing signed by an authorized person at any time on the same date) or facsimile transmission signed by an authorized person of the information set forth in Settlement Procedure “A” above and the name of such Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

C.                                    The Issuer will deliver (if not previously delivered) to the Trustee a preprinted four-ply packet for such Note, which packet will contain the following documents in forms that have been approved by the Issuer, the Agents and the Trustee:

 

 

 

 

 

1.                                      Note with customer confirmation.

 

 

 

 

 

2.                                      Stub One - for the Trustee.

 

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3.                                      Stub Two - for the Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

4.                                      Stub Three - for the Issuer.

 

 

 

 

 

D.                                    The Trustee will complete and authenticate such Note and deliver it (with the confirmation) and Stubs One and Two to such Agent, and such Agent will acknowledge receipt of the Note by stamping or otherwise marking Stub One and returning it to the Trustee. Such delivery will be made only against such acknowledgment of receipt and evidence that instructions have been given by such Agent for payment to the account of the Issuer at the Trustee, in funds available for immediate use, of an amount equal to the price of such note less Agent’s commission.  In the event that the instruc tions given by such Agent for payment to the account of the Issuer are revoked, the Issuer will, as promptly as possible, wire transfer to the account of such Agent an amount of immediately available funds equal to the amount of such payment and such Agent will return such Note to the Trustee.

 

 

 

 

 

E.                                     Such Agent will deliver such Note (with confirmation) to the customer against payment in immediately available funds.  Such Agent will obtain the acknowledgment of receipt of such Note by retaining Stub Two.

 

 

 

 

 

F.                                      The Trustee will retain Stub One and will send Stub Three to the Issuer by first-class mail.  Monthly, the Trustee will send to the Issuer a written statement, setting forth (i) the principal amount of the Notes Outstanding under the Indenture as of the date of such report, (ii) a brief description of any sales of which the Issuer has advised the Trustee but which have not yet been settled and (iii) a description of issuances and retirements of, payments on and other activity relating to the Notes during the related month.

 

 

 

Settlement Procedures Timetable:

 

For offers of Certificated Notes solicited by an Agent, as agent, and accepted by the Issuer, Settlement Procedures “A” through “F” set forth above shall be completed on or before the respective times (New York City time) set forth below:

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement Procedure

 

Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

3:00 p.m. on day before settlement date

 

 

B

 

4:00 p.m. on day before settlement date

 

 

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2:15 p.m. on settlement date

 

 

E

 

3:00 p.m. on settlement date

 

 

F

 

5:00 p.m. on settlement date

 

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Failure to Settle:

 

If a purchaser fails to accept delivery of and make payment for any Certificated Note, the selling Agent will notify the Issuer and the Trustee by telephone and return such Note to the Trustee.  Upon receipt of such Note, the Issuer will immediately wire transfer to the account of the Agent an amount equal to the amount previously credited thereto in respect of such Note.  Such wire transfer will be made on the settlement date, if possible, and in any event not later than the day following the settlement date.  If the failure shall have occurred for any reason other than a default by the applicable Agent in the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the Distribution Agreement, the Issuer will pay to such Agent an amount equal to the interest earned by the Issuer with respect to such funds during the period when they were credited to the account of the Issuer.  Immediately upon re ceipt of the Certificated Note in respect of which such failure occurred, the Trustee will mark such Note “cancelled,” make appropriate entries in the Trustee’s records and send such cancelled Note to the Issuer.

 

 

 

Procedure for Postings:

 

The Issuer will periodically contact one or more Agents for recommended postings with respect to Certificated Notes being offered.  When the Issuer has determined or changed its postings with respect to Certificated Notes being offered, it will promptly advise the Agents. At such times as the Issuer is not posting, the Agents will not solicit firm offers but may record “indications of interest” only.

 

 

 

Pricing Supplements:

 

After any sale of Certificated Notes, the Issuer will file or transmit for filing with the Commission a copy of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and/or Final Term Sheet and Pricing Supplement relating to such Notes in compliance with Rule 433 and Rule 424(b), respectively, of the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that reflects the applicable interest rates and other terms and will deliver a copy of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and/or Final Term Sheet and Pricing Supplement to the applicable Agent at its address set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to the Trustee.

 

 

 

Suspension of Solicitation, Amendment or Supplement:

 

The Issuer may instruct the Agents to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Certificated Notes at any time.  Upon receipt of such instructions, each Agent will as soon as possible suspend such solicitations until such time as it has been advised by the Issuer that such solicitations may be resumed.  The Issuer will, consistent with its obligations under the Distribution Agreement, promptly advise each Agent and the Trustee whether orders outstanding at the time such Agent suspends solicitation may be settled and whether copies of the Prospectus, as in effect at the time of the suspension, together with the appropriate Pricing Supplement, may be delivered in connection with the settlement of such orders.  The Issuer will have the sole responsibility for such decision and for any arrangements that may be made in the event that the Issuer determines that such orders may not be settled or that c opies of such Prospectus and

 

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Pricing Supplement may not be so delivered.

 

 

 

Delivery of Prospectus:

 

A copy of the most recent Prospectus and of the applicable Pricing Supplement, if any, must be provided to a purchaser by the applicable Agent prior to or at the time of the earlier of (a) the written confirmation of a sale sent to a purchaser of Certificated Notes or his agent and (b) the delivery of any such Certificated Notes to a purchaser or his agent (see Settlement Procedures).

 

 

 

Advertising Costs:

 

The Issuer will determine with the Agents the amount and nature of advertising that may be appropriate in offering the Certificated Notes.  Advertising expenses approved in writing by the Issuer in connection with the solicitation of purchases of Certificated Notes from the Issuer will be paid by the Issuer.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

ADDRESSES FOR DELIVERY OF PRICING SUPPLEMENTS

 

If to Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, to:
Blaylock Robert Van, LLC
Debt & Equity Capital Markets
600 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention:
                                   Fred Royall

 

If to BNP Paribas Securities Corp., to:
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention:
                                   Syndicate Desk
                                                                 60;                         Tel.  (212) 841-2871
                                                                                          Fax: (917) 472-4745

 

If to CastleOak Securities, L.P., to:
CastleOak Securities, L.P.
110 East 59
th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10022
Attention:
                                   Philip J. Ippolito
                                                                                           Fax: (212) 308-7342

 

If to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., to:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Brooklyn Army Terminal
140 58
th Street, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11220
                                                                     & #160;                    Tel: (718) 764-6744
                                                                                          Fax: (718) 765-6734

 

If to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, to:
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
11 Madison Avenue, 5
th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Attention:
                             Helena Willner
                                            & #160;                                       Tel: (212) 325-7198
                                                                                    Fax: (212) 743-5825

 

If to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., to:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street, 3
rd Floor
New York, New York 10005
Attention:
                             Debt Capital Markets
                                              60;                                      Tel: (212) 250-6801
                                                                                    Fax: (212) 797-2202

 

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If to Goldman, Sachs & Co., to:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention:
                             Registration Department
                                                                      0;              Tel: (866) 471-2526
                                                                                    Fax: (212) 902-3000

 

If to HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., to:
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
Attention:
                             Transaction Management, 3rd Floor
                                               ;                                      Tel: (212) 525-5107
                                                                                    Fax: (212) 525-0238

 

with a copy to
ADP Prospectus Services
c/o HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
1155 Long Island Avenue, Bay 1-7
Edgewood, New York 11717
Attention:
                             Corporate Ordering
                                                                       ;              Tel: (631) 274-8326
                                                                                    Fax: (631) 254-7132

 

If to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, to:
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention:
                             Medium-Term Note Desk
                                                                                     Fax: (212) 834-6081

 

If to Loop Capital Markets LLC, to:
Loop Capital Markets LLC
200 W. Jackson, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention:
                             Paul Bonaguro—Debt Capital Markets-Corporates
                                                                                     Tel: (313) 913-4915
                                                                                    Fax: (313) 913-4928

 

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If to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, to:
ADP Prospectus Services For Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, New York 11717
Attention:
                             Client Services Desk
                                                      0;                              Tel: (631) 254-7129
                                                                                    Fax: (631) 254-7140
and
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Attention:
    &# 160;                        High Grade Syndicate
                                                                                    Tel: (646) 855-6433
                       &# 160;                                                            Fax: (646) 855-0107

 

If to Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., to:
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
1633 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention:
                                   Capital Markets Group
                                                          & #160;                               Fax: (646) 434-3455

 

If to Mizuho Securities USA Inc., to:
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
1251 Avenue of the Americas — 33rd Floor
New York, New York 10020
Attention:
                                   Debt Capital Markets Desk
                                                           ;                                Fax: (917) 512-7166

 

If to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, to:
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Attention:
                                   Investment Banking Division
                                                         & #160;                                Fax: (212) 507-8999

 

If to Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., to:
Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.
61 Broadway, 29
th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Attention:
                             Larry Goldman, Managing Director
                                        60;                                            email: larry.goldman@ramirezco.com

 

If to RBS Securities Inc., to
RBS Securities Inc.
600 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Attention:
                                   Debt Capital Markets Syndicate
                                                               60;                           Fax: (203) 873-4534

 

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If to SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., to:
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
3333 Peachtree Road, 11th Floor
Mail Code: GA-ATLANTA-3947
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attention:
                                   Chris Grumboski

 

If to UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc., to:
UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc.
150 East 42nd Street, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention:
                             Andy Lupo

 

If to U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., to:
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention:
                                   Head of Syndicate
                                                                                           Fax: (877) 774-3462

 

If to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, to:
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., NC0675
Charlotte, North Carolina 28262

 

If to The Williams Capital Group, L.P., to:
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
650 Fifth Avenue, 11
th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention:
                             Bob Diserens (diserens@willcap.com)
                                                                                     Tel: (212) 830-4598
                                                                                    Fax: (212) 830-4567

 

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Appendix I

 

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

I, [Name], [Title] of The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Distribution Agreement, dated December 8, 2010 (the “Distribution Agreement”), among the Company and Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., RBS Securities Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., UniCredit Capital Markets,  Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. (collectively, the “Agents”), relating to the offering from time to time by the Company directly or through the Agents of up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series E of the Company, hereby certify on behalf of the Company that:

 

1.                                      Except as contemplated in the Prospectus (and, if this certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (and, if this certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package), there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.

 

2.                                      The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) of the Distribution Agreement (other than Section 1(a)(viii) thereof) are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the date hereof.

 

3.                                      The Company has complied, in all material respects, with all agreements and satisfied all conditions required by the Distribution Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof.

 

4.                                      No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or, to the best of my knowledge, threatened by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given in the Distribution Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this            day of                     .

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Appendix II

 

FORM OF RELIANCE LETTER OF COUNSEL

 

[Date]

 

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

RBS Securities Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

 

Re: The Walt Disney Company Medium-Term Notes, Series E

 

Dear Sirs:

 

[We] [I] have delivered an opinion to you dated December 8, 2010 as counsel to The Walt Disney Company (the “Company”), pursuant to Section [5(a)][5(b)] of the Distribution Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2010 (the “Distribution Agreement”), among the Company and Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc., RBS Securities Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, In c., UniCredit Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P.  You may continue to rely upon such opinion [(other than, in the case of the opinion delivered pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Distribution Agreement, the matters covered by Section 5(b)(ii) and 5(b)(v) (with respect to execution and delivery) thereof, as to which no opinion is expressed)] as if it were dated as of this date, except that all statements and opinions contained therein shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement (and, if the opinion is being given as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the General Disclosure Package) and Prospectus (as such terms are defined in the Distribution Agreement) as amended and supplemented to this date.

