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):
January 5, 2016
The Walt Disney Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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1-11605 |
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No. 95-4545390 |
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500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California 91521 | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
Registrants 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 January 5, 2016, The Walt Disney Company (the Company) entered into a Terms Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein, with respect to the offer and sale of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.650% Notes Due 2019 (the 2019 Notes), $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.300% Notes Due 2021 (the 2021 Notes) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the 2026 Notes), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (the 2044 Notes) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes Due 2019 (the Floating Rate Notes and, together with the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2026 Notes and the 2044 Notes, the Notes). The 2044 Notes (the New 2044 Notes) constitute an additional issuance of the $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2044 Notes that the Company issued on June 2, 2014 (the Existing 2044 Notes), all of which are still outstanding. The New 2044 Notes will have the same terms (except for original issue date, issue price, and first payment of interest) and CUSIP number as the Existing 2044 Notes, will be fungible with the Existing 2044 Notes for United States federal income tax purposes and will constitute Additional Notes (as defined in the Companys prospectus supplement dated December 6, 2013). The 2019 Notes were offered to the public at 99.866% of par and proceeds to the Company with respect to the 2019 Notes net of underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.200%, before expenses, was 99.666% of par. The 2021 Notes were offered to the public at 99.903% of par and proceeds to the Company with respect to the 2021 Notes net of underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.350%, before expenses, was 99.553% of par. The 2026 Notes were offered to the public at 99.600% of par and proceeds to the Company with respect to the 2026 Notes net of underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.450%, before expenses, was 99.150% of par. The 2044 Notes were offered to the public at 100.884% of par and proceeds to the Company with respect to the 2044 Notes net of underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.750%, before expenses, was 100.134% of par. The Floating Rate Notes were offered to the public at 100.000% of par and proceeds to the Company with respect to the Floating Rate Notes net of underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.200%, before expenses, was 99.800% of par. The Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-192690) of the Company. The Notes are being issued pursuant to a Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2001, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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1.1 |
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Terms Agreement, dated January 5, 2016, among The Walt Disney Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein. |
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4.1 |
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Form of Floating Rate Notes Due 2019. |
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4.2 |
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Form of 1.650% Notes Due 2019. |
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4.3 |
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Form of 2.300% Notes Due 2021. |
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4.4 |
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Form of 3.000% Notes Due 2026. |
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4.5 |
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Form of 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11605) filed on June 2, 2014). |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of White & Case LLP relating to the Notes. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above). |
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.
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THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY | |
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By: |
/s/ Roger J. Patterson |
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Name: Roger J. Patterson | |
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Title: Associate General Counsel Registered In-House Counsel |
Dated: January 7, 2016
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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1.1 |
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Terms Agreement, dated January 5, 2016, among The Walt Disney Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named therein. |
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4.1 |
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Form of Floating Rate Notes Due 2019. |
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4.2 |
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Form of 1.650% Notes Due 2019. |
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4.3 |
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Form of 2.300% Notes Due 2021. |
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4.4 |
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Form of 3.000% Notes Due 2026. |
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4.5 |
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Form of 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11605) filed on June 2, 2014). |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of White & Case LLP relating to the Notes. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above). |
Exhibit 1.1
Conformed Copy
The Walt Disney Company
(a Delaware corporation)
Fixed Rate and Floating Rate
Medium-Term Notes, Series F
TERMS AGREEMENT
January 5, 2016
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Attention: Legal Department
Re: Distribution Agreement dated December 6, 2013
Reference is made to the Distribution Agreement dated December 6, 2013 (the Distribution Agreement) among The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the other parties thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. The several underwriters named below (the Underwriters) severally agree to purchase the following respective principal amounts of Medium-Term Notes, Series F, entitled Floating Rate Notes Due 2019 (the Floating Rate Notes), 1.650% Notes Due 2019 (the 2019 Notes), 2.300% Notes Due 2021 (the 2021 Notes), 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the 2026 Notes) and 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (the 2044 Notes and, together with the Floating Rate Notes, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes and the 2026 Notes, the Notes; the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2026 Notes and the 2044 Notes are hereinafter called, collectively, the Fixed Rate Notes) set forth opposite their names:
Underwriter |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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68,000,000 |
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59,500,000 |
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127,500,000 |
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170,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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68,000,000 |
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59,500,000 |
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127,500,000 |
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170,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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68,000,000 |
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59,500,000 |
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127,500,000 |
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170,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
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68,000,000 |
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59,500,000 |
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127,500,000 |
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170,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
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68,000,000 |
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59,500,000 |
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127,500,000 |
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170,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
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8,000,000 |
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7,000,000 |
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15,000,000 |
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20,000,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
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8,000,000 |
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7,000,000 |
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15,000,000 |
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20,000,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
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8,000,000 |
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7,000,000 |
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15,000,000 |
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20,000,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. |
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8,000,000 |
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7,000,000 |
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15,000,000 |
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20,000,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
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8,000,000 |
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7,000,000 |
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15,000,000 |
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20,000,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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Blaylock Beal Van, LLC |
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4,000,000 |
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3,500,000 |
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7,500,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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5,000,000 |
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C.L. King & Associates, Inc. |
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4,000,000 |
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3,500,000 |
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7,500,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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5,000,000 |
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Drexel Hamilton, LLC |
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4,000,000 |
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3,500,000 |
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7,500,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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5,000,000 |
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Great Pacific Securities |
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4,000,000 |
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3,500,000 |
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7,500,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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5,000,000 |
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Mischler Financial Group, Inc. |
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4,000,000 |
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3,500,000 |
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7,500,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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5,000,000 |
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Total |
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400,000,000 |
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350,000,000 |
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750,000,000 |
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1,000,000,000 |
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500,000,000 |
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Stated Maturity Date: |
Floating Rate Notes: January 8, 2019 |
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2019 Notes: January 8, 2019 |
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2021 Notes: February 12, 2021 |
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2026 Notes: February 13, 2026 |
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2044 Notes: June 1, 2044 |
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Original Issue Date: |
January 8, 2016 |
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Trade Date: |
January 5, 2016 |
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Public Offering Price: |
Floating Rate Notes: 100.000% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 |
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2019 Notes: 99.866% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 |
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2021 Notes: 99.903% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 |
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2026 Notes: 99.600% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 |
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2044 Notes: 100.884% plus accrued interest from and including December 1, 2015 to but excluding the settlement date (totaling $2,119,791.67) |
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Underwriting Discounts |
Floating Rate Notes: 0.200% |
and Commissions: |
2019 Notes: 0.200% |
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2021 Notes: 0.350% |
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2026 Notes: 0.450% |
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2044 Notes: 0.750% |
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Price Payable to the |
Floating Rate Notes: 99.800% |
Company by the |
2019 Notes: 99.666% |
Underwriters: |
2021 Notes: 99.553% |
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2026 Notes: 99.150% |
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2044 Notes: 100.134% |
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Applicable Time: |
5:40 p.m. (New York City time) on January 5, 2016 |
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Settlement Date and Time: |
January 8, 2016, at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time |
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Denominations: |
U.S. $2,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess of U.S. $2,000 |
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Additional Terms for the Fixed Rate Notes: | |
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Interest Rate: |
2019 Notes: 1.650% per annum, accruing from January 8, 2016 |
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2021 Notes: 2.300% per annum, accruing from January 8, 2016 |
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2026 Notes: 3.000% per annum, accruing from January 8, 2016 |
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2044 Notes: 4.125% per annum, accruing from December 1, 2015 |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
2019 Notes: Semi-annually on each January 8 and July 8, commencing on July 8, 2016 |
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2021 Notes: Semi-annually on each February 12 and August 12, commencing on August 12, 2016 |
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2026 Notes: Semi-annually on each February 13 and August 13, commencing on August 13, 2016 |
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2044 Notes: Semi-annually on each June 1 and December 1, commencing on June 1, 2016. Interest payable on the June 1, 2016 interest payment date will include interest accrued from and including December 1, 2015 |
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Day Count Convention: |
30/360 |
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The Fixed Rate Notes shall have the further terms set forth in Schedule II hereto or, in the case of the 2044 Notes, Schedule III hereto. | |
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Additional Terms for the Floating Rate Notes: | |
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Interest Rate: |
A rate per annum equal to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR (as defined in the Companys prospectus supplement dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus Supplement)), plus 32 basis points, accruing from January 8, 2016 and reset quarterly, determined as provided in Schedule II hereto and in the Prospectus Supplement |
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Initial Interest Rate: |
As set forth in Schedule II hereto |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
As set forth in Schedule II hereto |
The Floating Rate Notes shall have the further terms set forth in Schedule II hereto.
The certificate referred to in Section 6(a) of the Distribution Agreement and the opinions referred to in Section 6(b) of the Distribution Agreement will not be required. The reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes will be paid by the Underwriters. On the Settlement Date referred to above, the Company shall deliver to the Underwriters a letter, dated the Original Issue Date referred to above and substantially in the form of Schedule I hereto.