 

This letter is delivered to you pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Distribution Agreement.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

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EX-4.2 3 a10-22853_1ex4d2.htm EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

 

Pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3(a) of the Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001 (the “Indenture”), between The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the undersigned Christine M. McCarthy and David K. Thompson, the Executive Vice President-Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer and Senior Vice President-Deputy General Counsel-Corporate and Assistant Secretary of the Company, respectively, hereby certify on behalf of the Company as follows:

 

(1)  Authorization. The establishment of a series of medium-term notes of the Company (the “Medium-Term Notes”) has been approved and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.  The forms of Medium-Term Notes attached hereto as Exhibits A, B, C and D have been approved and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

 

(2)  Compliance with Conditions Precedent.  All conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the establishment of new forms and terms of the Medium-Term Notes have been complied with.

 

(3)  Terms.  The terms of the series of Securities established pursuant to this Officers’ Certificate shall be as follows:

 

(a)  Title.  The title of the series of Securities is the “Medium-Term Notes, Series E” (the “Notes”).

 

(b) Aggregate Principal Amount.  Subject to being increased by the Company from time to time as shall be stated in a subsequent Officers’ Certificate, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture (except for Notes (i) authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 3.6, 9.5 and 10.3 of the Indenture or (ii) which, pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered) is $5,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof at the date of issue in one or more foreign or composite currencies or currency units. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing holders of Notes, issue additional Notes having the same terms and conditions (including maturity and interest payment terms) as previously issued Notes in all respects,

 

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except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest.  Additional Notes issued in this manner will be fungible with the previously issued Notes to the extent specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

(c)  Registered Securities in Definitive or Book-Entry Form; Global Security; Depository.  Each Note will be issued in fully registered book-entry form (a “Book-Entry Note”) or definitive form (a “Definitive Note”), as set forth in the pricing supplement to the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement relating to such Note (the “Pricing Supplement”).  Upon issuance, all Notes in book-entry form having the same original issue date, Stated Maturity and otherwise having identical terms and provisions will be represented by a single global security (each a “Global Security”); provided, however, that if by reason of the foregoing a single Global Security would exceed $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, one Global Security will be issued to represent each $500,000,000 of aggregate principal amount and an additional Global Security will be issued to represent any remaining principal amount.  The initial Depositary with respect to any Global Security will be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.  So long as the Depositary for a Global Security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the Global Security, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes in book-entry form represented by such Global Security for all purposes under the Indenture.  Book-Entry Notes will not be exchangeable for Definitive Notes except that, if the Depositary with respect to any Global Security or Securities is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue Definitive Notes in exchange for the Book-Entry Notes represented by any such Global Security or Securities.  In addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not to have a Global Security or Securities, and, in such event, will issue Definitive Notes in exchange for the Book Entry Notes represented by such Global Security or Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Indenture.

 

(d)  Persons to Whom Interest Payable.  Unless otherwise specified in a Note or an applicable Pricing Supplement, interest will be payable to the person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business (whether or not a Business Day) on the Regular Record Date with respect to such payment of interest; provided, however, that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the person to whom principal is payable.

 

(e)  Business Day. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that with

 

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respect to Notes the payment of which is to be made in a Denominated Currency (as defined below) other than U.S. dollars, such day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center (as defined below) of the country of such Denominated Currency; provided, however, that, with respect to LIBOR Notes only, such day is also a London Business Day (as defined below); and provided, further, that with respect to EURIBOR Notes and notes denominated in euros only, such day is also a TARGET Business Day (as defined below).  “London Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in the LIBOR currency) in London.  “TARGET Business Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET 2) System, which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007, is open.  “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Bond Market Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.  “Principal Financial Center” means, as applicable, (i) the capital city of the country issuing the payment currency, or (ii) the capital city of the country to which the LIBOR currency relates; provided, however, that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euros, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto (solely in the case of the payment currency), London (solely in the case of the LIBOR currency), Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

 

(f)  Stated Maturity; Extension of Maturity.

 

(i)            The Notes may be issued on different dates and the principal amount of the Notes may be payable on different dates, as shall be set forth in the Note or an applicable Pricing Supplement; provided that the date on which the principal of any Note is payable will be on a Business Day no less than nine months from the date of issue stated on the face thereof.

 

(ii)           The Pricing Supplement relating to each Note will indicate whether the Company has the option to extend the Stated Maturity of such Note for one or more whole year periods (each an “Extension Period”) up to but not beyond the date (the “Final Maturity Date”) set forth in such Pricing Supplement and the basis or formula, if any, for setting the interest rate or the Spread or Spread Multiplier (as defined below), as the case may be, applicable to any such Extension Period.

 

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The Company may exercise such option with respect to a Note by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 45 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Note in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the “Original Stated Maturity Date”).  No later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity Date, the Trustee will mail to the holder of such Note a notice (the “Extension Notice”) relating to such Extension Period, first class, postage prepaid, setting forth (i) the election of the Company to extend the Stated Maturity of such Note, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period or, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, the Spread or Spread Multiplier applicable to the Extension Period, and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the Extension Period, including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Extension Period. Upon the mailing by the Trustee of an Extension Notice to the holder of a Note, the Stated Maturity of such Note shall be extended automatically as set forth in the Extension Notice, and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Note will have the same terms as prior to the mailing of such Extension Notice.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity Date for a Note, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate, in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, or the Spread or Spread Multiplier, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate, in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, or a higher Spread or Spread Multiplier, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, for the Extension Period by mailing or causing the Trustee to mail notice of such higher interest rate or higher Spread or Spread Multiplier, as the case may be, first class, postage prepaid, to the holder of such Note.  Such notice shall be irrevocable.  All Notes with respect to which the Original Stated Maturity Date is extended will bear such higher interest rate, in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, or higher Spread or Spread Multiplier, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, for the Extension Period.

 

If the Company elects to extend the Stated Maturity of a Note, the holder of such Note may, if provided for in the applicable Pricing Supplement, have the option to elect repurchase of such Note by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity Date at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, to such date.  In order for a Note to be so repurchased on the

 

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Original Stated Maturity Date, the holder thereof must follow the procedures set forth  under “Redemption and Repurchase” in the Prospectus Supplement for repurchase at the option of the holder, except that the period for delivery of the Note or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 30 but not more than 35 Business Days prior to the Original Stated Maturity Date and except that a holder who has tendered a Note for repurchase pursuant to an extension notice may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke the tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day prior to the Original Stated Maturity Date.

 

(g)           Rates of Interest; Interest Payment Dates; Regular Record Dates; Accrual of Interest.

 

(i)            Rates of Interest.  Interest-bearing Notes will bear interest at either a fixed rate (the “Fixed Rate Notes”) or a rate determined by reference to one or more Base Rates (as defined below) which may be adjusted by a Spread or Spread Multiplier (the “Floating Rate Notes”) specified in the applicable Floating Rate Note or the applicable Pricing Supplement.  Discount Notes may be issued at significant discounts from their principal amount payable at Stated Maturity and some Discount Notes may be zero coupon Notes which will bear no interest, except in the case of default in payment of principal upon acceleration or redemption (if applicable), or may bear no interest for a specified period following the date of issue.  Interest on each Fixed Rate Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(ii)           Interest Payment Dates.  Unless otherwise specified in a Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be payable semiannually in arrears on February l and August 1 of each year, commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of original issue, and at Maturity. Interest on Floating Rate Notes will be payable in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates applicable to such Note and at Maturity.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date of original issue of a Note is between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date, the first payment of interest on such Note will be made on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date.

 

Except as provided below or in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest will be payable (1) in the case of a Floating Rate Note which resets daily, weekly or monthly, other

 

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than an Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Note (as defined below), on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year, as specified in the applicable Floating Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement; (2) in the case of an Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Note, on the first calendar day of each March, June, September and December; (3) in the case of a Floating Rate Note which resets quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; (4) in the case of a Floating Rate Note which resets semiannually, on the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in the Floating Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and (5) in the case of a Floating Rate Note which resets annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the Floating Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and, in each case, at Maturity.

 

If any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date occurring on the Maturity Date) for a Floating Rate Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Note, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Note, except that, in the case of a LIBOR Note or a EURIBOR Note (or a Note for which LIBOR (as defined below) or EURIBOR (as defined below) is the applicable Base Rate), if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate Note.  If the Maturity of a Floating Rate Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Note, the payment of principal and interest may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with respect to such Note, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Maturity.

 

If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity of a Fixed Rate Note or if the Maturity of a Floating Rate Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to such Fixed Rate Note or Floating Rate Note, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date or at Maturity will be made on the following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Fixed Rate Note or Floating Rate Note as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.

 

(iii) Regular Record Dates.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, with respect to Fixed Rate Notes,

 

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the Regular Record Dates for interest payable on each February l and August 1 will be the immediately preceding January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), respectively.  Unless otherwise specified in a Floating Rate Note, the Regular Record Date or Dates for interest payable on such Floating Rate Note will be the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date or Dates.

 

(iv) Accrual of Interest.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, each Note will bear interest from the date of original issue at the rate per annum, or, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, pursuant to the interest rate formula stated therein, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment.  Each interest payment shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the date of original issue if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to such Note) to but excluding the applicable next succeeding Interest Payment Date or Maturity (an “Interest Accrual Period”).

 

(h)  Place of Payment; Registration of Transfer and Exchange; Notices to Company.

 

(i)  Place of Payment.  Payment of the principal of and interest on Definitive Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, or at any additional offices or agencies designated by the Company for such purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest due (other than at Maturity) may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of Securities.  Payments of principal and any interest on Notes in book-entry form represented by a Global Security or Securities will be made by the Company through the Trustee to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the holder of the Global Security or Securities representing such Notes in book-entry form.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of any Note (if such holder holds $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes) shall be entitled to receive payments of interest on such Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the holder of such Note if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 

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(ii)  Registration of Exchange and Transfer.  Definitive Notes may be presented for exchange and registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, or at such additional offices or agencies of any transfer agent hereafter designated by the Company for such purpose.  Ownership of beneficial interests in Notes in book-entry form represented by a Global Security or Securities will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depository and its participants.  Owners of beneficial interests in Notes in book-entry form represented by a Global Security or Securities will not be considered the owners or holders of such Notes under the Indenture.

 

(iii) Notices to Company.  Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect to the Notes and the Indenture may be served at The Walt Disney Company, 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521, Attention: Legal Department.

 

(i)  Optional Redemption.  If so provided in the Note or an applicable Pricing Supplement, such Note may, prior to its Stated Maturity, be subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company on the terms set forth in the Note or the applicable Pricing Supplement, as the case may be.

 

(j)  Sinking Fund.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund or analogous provision.

 

(k)  Denominations.  Unless a different denomination is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes are issuable in denominations of U.S. $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000.

 

(l)  Principal and Interest Payable in Dollars.  Unless otherwise specified in a Note or an applicable Pricing Supplement providing for payments of principal and interest to be made in one or more foreign or composite currencies, the payment of the principal of and any interest on the Notes will be payable in U.S. dollars.

 

(m)  Determination of Interest on Floating Rate Notes.

 

(i)            Base Rates.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on a Floating Rate Note will

 

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be determined by reference to a “Base Rate,” which may be one or more of the following:  (l) the Commercial Paper Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a “Commercial Paper Rate Note”; (2) LIBOR, in which case such Note will be a “LIBOR Note”; (3) the CD Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a “CD Rate Note”; (4) the Federal Funds Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a “Federal Funds Rate Note”; (5) the Treasury Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a “Treasury Rate Note”; (6) the Prime Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a “Prime Rate Note”; (7) the CMT Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a “CMT Rate Note”; (8) the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate (as defined below), in which case such Note will be an “Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Note”; (9) EURIBOR (as defined below), in which case such Note will be a EURIBOR Note; or (10) such other Base Rate or interest rate formula as may be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.  In addition, a Floating Rate Note may bear interest calculated by reference to the lowest of two or more Base Rates determined in the same manner as the Base Rates are determined for the types of Notes described above.  Each Floating Rate Note will specify the Base Rate or Rates applicable thereto.

 

(ii)  Calculation of Rate by Reference to Base Rate and, as Applicable, Spread, Spread Multiplier and Index Maturity.  The interest rate on each Floating Rate Note will be calculated by reference to the specified Base Rate or the lowest of two or more specified Base Rates, in either case plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any. The “Spread” is the number of basis points to be added to or subtracted from the related Base Rate or Rates applicable to such Floating Rate Note.  The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage of the related Base Rate or Rates to be multiplied to determine the applicable interest rate on such Floating Rate Note.  The “Index Maturity” is the period to maturity of the instrument or obligation with respect to which the related Base Rate or Rates are calculated.  Each Floating Rate Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement will specify the Index Maturity and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, applicable thereto.

 

(iii) Interest Reset Periods; Interest Reset Date.  Each Floating Rate Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement will specify whether the rate of interest on such Floating Rate Note will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually (each, an “Interest Reset Date”) and the period between Interest

 

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Reset Dates (each, an “Interest Reset Period”).  Unless otherwise specified in a Floating Rate Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Reset Date will be, in the case of a Floating Rate Note which resets (l) daily, each Business Day; (2) weekly, the Wednesday of each week (with the exception of weekly reset Treasury Rate Notes, which reset the Tuesday of each week, except as specified in paragraph (iv) below); (3) monthly, the third Wednesday of each month, other than Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes, which will reset the first calendar day of each month; (4) quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; (5) semiannually, the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in such Pricing Supplement; and (6) annually, the third Wednesday of the month specified in such Pricing Supplement.  If any Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that in the case of a LIBOR Note or a EURIBOR Note (or a Note for which LIBOR or EURIBOR is the applicable Base Rate), if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the last Business Day in the preceding month.

 

(iv)  Interest Determination Date.  The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period commencing on the Interest Reset Date or Dates with respect to such Interest Reset Period will be the rate determined on the applicable “Interest Determination Date.” Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, (a) the Interest Determination Date with respect to a Commercial Paper Rate Note (the “Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date”), a Federal Funds Rate Note (the “Federal Funds Interest Determination Date”) and a Prime Rate Note (the “Prime Rate Interest Determination Date”), will be the Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date, (b) the Interest Determination Date with respect to a CD Rate Note (the “CD Interest Determination Date”) will be the second Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date, (c) the Interest Determination Date with respect to a LIBOR Note (the “LIBOR Interest Determination Date”) will be the second London Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date, (d) the Interest Determination Date with respect to a EURIBOR Note (the “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”) will be the second TARGET Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date, (e) the Interest Determination Date with respect to an Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Note (the “Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date”) will be the last working day of the month immediately preceding each Interest

 

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Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (the “FHLB of San Francisco”) publishes the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Index and (f) the Interest Determination Date with respect to a CMT Rate Note (the “CMT Interest Determination Date”) will be the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Determination Date with respect to a Treasury Rate Note (the “Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date”), will be the day in the week in which the Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills (as defined below) normally would be auctioned or, if no such auction is held for a particular week, the first Business Day of that week; provided, however, that if, as a result of a legal holiday, an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding the Interest Reset Date, the related Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction shall fall on any Interest Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business Day immediately following such auction.  Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to a Note the interest rate of which is determined with reference to two or more Base Rates will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to such Interest Reset Date for such Note on which each Base Rate shall be determinable.  Each Base Rate shall be determined and compared on such date, and the applicable interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest Reset Date.

 

(v) Maximum and Minimum Limits on Interest Rates.  Any Floating Rate Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement may specify either or both a maximum limit and a minimum limit on the rate at which interest may accrue during any Interest Accrual Period. In addition to any maximum interest rate which may be applicable to any Floating Rate Note, the interest rate on Floating Rate Notes will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.  This limit may not apply to Floating Rate Notes in which $2,500,000 or more has been invested.

 

(vi) Initial Interest Rate; Interest Rate Thereafter in Effect.  The interest rate in effect with respect to a Floating Rate Note on each day that is not an Interest Reset Date will be the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date pertaining to the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date and the interest rate in effect on any day that is an Interest Reset Date will

 

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be the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to applicable provisions of law and any maximum or minimum interest rate limitations referred to above; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect with respect to a Floating Rate Note for the period from the date of original issue to the first Interest Reset Date will be the rate specified as such therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Initial Interest Rate”).

 

(vii)  Accrued Interest; Accrued Interest Factor.  With respect to each Floating Rate Note, accrued interest is calculated by multiplying its face amount by an accrued interest factor.  Such accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the date of issue, or from the last date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated.  The interest factor for each such day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the case of Commercial Paper Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, CD Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, Prime Rate Notes, Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes and EURIBOR Notes and by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for Notes for which the interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more Base Rates will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only the lowest of the applicable Base Rates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement applied.

 

(viii) Rounding of Percentages. All percentages resulting from any calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded upward to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all amounts used in or resulting from such calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, in the case of United States dollars, to the nearest cent, or in the case of a foreign currency, to the nearest unit (with one-half cent or unit being rounded upward).

 

(ix) Calculation Agents; Calculation Date.  Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the Trustee will be the “Calculation Agent” with respect to all Floating Rate Notes.  Upon the request of the holder of any Floating Rate Note, the Trustee will provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate that will become effective as a result of

 

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a determination made for the next Interest Reset Date with respect to such Floating Rate Note. If at any time the Trustee is not the Calculation Agent, the Company will notify the Trustee of each determination of the interest rate applicable to any such Floating Rate Note promptly after such determination is made by any successor Calculation Agent.  The “Calculation Date,” where applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date is the date by which the applicable interest rate must be calculated and will be the earlier of (a) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day and (b) the Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.

 

(x)           Calculation of Floating Rates.  The interest rate in effect with respect to a Floating Rate Note from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.  The interest rate for each subsequent Interest Reset Date will be determined by the Calculation Agent as follows:

 

(A)          Commercial Paper Rate Notes.  Commercial Paper Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such Commercial Paper Rate Notes and in an applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

(l) Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, “Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (as defined below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519), under the heading “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial.” In the event that such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized

 

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electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the heading “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial.” If such rate is not published in either H.15(519) or H.15 Daily Update by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates, as of approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of United States dollar commercial paper in New York, New York (which may include one or more of the agents (the “Agents”) appointed by the Company from time to time to offer and sell the Notes or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for commercial paper of the specified Index Maturity placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting offered rates as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date.

 

(2)           “Money Market Yield” shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

Money Market Yield =

D X 360       

X 100

 

360 - (D X M)

 

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being calculated.

 

“H.15(519)” as used in the calculation of Floating Rates means the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor

 

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publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

“H.15 Daily Update” as used in the calculation of Floating Rates means the daily update of H.15(519), available through the world-wide-web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http:/www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/h15upd.htm, or any successor site or publication.

 

(B)          LIBOR Notes.  LIBOR Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with reference to LIBOR and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such LIBOR Notes and in an applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, “LIBOR” means the rate determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(1)           With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following that LIBOR Interest Determination Date, that appears on the LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date.  “LIBOR Page” means either, (a) the display on the page specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency; or (b) if no such page is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the m ethod for calculating LIBOR, the display on Reuters (or any successor service) on the LIBOR 01 page (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.

 

(2)           If the rate referred to in (1) does not so appear on the LIBOR Page, LIBOR will be determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date on the basis of the rate at which deposits in the applicable Index Currency having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement are offered by four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such LIBOR Interest

 

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Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time.  The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, then LIBOR for such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations.  If fewer than two quotations are provided, then LIBOR for such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted as of approximately 11:00 A.M. in the applicable Principal Financial Center on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for loans in the applicable Index Currency to leading E uropean banks having the specified Index Maturity, and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) and that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

 

“Index Currency” means the index currency (including composite currencies) specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the currency for which LIBOR shall be calculated.  If no such index currency is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars.

 

(C)  CD Rate Notes.  CD Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with reference to the CD Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such CD Rate Notes and in an applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “CD Rate” means, with respect to any CD Interest Determination Date, the rate on such date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “CDs (secondary market)” or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such CD Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on such CD Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit

 

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of the Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”.  If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such CD Interest Determination Date such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or H.15 Daily Update, then the CD Rate on such CD Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such CD Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks for negotiable United States certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting offered rates as set forth above, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such CD Interest Determination Date.

 

(D)  Federal Funds Rate Notes.  Federal Funds Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with reference to the Federal Funds Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such Federal Funds Rate Notes and in an applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Federal Funds Rate” means, with respect to any Federal Funds Interest Determination Date:

 

(1)           If the “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Federal Funds (Effective)” and displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FEDFUNDS 1 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“FEDFUNDS 1 Page”) or, if the rate does not so appear on FEDFUNDS 1 Page or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such

 

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other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Federal Funds (Effective)”.

 

(2)           If “Federal Funds Open Rate” is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on that date set forth under the caption “Federal Funds” for the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement  opposite the caption “Open” and displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page 5 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page 5”) or, if the rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to that Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on that Federal Funds Interest Determination Date displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”), which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or a successor) on Bloomberg.

 

(3)           If “Federal Funds Target Rate” is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on that date for U.S. dollar federal funds displayed on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg, or if the rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate for that day appearing on Reuters (or any successor service) on page USFFTARGET= (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=“).

 

If, by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date such rate referenced above is not yet published, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar Federal Funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates), which brokers have been selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) as of 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that, if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as set forth above, t he rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date.

 

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(E)  Treasury Rate Notes. Treasury Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with reference to the Treasury Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such Treasury Rate Notes and in an applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement under the caption “INVEST RATE” on the display on Reuters (or any successor service) on page USAUCTION 10 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) (“USAUCTION 10 Page”) or page USAUCTION 11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) (“USAUCTION 11 Page”), or, if not so displayed, on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page AUCR 18 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the auction rate for the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High”, or if the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Interest Determination Date will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the auction rate of the applicable Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, or if the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, or if the Auction is not held, the Treasury Rate for th at Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”, or if the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the

 

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caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”, or if the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company), for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the specified Index Maturity; provided, however< /u>, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D X N

 

 

Bond Equivalent Yield

=

               

X

100

 

 

360 - (D X M)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, “N” refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the applicable interest reset period.

 

(F) Prime Rate Notes. Prime Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the Prime Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such Prime Rate Notes and in an applicable Pricing Supplement, except that the initial interest rate for each Prime Rate Note will be the rate specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, “Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Prime Rate

 

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Interest Determination Date, the rate published in H.15(519) for such date under the caption “Bank Prime Loan”, or if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to that Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on that Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Bank Prime Loan”.  If neither rate is so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Prime Rate for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page (as defined below) as the applicable bank’s prime rate or base lend ing rate as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, or if fewer than four rates are so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the Prime Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by 360 as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company); provided, however, that if the banks selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above, the “Prime Rate” for the Interest Reset Period will be the same as the Prime Rate for the for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable on the Prime Rate Notes for which the Prime Rate is being determined shall be the Initial Interest Rate).  “Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page” means the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the “USPRIME 1” page (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.