Default by One or More of the Underwriters: If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Original Issue Date referred to above to purchase the Notes which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Terms Agreement (the Defaulted Notes), the Representatives (as defined on the signature pages hereof) shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to
make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters satisfactory to the Company, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Notes in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the aggregate principal amount of the Defaulted Notes does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the respective proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the aggregate principal amount of the Defaulted Notes exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased hereunder, this Terms Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this paragraph shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Terms Agreement, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Original Issue Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the pricing supplement dated January 5, 2016 relating to the Notes or in any other documents or arrangements.
European Economic Area: In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each Underwriter severally represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated hereby to the public in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of such Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
provided that no such offer of Notes referred to in (a) through (c) above shall require the Company or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive, or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of Notes to the public in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State.
United Kingdom: Each Underwriter severally represents and agrees that:
· it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and
· it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
Each Underwriter severally represents to and agrees with the Company that it has not offered, sold or delivered and that it will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Notes or distribute the pricing supplement and accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus or any other material relating to the Notes, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof.
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Terms Agreement and the Distribution Agreement, and except for registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and compliance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, the Company shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with the Company that such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the subscription, offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Notes under the laws and regulations in force in any foreign jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such subscription, offer, sale or delivery of any of the Notes.
THIS TERMS 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).
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Representatives a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | |
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By: |
/s/ Brian D. Bednarski |
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Name: Brian D. Bednarski |
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Title: Managing Director |
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DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. | |
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By: |
/s/ Ritu Ketkar |
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Name: Ritu Ketkar |
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Title: Managing Director |
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By: |
/s/ John C. McCabe |
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Name: John C. McCabe |
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Title: Managing Director |
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For themselves and as Representatives (the Representatives) of the other Underwriters named herein |
Accepted and agreed:
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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/s/ Jonathan S. Headley |
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Name: Jonathan S. Headley |
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Title: SVP, Treasurer |
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SCHEDULE I
January 8, 2016
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
Gentlemen:
I am Associate General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (Disney), and have acted as such in connection with the issuance and sale by Disney of Medium-Term Notes, Series F, entitled Floating Rate Notes Due 2019 (the Floating Rate Notes), 1.650% Notes Due 2019 (the 2019 Notes), 2.300% Notes Due 2021 (the 2021 Notes), 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the 2026 Notes) and 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (the 2044 Notes and, together with the Floating Rate Notes, 2019 Notes, 2021 Notes and 2026 Notes, the Notes) pursuant to the Terms Agreement, dated January 5, 2016 (the Terms Agreement), between Disney and each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the Underwriters).
This letter is being furnished to you pursuant to the Terms Agreement.
In connection with this letter, I have examined and am familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for this letter, including (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-192690), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on December 6, 2013 (such Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as defined below) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Incorporated Documents)) being hereinafter referred to collectively as the Registration Statement), pertaining to Disneys debt securities and other securities, (b) the Prospectus, dated December 6, 2013 (the Base Prospectus), the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus Supplement) and the Pricing Supplement, dated January 5, 2016 (the Pricing Supplement), relating to the Notes, each of which was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (such Base Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents), Prospectus Supplement and Pricing Supplement being hereinafter referred to collectively as the Prospectus), (c) an executed copy of the Terms Agreement, (d) the Pricing Term Sheet dated January 5, 2016 filed with the Commission as a free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the Floating Rate Notes, 2019 Notes, 2021 Notes and the 2026 Notes (the Combined Term Sheet) and (e) the Pricing Term Sheet dated January 5, 2016 filed with the Commission as a free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the 2044 Notes (together with the Combined Term Sheet, the Term Sheets).
I have made such inquiry of such officers of Disney and its subsidiaries and counsel for Disney and examined such corporate records, certificates of officers of Disney, officers of Disneys subsidiaries and of public officials and such other documents and such questions of law and fact as I
have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this letter. In connection with my participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, Prospectus and the Term Sheets, I have not verified, independently, nor do I pass upon or assume any responsibility for, explicitly or implicitly, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained therein.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, nothing has come to my attention that leads me to believe that (a) the Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement became effective 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, (b) the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time specified in the Terms Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (c) the Prospectus, as of the date of the Terms Agreement or as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that, in each case, I express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Trustees Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. As used in this paragraph, Pricing Disclosure Package means the Base Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents) and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, together with the Term Sheets.
This letter is rendered to you and the Underwriters, in their capacity as Underwriters, in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes, and this letter may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to or relied upon for any other purpose or by any other person without my prior express written permission.