 

(G)  CMT Rate Notes.  CMT Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the CMT Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the CMT Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “CMT Rate” means, with respect to any CMT Interest Determination Date relating to a CMT Rate Note or any Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the CMT Rate,

 

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if Reuters Page FRBCMT is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement:

 

(a)           the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, as the yield is displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”),  or if not so displayed, on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page NDX 7 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Bloomberg Page NDX 7”), for that CMT Interest Determination Date, or

 

(b)           if the rate referred to in clause (a) does not so appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX 7, as the case may be, the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity and for that CMT Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, or

 

(c)           if the rate referred to in clause (b) does not so appear in H.15(519), the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date for the period of the particular Index Maturity as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate which would otherwise have been published in H.15(519), or

 

(d)           if the rate referred to in clause (c) is not so published, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”), selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter

 

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than that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at that time, or

 

(e)           if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations shall be eliminated, or

 

(f)            if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity closest to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity closest to that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at that time, or

 

(g)           if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or

 

(h)           if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on that CMT Interest Determination Date;

 

if Reuters Page FEDCMT is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement:

 

(a)           the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, as the yield is displayed on Reuters on page FEDCMT (or any other page that may replace the specified page on

 

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that service) (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”), or, if not so displayed, on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on Bloomberg Page NDX7,  for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable,  in which that CMT Interest Determination Date falls, or

 

(b)           if the rate referred to in clause (a) does not so appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX 7, as the case may be, the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as applicable, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity and for the week or month, as applicable, preceding that CMT Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” or

 

(c)           if the rate referred to in clause (b) does not so appear in H.15(519), the one-week or one-month, as applicable, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular index maturity as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which that CMT Interest Determination Date falls, or

 

(d)           if the rate referred to in clause (c) is not so published, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at that time, or

 

(e)           if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations shall be eliminated, or

 

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(f)            if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity closest to that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at the time, or

 

(g)           if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest or the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or

 

(h)           if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on that CMT Interest Determination Date.

 

If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the particular Index Maturity, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter original remaining term to maturity will be used.

 

(H)  Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes. Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate and the spread or spread multiplier, if any) specified in the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate” means, with respect to any Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date, the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the month

 

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in which such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date falls as set forth under the caption “11th District” on the display on Reuters (or any successor service) on page COFI/ARMS (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“COFI/ARMS Page”) or, if not so displayed, on Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page ALLX COF (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Bloomberg Page ALLX COF”) in each case, as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on the COFI/ARMS Page or Bloomberg Page ALLX COF on any related Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate for the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Index, as defined below. If the FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce the rate for the calendar month next preceding the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate for that date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect on that Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date.   The “Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Index” will be the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that the FHLB of San Francisco most recently announced as the cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date.

 

(I)  EURIBOR Notes. EURIBOR Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the European Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in euros, or EURIBOR, and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the EURIBOR Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

“EURIBOR” means the rate for deposits in euros as sponsored, calculated and published jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI—The Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing those rates, having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, as that rate appears on Reuters, or any successor service, on page EURIBOR01 or any other page as may replace that specified page on that service (“Reuters Page EURIBOR01”) as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.  If EURIBOR cannot be determined on a EURIBOR Interest Determination Date as described

 

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above, then the Calculation Agent will determine EURIBOR as follows:

 

The Calculation Agent will select four major banks in the euro-zone interbank market, which may include affiliates of the Agents. The Calculation Agent will request that the principal euro-zone offices of those four selected banks provide their offered quotations to prime banks in the euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the EURIBOR Determination Date. These quotations shall be for deposits in euros for the period of the specified Index Maturity, commencing on such Interest Reset Date. Offered quotations must be based on a principal amount equal to at least $1,000,000 or the approximate equivalent in euros that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time. If two or more quotations are provided, EURIBOR for the Interest Reset Period will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the Calculation Agent will select four major banks in the euro-zone, which may include affiliates of the Agents, and follow the steps below.

 

(1)           The Calculation Agent will then determine EURIBOR for the Interest Reset Period as the arithmetic mean of rates quoted by those four major banks in the euro-zone to leading European banks at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the EURIBOR Interest Determination Date. The rates quoted will be for loans in euros, for the period of the specified Index Maturity, commencing on the Interest Reset Date. Rates quoted must be based on a principal amount of at least $1,000,000 or the approximate equivalent in euros that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time.

 

(2)           If the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as described above, EURIBOR will be the EURIBOR in effect on the applicable EURIBOR Determination Date.

 

“Euro-zone” means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.

 

(n)  Renewable Notes.  Notes may be issued from time to time as variable rate renewable notes (the “Renewable Notes”) that will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to a Base Rate and the Spread

 

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or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the Renewable Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

The Renewable Notes will mature on an Interest Payment Date as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Initial Maturity Date”), unless the maturity of all or any portion of the principal amount thereof is extended in accordance with the procedures described below.  On the Interest Payment Dates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (each such Interest Payment Date, an “Election Date”), the maturity of the Renewable Notes will be extended to the Interest Payment Date occurring twelve months after such Election Date, unless the holder thereof elects to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of the Renewable Notes or of any portion thereof having a principal amount of $2,000 or any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof by delivering a notice of such effect to the Trustee not less than nor more than the number of days to be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement prior to such Election Date.  If no such notice period is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, such notice shall be given no less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to such Election Date.  Such option may be exercised with respect to less than the entire principal amount of the Renewable Notes; provided that the principal amount for which such option is not exercised is at least $2,000 or any larger amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maturity of the Renewable Notes may not be extended beyond the Final Maturity Date, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Final Maturity Date”).  If the holder elects to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of any portion of the principal amount of the Renewable Notes and such election is not revoked as described below, such portion will become due and payable on the Interest Payment Date falling six months (unless another period is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) after the Election Date prior to which the holder made such election.

 

An election to terminate the automatic extension of maturity may be revoked as to any portion of the Renewable Notes having a principal amount of $2,000 or any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof by delivering a notice to such effect to the Trustee on any day following the effective date of the election to terminate the automatic extension of maturity and prior to the date 15 days before the date on which such portion would otherwise mature.  Such a revocation may be made for less than the entire principal amount of the Renewable Notes for which the automatic extension of maturity has been terminated; provided that the principal amount of the Renewable Notes for which the automatic extension of maturity has been terminated and for which such a revocation has not been made is at least $2,000 or any larger amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a revocation may not be made during the period from and

 

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including a Record Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

An election to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of the Renewable Notes, if not revoked as described above by the holder making the election or any subsequent holder, will be binding upon such subsequent holder.

 

The Renewable Notes may be redeemed in whole or in part at the option of the Company on the Interest Payment Dates in each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing with the Interest Payment Date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, at a redemption price as stated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Prospectus Supplement, notice of redemption will be provided by mailing a notice of such redemption to each holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 180 days (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) prior to the date fixed for redemption.

 

(o)  Amount Payable Upon Declaration of Maturity of Discount Note.  With respect to any Note which is a Discount Note, the portion of the principal amount of any Discount Note which is payable upon redemption prior to the Stated Maturity thereof or upon declaration of acceleration of the Stated Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Indenture will be as provided in the applicable Note.

 

(p)  Register of Securities; Paying Agent.  The register of the Securities for the Notes will be initially maintained at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.  The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent.

 

(q)  Currency Indexed Notes.  Notes may be issued, from time to time, with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, to be determined by reference to the value of one or more currencies (or composite currencies or currency units).  In such event, the currency or currencies (or composite currencies or currency units) to which the principal amount payable on any principal payment date or the amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is indexed, the currency in which the face amount of the Note is denominated (the “Denominated Currency”), and the currency in which principal and interest on the Note will be paid (the “Payment Currency”) will be set forth in the applicable Pricing

 

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Supplement.  The Denominated Currency and the Payment Currency may be the same currency or different currencies.  Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on currency indexed Notes shall be paid in the Denominated Currency based on the face amount of the Note at the rate per annum and on the dates set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.  Currency indexed Notes may include, but are not limited to, Notes of the types described below.

 

(i)            Currency Linked Securities (“CLS”).  CLS are Notes pursuant to which the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity equals the Payment Currency equivalent at Stated Maturity of a fixed amount of a designated currency (or composite currency or currency units) (the “Indexed Currency”).  The Denominated Currency, the Indexed Currency and the Payment Currency will be identified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. In addition, the fixed amount of the Indexed Currency to which the principal of the CLS is linked will be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement for a specific representative face amount of the CLS as well as for the aggregate face amount of all CLS forming part of the same issue.

 

If the Payment Currency and the Indexed Currency are not the same, the Payment Currency equivalent of the Indexed Currency amount on any date shall be determined in the manner specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

(ii) Reverse Currency Linked Securities (“Reverse CLS”).  Reverse CLS are Notes pursuant to which the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity equals the Payment Currency equivalent at Stated Maturity of a fixed amount of a designated currency (or composite currencies or currency units) (the “First Indexed Currency”) minus the amount of the Payment Currency equivalent at Stated Maturity of a fixed amount of another designated currency (or composite currency or currency units) (the “Second Indexed Currency”); provided, however, that the minimum principal amount payable at Stated Maturity shall be zero.

 

The Denominated Currency, the First and Second Indexed Currencies and the Payment Currency will be identified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.  In addition, the fixed amounts of the First and Second Indexed Currencies to which the principal of the Reverse CLS is linked shall be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement for a specific representative face amount of the Reverse CLS as well as for the aggregate face amount of all Reverse CLS forming part of the same issue.

 

If the Payment Currency and the First Indexed Currency or the Second Indexed Currency are not the same, the Payment Currency

 

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equivalent of the First Indexed Currency amount or the Second Indexed Currency amount, as the case may be, on any date shall be determined in the manner specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

(iii) Multicurrency Currency Linked Securities (“Multicurrency CLS”).  Multicurrency CLS are Notes pursuant to which the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity equals the Payment Currency equivalent at Stated Maturity of a fixed amount of a designated currency (or composite currency or currency units) (the “First Indexed Currency”) plus or minus the Payment Currency equivalent at Stated Maturity of a fixed amount of a second designated currency (or composite currency or currency units) (the “Second Indexed Currency”) plus or minus the Payment Currency equivalent at Stated Maturity of a fixed amount of a third designated currency (or composite currency or currency units) (the “Third Indexed Currency”); provided, however, that the minimum principal amount payable at Stated Maturity shall be zero.

 

The Denominated Currency, each Indexed Currency, the Payment Currency and whether the fixed amounts of the Second and Third Indexed Currencies are to be added or subtracted to determine the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity of the Multicurrency CLS shall be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.  In addition, the fixed amounts of the First, Second and Third Indexed Currencies to which the principal of the Multicurrency CLS is linked shall be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement for a specific representative face amount of the Multicurrency CLS as well as for the aggregate face amount of all Multicurrency CLS forming part of the same issue.  As used herein, “Added Indexed Currency” means the First Indexed Currency and any other Indexed Currency that is added to determine the principal amount payable at Maturity of the Multicurrency CLS and a “Subtracted Indexed Currency” means an Indexed Currency that is subtracted to determine the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity of the Multicurrency CLS.

 

If any Added Index Currency or Subtracted Index Currency is not the same as the Payment Currency, the Payment Currency equivalent of such Added Indexed Currency amount or Subtracted Index Currency amount, as the case may be, on any date shall be determined in the manner specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

(r)  Amount Payable Upon Declaration of Maturity — CLS, Reverse CLS or Multicurrency CLS.  If the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any CLS, Reverse CLS or Multicurrency CLS shall be declared due and payable prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount payable with respect to such Note will be paid in the Denominated Currency and will

 

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equal the face amount of such Note plus accrued interest to but excluding the date of payment.

 

(s)  Commodity Linked Notes.  Notes may be issued, from time to time, with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, to be determined by reference to one or more commodity prices, equity indices or other factors and on such other terms as may be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

(t)  Amortizing Notes.  Notes may be issued from time to time as Amortizing Notes (as defined below).  “Amortizing Notes” are Notes for which payments of principal and interest are made in equal installments over the life of the Note. Interest on each Amortizing Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Payments with respect to Amortizing Notes will be applied first to interest due and payable thereon and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount thereof.  A table setting forth repayment information in respect of each Amortizing Note will be provided to the original purchaser and will be available upon request, to subsequent holders.

 

(u)  Persons to Establish Specific Terms.  The principal amount, any interest rate (or manner in which interest is to be determined), any Interest Payment Dates, any Regular Record Dates, the Stated Maturity, any Redemption Date or Dates (and if on any such Redemption Date a premium is to be paid by the Company, the amount of such premium) and any other relevant terms of any Note

 

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will be determined by any one of the persons whose name is set forth below.

 

NAME

 

OFFICE

 

SPECIMEN SIGNATURE

 

 

 

 

 

James A. Rasulo

 

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

/s/ James A. Rasulo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christine M. McCarthy

 

Executive Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer

 

/s/ Christine M. McCarthy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan S. Headley

 

Senior Vice President — Corporate Finance and Assistant Treasurer

 

/s/ Jonathan S. Headley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mitchell K. Polon

 

Vice President — Financial Risk Management, Corporate Treasury

 

/s/ Mitchell K. Polon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natacha J. Rafalski

 

Vice President — Corporate Finance

 

/s/ Natacha J. Rafalski

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos A. Gomez

 

Director — Corporate Finance

 

/s/ Carlos A. Gomez

 

 

 

 

 

Suet Lai

 

Vice President — Counsel

 

/s/ Suet Lai

 

 

 

 

 

David K. Thompson

 

Senior Vice President — Deputy General Counsel — Corporate and Assistant Secretary

 

/s/ David K. Thompson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph M. Santaniello

 

Senior Vice President — Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

/s/ Joseph M. Santaniello

 

 

 

 

 

(v)  Forms. Unless and until another form is established pursuant to a subsequent Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Indenture, the Discount Notes, the Fixed Rate Notes, the Floating Rate Notes and the Zero Coupon Notes will be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibits A, B, C and D hereto, respectively, and may have such other terms as are provided herein.

 

(w)  Additional Amounts; Redemption. If so provided in the Note, the Company will pay additional amounts on such Note to any Holder who is a United States Alien (including any modification in the definition of such term), in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted, all on the terms specified in such Note; further, if so provided in such Note, the Company will have the option to redeem such Note rather than pay additional amounts, all on the terms specified in such Note.

 

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All capitalized terms used in this Officers’ Certificate and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

Each of the undersigned, for himself, states that he has read and is familiar with the provisions of Article Two of the Indenture relating to the establishment of a series of Securities thereunder and the establishment of forms of Securities representing a series of Securities thereunder and, in each case, the definitions therein relating thereto; that he is generally familiar with the other provisions of the Indenture and with the affairs of the Company and its acts and proceedings and that the statements and opinions made by him in this Certificate are based upon such familiarity; and that he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to determine whether or not the covenants and conditions referred to above have been complied with; and in his opinion, such covenants and conditions have been complied with.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto signed this Certificate on behalf of the Company as of the 8th day of December, 2010

 

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christine M. McCarthy

 

 

Name:

Christine M. McCarthy

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David K. Thompson

 

 

Name:

David K. Thompson

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President - Deputy

 

 

 

General Counsel — Corporate

 

 

 

and Assistant Secretary

 



 

Exhibit “A”

 

REGISTERED

 

REGISTERED

 

NO.

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES E

(Discount)

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP:

 

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of  the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as requested by an authorized representative of DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:

MATURITY DATE:

 

INTEREST RATE:

ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE:

 

YIELD TO MATURITY:

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

 

REGULAR RECORD DATES:
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS:

 


 

Date:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 



 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Maturity Date specified above and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears, in each year, commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date, at the rate per annum set forth above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date of this Note is between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date, the first payment of interest on this Note will be made on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered Holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined below), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, as specified above (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable at Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity with respect to this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date or at Maturity will be made on the f ollowing day that is a Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (as defined below), notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Not es may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. In the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, redemption or at Stated Maturity, the Accreted Value (as defined below) of this Note at the date of such default in payment shall bear interest at the Yield to Maturity specified above plus 1% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of interest payable pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, will be compounded semiannually. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles , California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payments of interest on this Note (other than at Maturity) may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of Securities or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Holder of this Note if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date to each registered Holder of $10,000,000 (or, if the payment currency is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the particular payment currency) or mo re in aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes (whether having identical or different terms and provisions) by wire transfer of immediately available funds if the applicable registered Holder has delivered appropriate wire transfer instructions in writing to the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the particular Interest Payment Date.  Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall remain in effect until revoked by the applicable registered Holder.

 

The “Accreted Value” of this Note at any date (the “Calculation Date”) shall be equal to (i) the Original Issue Price of this Note specified above plus (ii) the accrued amortization of Original Issue Discount specified above attributable ratably on a daily basis to the period from and including the Original Issue Date specified

 



 

above to but excluding the Calculation Date. The calculation of accrual of Original Issue Discount will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, compounded semiannually.

 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the “Securities”) of the Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) issued and to be issued pursuant to such Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated by the Company as its Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the “Notes”). The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Securities.

 

The Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

The Notes are issuable as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Note Holders, issue additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) having the same terms and conditions (including maturity and interest payment terms) as previously issued Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest. Additional Notes issued in this manner will be fungible with the previously issued Notes to the extent specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Except as provided below, this Note may not be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date set forth above.

 

In the event that this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, all payments of principal and interest with respect to this Note will be made without withholding or deduction at the source for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such withholding or deduction is required by (i) the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein or (ii) an official position regarding the application, administration or enforcement of such laws, regulations or rulings (including, without limitation, a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in the United States or any political subdivision thereof).

 

In the event this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, the Company will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay to the Holder hereof who is a United States Alien, as additional interest, such amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment on this Note (including payment of the principal of and interest on such this Note) by the Company or a Paying Agent, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided in this

 



 

Note to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not apply to:

 

(a)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder or beneficial owner of this Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor or beneficiary of, or a person holding a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate or a trust, or a member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is a partnership or corporation) and the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, person holding a power, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having or h aving had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s past or present status, as applicable (under prior or current law), as a personal holding company, foreign personal holding company, foreign private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States, passive foreign investment company or controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes or corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States Federal income tax;

 

(b)           any estate, inheritance, gift, excise, sales, transfer, wealth or personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(c)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of this Note for payment more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurred later;

 

(d)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from a payment on this Note;

 

(e)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from a payment on this Note, if such payment could be made without such withholding by any other Paying Agent;

 

(f)            any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a failure to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of this Note if such compliance is required by statute or regulation of the United States or by an applicable tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(g)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder that actually or constructively owns 10 percent or more of the combined voting power of all classes of the Company’s stock or that is a bank receiving interest on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business;

 

(h)           any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other European Union Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26th — 27th November, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

 

(i)            any tax, assessment, withholding, or deduction required by sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (or any Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder); or

 

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

 



 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to a payment on this Note to a Holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts (or payment of Additional Amounts would not have been necessary) had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Note.

 

If (a) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in the official application (including a ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States) or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, the Company becomes or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note as described above, or (b) any act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) on or after the Original Issue Date of  this Note, whether or not such act is taken with respect to the Company or any affiliate, that results in a substantial likelihood that the Company will or may be required to pay such Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note, then the Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole, but not in part, this Note and all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note on no t less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the Accreted Value of such Notes at the date fixed for redemption, together with interest, if any, accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it, not including substitution of the obligor under the Notes or any action that would entail a material cost to the Company. No redemption pursuant to (b) above may be made unless the Company shall have received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an act taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) results in a substantial likelihood that it will or may be required to pay Additional Amounts described above and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer, stating that based on such opinion the Company is entitled to redeem such Notes pursuant to their terms.

 

All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on and including the Redemption Date and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. However, payment of the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, for a Note for which a redemption notice has been delivered is conditioned upon delivery of such Note (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the H older thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) to the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, at any time (whether prior to, on or after the Redemption Date) after delivery of the redemption notice. Payment of the Redemption Price for the Notes (or portion thereof to be redeemed), together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, will be made on the later of the Redemption Date or promptly following the time of delivery of the Note.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, a portion of the principal of this Note may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such portion shall be equal to the Accreted Value of this Note at the time of such declaration. Upon payment (i) of such Accreted Value and (ii) of interest on any overdue Accreted Value (to the extent that the payment of such interest

 



 

shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest on this Note shall terminate.

 

The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Inde nture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or, subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Eight of the Indenture, of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Notes is registrable in the register of Securities, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6, 9.5 or 10.3 of the Indenture, not involving any transfer).

 

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

 

The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation, §§ 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law and New York Civil Practice Law Rule 327(b).

 

All undefined terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Instrument to be signed by the signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

(SEAL)

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Christine M. McCarthy

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President — Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Marsha L. Reed

 

 

Title:

Vice President-Governance Administration and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 



 

ABBREVIATIONS

 

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

 

TEN COM o as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT                Custodian                

 

 

                                      (Cust.)                    (Minor)

 TEN ENT o as tenants by the entireties

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

    JT TEN o as joint tenants with right

 

 

of survivorship and not as tenants

 

 

in common

 

(State)

 

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

 


 

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

 

Please Insert Social Security or Employer

Identification Number of Assignee

 

 

- -              |

 

 

 

 

 

Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address

Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee

 

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                                                             attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

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

 



 

Exhibit “B”

 

REGISTERED

 

REGISTERED

 

NO. FXR-

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES E

(Fixed Rate)

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP:

 

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as requested by an authorized representative of DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREO F FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

 

INTEREST RATE:

MATURITY DATE:

 

EARLIEST REDEMPTION DATE:

ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE:

 

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

REGULAR RECORD DATES:

 

REDEMPTION PRICE:
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS:

 


 

Date:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 



 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Maturity Date specified above and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date specified above to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears, in each year, commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date, at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date of this Note is between a Regular Record Date specified above and the related Interest Payment Dat e, the first payment of interest on this Note will be made on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered Holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined below), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date set forth above (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable at Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity with respect to this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date or at Maturity will be made on the following day that is a Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.  Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (as defined below), notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Spec ial Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payments of interest on this Note (other than at Maturity) may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of Securities or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to t he account of the Holder of this Note if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date to each registered Holder of $10,000,000 (or, if the payment currency is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the particular payment currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes (whether having identical or different terms and provisions) by wire transfer of immediately available funds if the applicable registered Holder has delivered appropriate wire transfer instructions in writing to the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the particular Interest Payment Date.  Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall remain in effect until revoked by the applicable registered Holder.

 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the “Securities”) of the Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) issued and to be

 



 

issued pursuant to such Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated by the Company as its Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the “Notes”). The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Securities.

 

The Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

The Notes are issuable as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Note Holders, issue additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) having the same terms and conditions (including maturity and interest payment terms) as previously issued Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest. Additional Notes issued in this manner will be fungible with the previously issued Notes to the extent specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

This Note may not be redeemed prior to the Earliest Redemption Date set forth above. If no Earliest Redemption Date is so set forth, this Note is not redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. This Note is redeemable at any time on or after the Earliest Redemption Date set forth above at the option of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the registered Holder hereof, at the Redemption Price equal to the amount set forth above, together in each case with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event this Note is subject to the payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, then this Note may be redeemed on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below regarding Additional Amounts.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is prior to the Redemption Date of any Note will be payable to the Holder of such Note, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to above, all as provided in the Indenture.

 

In the event that this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, all payments of principal and interest with respect to this Note will be made without withholding or deduction at the source for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such withholding or deduction is required by (i) the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein or (ii) an official position regarding the application, administration or enforcement of such laws, regulations or rulings (including, without limitation, a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in the United St ates or any political subdivision thereof).

 

In the event this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, the Company will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay to the Holder hereof who is a United States Alien, as additional interest, such amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment on this Note (including payment of the principal of and interest on such this Note) by the Company or a Paying Agent, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided in this

 



 

Note to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not apply to:

 

(a)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder or beneficial owner of this Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor or beneficiary of, or a person holding a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate or a trust, or a member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is a partnership or corporation) and the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, person holding a power, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having or h aving had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s past or present status, as applicable (under prior or current law), as a personal holding company, foreign personal holding company, foreign private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States, passive foreign investment company or controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes or corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States Federal income tax;

 

(b)           any estate, inheritance, gift, excise, sales, transfer, wealth or personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(c)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of this Note for payment more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurred later;

 

(d)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from a payment on this Note;

 

(e)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from a payment on this Note, if such payment could be made without such withholding by any other Paying Agent;

 

(f)            any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a failure to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of this Note if such compliance is required by statute or regulation of the United States or by an applicable tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(g)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder that actually or constructively owns 10 percent or more of the combined voting power of all classes of the Company’s stock or that is a bank receiving interest on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business;

 

(h)           any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other European Union Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26th — 27th November, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

 

(i)                                     any tax, assessment, withholding, or deduction required by sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (or any Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder); or

 

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

 



 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to a payment on this Note to a Holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts (or payment of Additional Amounts would not have been necessary) had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Note.

 

If (a) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in the official application (including a ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States) or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, the Company becomes or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note as described above, or (b) any act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, whether or not such act is taken with respect to the Company or any affiliate, that results in a substantial likelihood that the Company will or may be required to pay such Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note, then the Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole, but not in part, this Note and all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it, not including substitution of the obligor under the Notes or any action that would entail a material cost to the Company. No redemption pursuant to (b) above may be made unless the Company shall have received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an act taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) results in a substantial likelihood that it will or may be required to pay Additional Amounts described above and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer, stating that based on such opinion the Company is entitled to redeem such Notes pursuant to their terms.

 

All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on and including the Redemption Date and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. However, payment of the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, for a Note for which a redemption notice has been delivered is conditioned upon delivery of such Note (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form sat isfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) to the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, at any time (whether prior to, on or after the Redemption Date) after delivery of the redemption notice.  Payment of the Redemption Price for the Note (or portion thereof to be redeemed), together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, will be made on the later of the Redemption Date or promptly following the time of delivery of the Note.  If fewer than all of the Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Interest Rate and Stated Maturity and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and Interest Rate as this Note are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee by su ch method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.

 

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of like tenor for the aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of this Note so surrendered will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 



 

For all purposes of this Note and the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption by the Company of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Notes redeemed or to be redeemed by the Company only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Notes which has been or is to be so redeemed.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Inde nture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or, subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Eight of the Indenture, of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Notes is registrable in the register of Securities, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6, 9.5 or 10.3 of the Indenture, not involving any transfer).

 

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

 

The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation, §§ 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law and New York Civil Practice Law Rule 327(b).

 

All undefined terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Instrument to be signed by the signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

(SEAL)

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Christine M. McCarthy

 

Title:

Executive Vice President-Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Marsha L. Reed

 

Title:

Vice President-Governance Administration and Assistant Secretary

 

 



 

ABBREVIATIONS

 

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

 

TEN COM o as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT                Custodian               

 

 

                                     (Cust.)                   (Minor)

 TEN ENT o as tenants by the entireties

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

    JT TEN o as joint tenants with right

 

 

of survivorship and not as tenants

 

 

in common

 

(State)

 

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

 


 

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

 

Please Insert Social Security or Employer

Identification Number of Assignee

 

 

- -              |

 

 

 

 

 

Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address

Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee

 

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                                             attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of su bstitution in the premises.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

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

 



 

Exhibit “C”

 

REGISTERED

 

REGISTERED

 

NO. FLR-

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES E

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

 

 

(Floating Rate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP:

 

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as requested by an authorized representative of DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREO F FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE:

MATURITY DATE:

 

EARLIEST REDEMPTION DATE:

INITIAL MATURITY DATE (for Renewable Notes):

 

 

FINAL MATURITY DATE (for Renewable Notes):

 

 

INITIAL INTEREST RATE:

 

REDEMPTION PRICE:

BASE RATE OR RATES:

 

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

o COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE

 

 

o LIBOR Page:

 

REGULAR RECORD DATES:

o Reuters LIBOR 01

 

 

o Other (specify):

 

 

o Index Currency

 

 

o CD RATE

 

 

o FEDERAL FUNDS RATE

 

 

o Federal Funds (Effective) Rate

 

INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD:

o Federal Funds Open Rate

 

 

o Federal Funds Target Rate

 

 

o TREASURY RATE

 

o Monthly

o PRIME RATE

 

o Quarterly

 

 

o Semiannually

o CMT RATE

 

o Annually

o Reuters Page FRBCMT

 

 

o Reuters Page FEDCMT

 

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS:

o If Reuters Page FEDCMT:

 

 

o 1 Week

 

INTEREST RESET PERIOD:

o 1 Month

 

o Daily

o ELEVENTH DISTRICT COST OF FUNDS RATE

 

o Weekly

o EURIBOR

 

o Monthly

o OTHER: 

 

o Quarterly

INDEX MATURITY:

 

o Semiannually

o 1 Month

 

o Annually

o 3 Months

 

 

o 6 Months

 

INTEREST RESET DATES:

o 1 Year

 

 

 



 

SPREAD: plus              basis points

 

 

(Indicate plus or minus

 

 

and number of basis points)

 

 

SPREAD MULTIPLIER:

 

 

 

 

 

o OTHER:

 

 

 

 

 

MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:  %

 

 

MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:  %

 

CALCULATION AGENT:

 

 

o WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

o

 

 

OTHER:

 


 

Dated:

 

 

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 



 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Maturity Date specified above and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date specified above to which interest has been paid or duly provided for at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified above until the first Interest Reset Date specified above following the Original Issue Date specified above and thereafter at a rate determined in accordance with the provisions below under the heading “Determination of Commercial Paper Rate,” “Determination of LIBOR,” “Determination of CD Rate,” “ Determination of Federal Funds Rate,” “Determination of Treasury Rate,” “Determination of Prime Rate,” “Determination of CMT Rate,” “Determination of Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate” or “Determination of EURIBOR” depending upon whether the applicable Base Rate specified above is the Commercial Paper Rate, LIBOR, CD Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Treasury Rate, Prime Rate, CMT Rate, Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate or EURIBOR, which rate may be adjusted by adding or subtracting the Spread or multiplying the Base Rate by the Spread Multiplier depending on whether a Spread or Spread Multiplier is specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment. The “Spread,” if any, is the number of basis points to be added to or subtracted from the Base Rate or Rates, as specified above, and the “Spread Multiplier,” if any, is the percentage of the Base Rate or Rates, as specified above, by which such Base Rate or Rates are to be multiplied. The “Index Maturity,” if any, is the period to maturity of the instrument or obligation with respect to which the related Base Rate or Rates are calculated, as designated above. If more than one Base Rate is specified above, the applicable Base Rate shall be the lowest of such Base Rates on the Interest Determination Date. The Company will pay interest in arrears monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually as specified above under “Interest Payment Period,” commencing with the first Interest Payment Date specified above next succeeding the Original Issue Date and thereafter on the Interest Payment Dates as specified above, and at Maturity. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined below), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date set forth above (wh ether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that the interest payment at Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. If the Maturity of this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal and interest may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Maturity. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (as defined below), notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payments of interest on this Note (other than at Maturity) may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of Securities or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Holder of this Note if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date to each registered Holder of $10,000,000 (or, if the payment currency is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the particular payment currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes (whether having identical or different terms and provisions) by wire transfer of immediately available funds if the applicable registered Holder has delivered appropriate wire transfer instructions in writing to the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the particular Interest Payment Date.  Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall remain in effect until r evoked by the applicable registered Holder.

 



 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the “Securities”) of the Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) issued and to be issued pursuant to such Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated by the Company as its Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the “Notes”). The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Securities.

 

The Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

The Notes are issuable as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Note Holders, issue additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) having the same terms and conditions (including maturity and interest payment terms) as previously issued Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest.  Additional Notes issued in this manner will be fungible with the previously issued Notes to the extent specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

This Note may not be redeemed prior to the Earliest Redemption Date set forth above. If no Earliest Redemption Date is so set forth, this Note is not redeemable prior to the Maturity Date. This Note is redeemable at any time on or after the Earliest Redemption Date set forth above at the option of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the registered Holder hereof, at the Redemption Price equal to the amount set forth above, together in each case with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event this Note is subject to the payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, then this Note may be redeemed on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below regarding Additional Amounts.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is prior to the Redemption Date of any Note will be payable to the Holder of such Note, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to above, all as provided in the Indenture.

 

In the event that this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, all payments of principal and interest with respect to this Note will be made without withholding or deduction at the source for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such withholding or deduction is required by (i) the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein or (ii) an official position regarding the application, administration or enforcement of such laws, regulations or rulings (including, without limitation, a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in the United St ates or any political subdivision thereof).

 



 

In the event this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, the Company will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay to the Holder hereof who is a United States Alien, as additional interest, such amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment on this Note (including payment of the principal of and interest on such this Note) by the Company or a Paying Agent, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided in this Note to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not app ly to:

 

(a)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder or beneficial owner of this Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor or beneficiary of, or a person holding a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate or a trust, or a member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is a partnership or corporation) and the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, person holding a power, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having or h aving had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s past or present status, as applicable (under prior or current law), as a personal holding company, foreign personal holding company, foreign private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States, passive foreign investment company or controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes or corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States Federal income tax;

 

(b)           any estate, inheritance, gift, excise, sales, transfer, wealth or personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(c)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of this Note for payment more than 10 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurred later;

 

(d)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from a payment on this Note;

 

(e)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from a payment on this Note, if such payment could be made without such withholding by any other Paying Agent;

 

(f)            any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a failure to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of this Note if such compliance is required by statute or regulation of the United States or by an applicable tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(g)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder that actually or constructively owns 10 percent or more of the combined voting power of all classes of the Company’s stock or that is a bank receiving interest on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business;

 

(h)           any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other European Union Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26th —

 



 

27th November, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

 

(i)           any tax, assessment, withholding, or deduction required by sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (or any Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder); or

 

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

 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to a payment on this Note to a Holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts (or payment of Additional Amounts would not have been necessary) had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Note.

 

If (a) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in the official application (including a ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States) or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, the Company becomes or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note as described above, or (b) any act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, whether or not such act is taken with respect to the Company or any affiliate, that results in a substantial likelihood that the Company will or may be required to pay such Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note, then the Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole, but not in part, this Note and all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it, not including substitution of the obligor under the Notes or any action that would entail a material cost to the Company. No redemption pursuant to (b) above may be made unless the Company shall have received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an act taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) results in a substantial likelihood that it will or may be required to pay Additional Amounts described above and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer, stating that based on such opinion the Company is entitled to redeem such Notes pursuant to their terms.

 

All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of Notes to be redeemed, that on and including the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. However, payment of the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, for a Note for which a redemption notice has been delivered is conditioned upon delivery of such Note (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form sat isfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) to the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, at any time (whether prior to, on or after the Redemption Date) after delivery of the redemption notice.  Payment of the Redemption Price for the Note (or portion thereof to be redeemed), together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, will be made on the later

 



 

of the Redemption Date or promptly following the time of delivery of the Note.  If fewer than all of the Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Base Rate or Rates and Stated Maturity and all Additional Notes with the same Base Rate or Rates and Stated Maturity as this Note are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.

 

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of like tenor for the aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of this Note so surrendered will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

For all purposes of this Note and the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption by the Company of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Notes redeemed or to be redeemed by the Company only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Notes which has been or is to be so redeemed.

 

Commencing with the first Interest Reset Date specified above following the Original Issue Date, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable shall be adjusted daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually as specified above under “Interest Reset Period.” If any Interest Reset Date specified above would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that if the rate of interest on this Note shall be determined with reference to the provisions under the heading “Determination of LIBOR” or “Determination of EURIBOR” below, and such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the last Business Day in the preceding month. If any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date occurring on the M aturity Date) specified above falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day that is a Business Day, except that if the rate of interest on the Note shall be determined with reference to the provisions under the heading “Determination of LIBOR” or “Determination of EURIBOR” below, and such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that with respect to Notes the payment of which is to be made in a denominated currency other than U.S. dollars only, such day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center of the country of such denominated currency; provided, however, that with respect to LIBOR Notes only, such day is also a London Business Day; and provided, further, that with respect to EURIBOR Notes and notes denominated in Euros only, such day is also a TARGET Business Day. “London Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in the LIBOR currency) in London.  “TARGET Business Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET 2) System, which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007, is open.  “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Bond Market Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.  “ ;Principal Financial Center” means, as applicable: (a) the capital city of the country issuing the payment currency; or (b) the capital city of the country to which the LIBOR currency relates; provided, however, that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euros, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto (solely in the case of the payment currency), London (solely in the case of the LIBOR currency), Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively. The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period commencing on the Interest Reset Date or dates with respect to such Interest Reset Period will be the rate determined on the applicable “Interest Determination Date” determined as specified below. The rate of interest in effect with respect to this Note on each day that is not an Interest Reset Date will be the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determinati on Date pertaining to the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date and the interest rate in effect on any day that is an Interest Reset Date will be the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to any applicable provisions of law and any Maximum Interest Rate or Minimum Interest Rate limitations specified above; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect with respect to this Note for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified above.

 



 

In addition to any Maximum Interest Rate specified above, the interest rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.

 

All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, and all amounts used in or resulting from such calculation on this Note will be rounded, in the case of United States dollars, to the nearest cent, or in the case of a foreign currency, to the nearest unit (with one-half cent or unit being rounded upward).

 

Determination of Commercial Paper Rate.  If the Commercial Paper Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent specified above with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date specified below (a “Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date”), the Money Market Yield (as defined below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519), under the heading “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial.” In the event that such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the heading “ Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial.” If such rate is not published in either H.15(519) or H.15 Daily Update by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates, as of approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of United States dollar commercial paper in New York, New York (which may include one or more of the agents (the “Agents”) appointed by the Company from time to time to offer and sell the Notes or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified above placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as a foresaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting offered rates as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date.

 

“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

Money Market Yield =

D X 360

X 100

 

360 - (D X M)

 

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being calculated.

 

“H.15(519)” as used herein means the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

“H.15 Daily Update” as used herein means the daily update of H.15(519), available through the world-wide-web site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http:/www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/h15upd.htm, or any successor site or publication.

 



 

Determination of LIBOR.  If LIBOR is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to LIBOR and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following that LIBOR Interest Determination Date, that appears on the LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date.  “LIBOR Page” means either, (a) the display on the page specified above for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency; or (b) if no such page is specified above as the method for calculating LIBOR, the display on Reuters (or any successor service) on the LIBOR 01 page (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 th e Index Currency.

 

If  the rate referred to in the paragraph above does not so appear, LIBOR will be determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date on the basis of the rate at which deposits in the applicable Index Currency having the Index Maturity specified above are offered by four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, then LIBO R for such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, then LIBOR for such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted as of approximately 11:00 A.M. in the applicable Principal Financial Center (as defined above), on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for loans in the applicable Index Currency to leading European banks having the specified Index Maturity, and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) and that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned i n this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

 

“Index Currency” means the index currency (including composite currencies) specified above as the currency for which LIBOR shall be calculated.  If no such index currency is specified above, the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars.

 

Determination of CD Rate.  If the CD Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the CD Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“CD Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date specified below (a “CD Interest Determination Date”), the rate on such date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity designated above, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the caption “CDs (secondary market)” or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such CD Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on such CD Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”. If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such CD Interest Determination Date such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or H.15 Daily Update, then the CD Rate on such CD Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 

 



 

A.M., New York City time, on such CD Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks for negotiable United States certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting offered rates as set forth above, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such CD Interest Determination Date.

 

Determination of Federal Funds Rate.  If the Federal Funds Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the Federal Funds Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“Federal Funds Rate” means, with respect to any Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, (1) if the “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is specified above, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such date for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading “Federal Funds (Effective)” and displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FEDFUNDS 1 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“FEDFUNDS 1 Page”) or, if the rate does not so appear on FEDFUNDS 1 Page or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such othe r recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Federal Funds (Effective)”; (2) if  “Federal Funds Open Rate” is specified above, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on that date set forth under the caption “Federal Funds” for the Index Maturity specified above opposite the caption “Open” and displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page 5 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page 5”) or, if the rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to that Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on that Federal Funds Interest Determination Date displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”), which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane ( or a successor) on Bloomberg; (3) if “Federal Funds Target Rate” is specified above, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on that date for U.S. dollar federal funds displayed on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg, or if the rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate for that day appearing on Reuters (or any successor service) on page USFFTARGET= (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=“). If, by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date such rate referenced above is not yet published, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollars Fede ral Funds arranged by three leading brokers of Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates), which brokers have been selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company), as of 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that, if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as set forth above, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date.

 

Determination of Treasury Rate.  If the Treasury Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the Treasury Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct

 



 

obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified above under the caption “INVEST RATE” on the display on Reuters (or any successor service) on page USAUCTION 10 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) (“USAUCION 10 Page”) or page USAUCTION 11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) (“USAUCTION 11 Page”), or if not so displayed, on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page AUCR 18 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the auction rate for the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another rec ognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High”. If the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the auction rate of the applicable Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. If the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, or if the Auction is not held, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”. If the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”. If the rate referred to in the preceding sentence is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate for that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate on that Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers (which may include one or more of the Agents or their 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 above; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the same as the interest rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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

 

Bond Equivalent Yield

=

D X N

X

   100

 

 

360 - (D X M)

 

 

 

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

 

Determination of Prime Rate.  If the Prime Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the Prime Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date specified below (a “Prime Rate Interest Determination Date”), the rate published in H.15(519) for such date under the caption “Bank Prime Loan” or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to that Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on that Prime Rate Interest

 



 

Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Bank Prime Loan”.  If neither rate is so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Prime Rate for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page (as defined below) as the applicable bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, or if fewer than four rates are so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on the Prime Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Age nt as the arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by 360 as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company). If the banks selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in the preceding sentence, the “Prime Rate” for the Interest Reset Period will be the same as the Prime Rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period, the Initial Interest Rate specified above).  “Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page” means the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the “USPRIME 1” page (or any other page as may replace that page on that service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.

 

Determination of CMT Rate.  If CMT Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the CMT Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“CMT Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date specified below (a “CMT Interest Determination Date”) relating to a CMT Rate Note or any Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the CMT Rate, if Reuters Page FRBCMT is specified above:

 

(a)           the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, as the yield is displayed on Reuters  (or any successor service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”), or if not so displayed, on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page NDX 7 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Bloomberg Page NDX 7”) for that CMT Interest Determination Date, or

 

(b)           if the rate referred to in clause (a) does not so appear on the Reuters Page FRBCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX 7, as the case may be, the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity and for that CMT Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, or

 

(c)           if the rate referred to in clause (b) does not so appear in H.15(519), the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date for the period of the particular Index Maturity as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate which would otherwise have been published in H.15(519), or

 

(d)           if the rate referred to in clause (c) is not so published, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York (which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”), selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than that Index

 



 

Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at that time, or

 

(e)           if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations shall be eliminated, or

 

(f)            if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity closest to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity closest to that Index Maturity and in a principal amoun t that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at that time, or

 

(g)           if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or

 

(h)           if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on that CMT Interest Determination Date;

 

if Reuters Page FEDCMT is specified above:

 

(a)           the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified above, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities”, as the yield is displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FEDCMT (or any other page that may replace the specified page on that service) (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”), or if not so displayed, on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on Bloomberg Page NDX 7, for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which that CMT Interest Determination Date falls, or

 

(b)           if the rate referred to in clause (a) does not so appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT or Bloomberg page NDX 7, as the case may be, the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as applicable, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity and for the week or month, as applicable, preceding that CMT Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” or

 

(c)           if the rate referred to in clause (b) does not so appear in H.15(519), the one-week or one-month, as applicable, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the particular Index Maturity as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which that CMT Interest Determination Date falls, or

 

(d)           if the rate referred to in clause (c) is not so published, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than that Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at that time, or

 



 

(e)           if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations shall be eliminated, or

 

(f)            if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (d) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent as a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on that CMT Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent 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 United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the particular Index Maturity, a remaining term to maturity closest to that Index Maturity and in a principal amo unt that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in that market at the time, or

 

(g)           if fewer than five but more than two prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the rate on that CMT Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest or the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or

 

(h)           if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (f) are provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on that CMT Interest Determination Date.

 

If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified above have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the particular Index Maturity, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter original remaining term to maturity will be used.

 

Determination of Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate.  If the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date specified below (an “Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date”), the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date falls as set forth under the caption “11th District” on the display on Reuters (or any successor service) on page COFI/ARMS (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“COFI/ARMS Page”), or  if not so displayed, on Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page ALLX COF (or any other page as may replac e the specified page on that service) (“Bloomberg page ALLX COF”) in each case, as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on the COFI/ARMS Page or Bloomberg Page ALLX COF on any related Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate for the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Index, as defined below. If the FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce the rate for the calendar month next preceding the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate for that date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect on that Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date.

 

The “Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Index” will be the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that the FHLB of San Francisco most recently announced as the cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date.

 

Determination of EURIBOR.  If EURIBOR is the Base Rate or one of the Base Rates specified above, the interest rate payable with respect to this Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the European

 



 

Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in euros, or EURIBOR, and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

“EURIBOR” means the rate for deposits in euros as sponsored, calculated and published jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — The Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing those rates, having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the  applicable Interest Reset Date, as that rate appears on Reuters, or any successor service, on page EURIBOR01 or any other page as may replace that specified page on that service (“Reuters Page EURIBOR01”) as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.  If EURIBOR cannot be determined on a EURIBOR Interest Determination Date as described in the preceding sentence, then the Calculation Agent will select four major banks in the Euro-zone interbank market, which may include affil iates of the Agents, and request that the principal Euro-zone offices of those four selected banks provide their offered quotations to prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the EURIBOR Interest Determination Date. These quotations shall be for deposits in Euros for the period of the specified Index Maturity, commencing on such Interest Reset Date. Offered quotations must be based on a principal amount equal to at least $1,000,000 or the approximate equivalent in Euros that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time. If two or more quotations are provided, EURIBOR for the Interest Reset Period will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the Calculation Agent will select four major banks in the Euro-zone, which may include affiliates of the Agents, and then determine EURIBOR for the Interest Reset Period as the arithmetic mean of rates quoted by those four major banks in the Euro - -zone to leading European banks at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the EURIBOR Interest Determination Date. The rates quoted will be for loans in Euros, for the period of the specified Index Maturity, commencing on the Interest Reset Date. Rates quoted must be based on a principal amount of at least $1,000,000 or the approximate equivalent in Euros that is representative of a single transaction in such market at such time.  If the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as described above, EURIBOR will be the EURIBOR in effect on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

 

“Euro-zone” means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.

 

Renewable Notes.  If this Note is designated as a Renewable Note above (a “Renewable Note”), the following provisions will apply:

 

A Renewable Note will bear interest at the Base Rate or Base Rates, as applicable, specified above and the interest rate payable with respect to a Renewable Note shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent with reference to the specified Base Rate or Base Rates and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified above.

 

A Renewable Note will mature on an Interest Payment Date as specified above (the “Initial Maturity Date”), unless the maturity of all or any portion of the principal amount hereof is extended in accordance with the procedures described below.  On the Interest Payment Dates specified above (each such Interest Payment Date, an “Election Date”), the maturity of a Renewable Note will be extended to the Interest Payment Date occurring twelve months after such Election Date, unless the Holder hereof elects to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of a Renewable Note or of any portion hereof having a principal amount of $2,000 or any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof by delivering a notice to such effect to the Trustee not less than nor more than a number of days to be specified above prior to such Election Date. If no notice period is specified above, such notice shall be given no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days prior to such Election Date.  Such option may be exercised with respect to less than the entire principal amount of a Renewable Note; provided that the principal amount for which such option is not exercised is at least $2,000 or any larger amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maturity of a Renewable Note may not be extended beyond the Final Maturity Date specified above (the “Final Maturity Date”). If the Holder hereof elects to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of any portion of the principal amount of a Renewable Note and such

 



 

election is not revoked as described below, such portion will become due and payable on the Interest Payment Date falling six months (unless another period is specified above) after the Election Date prior to which the Holder made such election.

 

An election to terminate the automatic extension of maturity may be revoked as to any portion of a Renewable Note having a principal amount of $2,000 or any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof by delivering a notice to such effect to the Trustee on any day following the effective date of the election to terminate the automatic extension of maturity and prior to the date 15 days before the date on which such portion would otherwise mature.  Such a revocation may be made for less than the entire principal amount of a Renewable Note for which the automatic extension of maturity has been terminated; provided that the principal amount of a Renewable Note for which the automatic extension of maturity has been terminated and for which such a revocation has not been made is at least $2,000 or any larger amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a revocatio n may not be made during the period from and including a Record Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

An election to terminate the automatic extension of the maturity of a Renewable Note, if not revoked as described above by the Holder hereof making the election or any subsequent Holder, will be binding upon such subsequent Holder.

 

A Renewable Note may be redeemed in whole or in part at the option of the Company on the Interest Payment Dates in each year specified above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date specified above, at a redemption price as stated above, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, notice of redemption will be provided by mailing a notice of such redemption to each Holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 180 days (unless otherwise specified above) prior to the date fixed for redemption.

 

Applicable Interest Determination Date and Calculation Date.  The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period commencing on the Interest Reset Date or Dates with respect to such Interest Reset Period will be the rate determined on the applicable “Interest Determination Date.” The Commercial Paper Interest  Determination  Date, the Federal Funds Interest Determination Date and the Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date.  The CD Interest Determination Date will be the second Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Date. The LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the second London Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Date. The EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the second TARGET Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Da te.  The Eleventh District Cost of Funds Interest Determination Date will be the last working day of the month immediately preceding each Interest Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (the “FHLB of San Francisco”) publishes the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Index.  The CMT Interest Determination Date will be the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding each such Interest Reset Date. The Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the day in the week in which the Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills would normally be auctioned or, if no such auction is held for a particular week, the first Business Day of that week; provided, however, that if, as a result of a legal holiday, an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding the Interest Reset Date, the related Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction shall fall on any Interest Reset Date, then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business Day immediately following such auction. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to a Note the interest rate of which is determined with reference to two or more Base Rates will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to such Interest Reset Date for such a Note on which each Base Rate shall be determinable. Each Base Rate shall be determined and compared on such date, and the applicable interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest Reset Date.

 

The “Calculation Date,” if applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date, shall be the earlier of (a) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day and (b) the Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The Trustee will, upon the request of the Holder of this Note, provide to such Holder the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate that will become effective as a result of the determination made for the next Interest Reset Date.

 



 

The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate on this Note in accordance with the foregoing rate or rates on or before each Calculation Date and shall promptly thereafter notify the Company of such interest rate. Any such calculation by the Calculation Agent shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, the Trustee and the Holder of this Note, absent manifest error.

 

Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Date. Accrued interest hereon from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest hereon has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or from the last date to which interest shall have been paid or duly provided for, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the case of the Commercial Paper Rate, LIBOR, CD Rate, Federal Funds Rate, Prime Rate, Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate and EURIBOR and by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of the Treasury Rate and CMT Rate. Unless otherwise specified above, if the interest rate for this Note is calculated with reference to two or more Base Rates, the interest factor for this Note will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only the lowest of the applicable Base Rates applied.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Inde nture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or, subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Eight of the Indenture, of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Notes is registrable in the register of Securities, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6, 9.5 or 10.3 of the Indenture, not involving any transfer).

 

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for

 



 

all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation, §§ 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law and New York Civil Practice Law Rule 327(b).

 

All undefined terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Instrument to be signed by the signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

(SEAL)

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Christine M. McCarthy

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President- Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Marsha L. Reed

 

 

Title:

Vice President-Governance Administration and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 



 

ABBREVIATIONS

 

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

 

TEN COM

o  as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT           Custodian           

 

 

 

(Cust.)              (Minor)

TEN ENT

o  as tenants by the entireties    

 

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                          

JT TEN

o  as joint tenants with right                  

 

 

 

of survivorship and not as tenants

 

 

 

in common

 

(State)

 

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

 


 

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

 

Please Insert Social Security or Employer

Identification Number of Assignee

 

 

- -              |

 

 

 

 

 

Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address

Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee

 

 

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

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

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

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

 


 

 


 

Exhibit “D”

 

REGISTERED

 

REGISTERED

 

NO.

 

 

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES E

(Zero Coupon)

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP:

 

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as requested by an authorized representative of DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREO F FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE:

MATURITY DATE:

ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:

 

YIELD TO MATURITY:

 

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS:

 


 

Date:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 



 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Maturity Date specified above. If Maturity with respect to this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment due at Maturity will be made on the following day that is a Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after Maturity.  The principal of this Note shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such case, the Accreted Value (as defined below) of this Note at the date of such default in payment shall bear intere st at the Yield to Maturity specified above plus 1% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Such interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, compounded semiannually. Payment of the principal of and any such interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payments of interest on this Note (other than at Maturity) may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person enti tled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of Securities or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Holder of this Note if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest, if any, on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date to each registered Holder of $10,000,000 (or, if the payment currency is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the particular payment currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes (whether having identical or different terms and provisions) by wire transfer of immediately available funds if the applicable registered Holder has delivered appropriate wire transfer instructions in writing to the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the particular Interest Payment Date.  Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall remain in effect until revoked by the applicable registered Holder.

 

The “Accreted Value” of this Note at any date (the “Calculation Date”) shall be equal to (i) the Original Issue Price of this Note specified above plus (ii) the accrued amortization of Original Issue Discount specified above attributable ratably on a daily basis to the period from and including the Original Issue Date specified above to but excluding the Calculation Date. The calculation of accrual of Original Issue Discount will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, compounded semiannually.

 

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

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the “Securities”) of the Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) issued and to be issued pursuant to such Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated by the Company as its Medium-Term Notes, Series E (the “Notes”). The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Securities.

 

The Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 



 

The Notes are issuable as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.

 

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of existing Note Holders, issue additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) having the same terms and conditions (including maturity and interest payment terms) as previously issued Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest. Additional Notes issued in this manner will be fungible with the previously issued Notes to the extent specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

Except as provided below, this Note may not be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date set forth above.

 

In the event that this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, all payments of principal and interest with respect to this Note will be made without withholding or deduction at the source for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, fees, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such withholding or deduction is required by (i) the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein or (ii) an official position regarding the application, administration or enforcement of such laws, regulations or rulings (including, without limitation, a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a taxing authority in the United St ates or any political subdivision thereof).

 

In the event this Note is subject to payment of Additional Amounts (as defined below) as specified above, the Company will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay to the Holder hereof who is a United States Alien, as additional interest, such amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment on this Note (including payment of the principal of and interest on such this Note) by the Company or a Paying Agent, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided in this Note to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not app ly to:

 

(a)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder or beneficial owner of this Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor or beneficiary of, or a person holding a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate or a trust, or a member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is a partnership or corporation) and the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, person holding a power, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having or h aving had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s past or present status, as applicable (under prior or current law), as a personal holding company, foreign personal holding company, foreign private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States, passive foreign investment company or controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes or corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States Federal income tax;

 

(b)           any estate, inheritance, gift, excise, sales, transfer, wealth or personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(c)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of this Note for payment more than 10 days after the

 



 

date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurred later;

 

(d)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding from a payment on this Note;

 

(e)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any Paying Agent from a payment on this Note, if such payment could be made without such withholding by any other Paying Agent;

 

(f)            any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a failure to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation, identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of this Note if such compliance is required by statute or regulation of the United States or by an applicable tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

 

(g)           any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder that actually or constructively owns 10 percent or more of the combined voting power of all classes of the Company’s stock or that is a bank receiving interest on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business;

 

(h)           any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual where such withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other European Union Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26th — 27th November, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

 

(i)            any tax, assessment, withholding, or deduction required by sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (or any Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder); or

 

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

 

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to a payment on this Note to a Holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts (or payment of Additional Amounts would not have been necessary) had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of this Note.

 

If (a) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or any change in the official application (including a ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States) or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, the Company becomes or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note as described above, or (b) any act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) on or after the Original Issue Date of this Note, whether or not such act is taken with respect to the Company or any affiliate, that results in a substantial likelihood that the Company will or may be required to pay such Additional Amounts on this Note, on any other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note or on any Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note, then the Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole, but not in part, this Note and all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity and

 



 

other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the Accreted Value of such Notes at the date fixed for redemption, together with interest, if any, accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it, not including substitution of the obligor under the Notes or any action that would entail a material cost to the Company. No redemption pursuant to (b) above may be made unless the Company shall have received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an act taken by a taxing authority of the United States (including of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof o r therein) results in a substantial likelihood that it will or may be required to pay Additional Amounts described above and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer, stating that based on such opinion the Company is entitled to redeem such Notes pursuant to their terms.

 

All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification of Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on and including the Redemption Date and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. However, payment of the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to but excluding the Redemption Date, for a Note for which a redemption notice has been delivered is conditioned upon delivery of such Note (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the H older thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) to the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, at any time (whether prior to, on or after the Redemption Date) after delivery of the redemption notice. Payment of the Redemption Price for the Notes (or portion thereof to be redeemed), together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, will be made on the later of the Redemption Date or promptly following the time of delivery of the Note.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, a portion of the principal of this Note may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such portion shall be equal to the Accreted Value of this Note at the time of such declaration. Upon payment (i) of such Accreted Value and (ii) of interest on any overdue Accreted Value (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest on this Note shall terminate.

 

The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Inde nture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or, subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Eight of the Indenture, of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 



 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Notes is registrable in the register of Securities, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially designated to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California, and at such additional offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6, 9.5 or 10.3 of the Indenture, not involving any transfer).

 

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

 

The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation, §§ 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law and New York Civil Practice Law Rule 327(b).

 

All undefined terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Instrument to be signed by the signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

 

(SEAL)

 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Christine M. McCarthy

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President-Corporate Real Estate, Sourcing, Alliances and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 Marsha L. Reed

 

 

Title:

Vice President-Governance Administration and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 



 

ABBREVIATIONS

 

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

 

TEN COM

o  as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT           Custodian           

 

 

(Cust.)              (Minor)

TEN ENT

o  as tenants by the entireties    

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act                         

JT TEN

o  as joint tenants with right                  

 

 

of survivorship and not as tenants

 

 

in common

 

(State)

 

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

 


 

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

 

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

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

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

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

 


 

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