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SCHEDULE II
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-192690
Pricing Term Sheet
January 5, 2016
The Walt Disney Company
Floating Rate Notes Due 2019
1.650% Notes Due 2019
2.300% Notes Due 2021
3.000% Notes Due 2026
This free writing prospectus relates only to the securities of The Walt Disney Company (the Company) described below and should be read together with the Companys prospectus supplement dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus) and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
Issuer: |
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The Walt Disney Company |
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Title of Securities: |
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Floating Rate Notes Due 2019 (the Floating Rate Notes) 1.650% Notes Due 2019 (the 2019 Notes) 2.300% Notes Due 2021 (the 2021 Notes) 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the 2026 Notes)
The 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes and the 2026 Notes are sometimes referred to as the Fixed Rate Notes. The Floating Rate Notes and the Fixed Rate Notes (collectively, the Notes) will be part of a single series of the Companys senior debt securities under the indenture (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series F. The Floating Rate Notes, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes and the 2026 Notes are sometimes referred to, individually, as a tranche of Notes. |
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Trade Date: |
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January 5, 2016 |
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Settlement Date (T+3): |
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January 8, 2016 |
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Use of Proceeds: |
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The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes, which may include among others, the general corporate purposes identified under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Prospectus. |
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Proceeds to the Company: |
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$2,486,178,500 (after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company). |
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Floating Rate Notes |
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Maturity Date: |
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January 8, 2019 |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Offered: |
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$400,000,000 |
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Price to Public (Issue Price): |
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100.000% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 |
Interest Rate: |
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A rate per annum equal to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) plus 32 basis points, accruing from January 8, 2016 and reset quarterly, determined as provided below and in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Redemption: |
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The Floating Rate Notes will not be subject to redemption at the option of the Company. |
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Base Rate**: |
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Plus 32 basis points |
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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 or any such successor service, as the case may be) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars |
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Index Currency**: |
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U.S. dollars |
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Index Maturity**: |
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Quarterly |
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Interest Reset Dates**: |
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Each January 8, April 8, July 8 and October 8, commencing April 8, 2016, subject to adjustment as provided in the Prospectus Supplement if any such date is not a business day (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) |
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The initial interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes, which will be applicable for the period from and including the Settlement Date referred to above to but excluding the interest reset date falling in April 2016, will be a rate per annum equal to LIBOR, determined as of the second London business day (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) preceding such Settlement Date and on the basis of the LIBOR page, index maturity and index currency referred to above, plus the spread referred to above, calculated as provided in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Resetting of Interest Rate: |
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The interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will be reset on each interest reset date, beginning with the interest reset date falling in April 2016, as provided in the Prospectus Supplement and this Pricing Term Sheet. |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
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Interest will be payable quarterly in arrears on each January 8, April 8, July 8 and October 8, commencing on April 8, 2016, subject to adjustment as provided in the Prospectus Supplement if any such date is not a business day, and at maturity. |
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Regular Record Dates: |
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Fifteenth day (whether or not a business day) immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. |
** This term has the meaning set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
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The calculation of the interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will be made by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Any such calculation by the calculation agent shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, the trustee under the indenture and the holders of the Floating Rate Notes, absent manifest error. |
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Other Terms: |
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The Company will not have the option to change the spread or method of calculation of interest on the Floating Rate Notes as described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Description of the NotesSubsequent Interest Periods. |
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Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: |
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0.200% |
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CUSIP No.: |
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ISIN No.: |
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No Additional Amounts or Tax Redemption: |
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The provisions described in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions Description of the Notes Payment of Additional Amounts and Description of the Notes Redemption for Tax Purposes will not apply to the Floating Rate Notes. |
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Form of Floating Rate Notes: |
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The Floating Rate Notes will be issued in the form of one or more global Floating Rate Notes in book-entry form and will be delivered to investors through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its participants, which may include Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., against payment. |
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Currency: |
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The Floating Rate Notes will be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars. |
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The Floating Rate Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and the Company will not be required to repurchase Floating Rate Notes at the option of the holders. The Floating Rate Notes are floating rate notes as defined in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Fixed Rate Notes |
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Maturity Date: |
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2019 Notes: January 8, 2019 2021 Notes: February 12, 2021 2026 Notes: February 13, 2026 |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Offered: |
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2019 Notes: $350,000,000 2021 Notes: $750,000,000 2026 Notes: $1,000,000,000 |
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Benchmark Treasury: |
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2019 Notes: 1.250% due December 15, 2018 2021 Notes: 1.750% due December 31, 2020 2026 Notes: 2.250% due November 15, 2025 |
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Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: |
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2019 Notes: 99-27 ¾; 1.296% 2021 Notes: 100-04+; 1.720% 2026 Notes: 100-01; 2.246% |
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2019 Notes: plus 40 basis points 2021 Notes: plus 60 basis points 2026 Notes: plus 80 basis points |
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Price to Public (Issue Price): |
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2019 Notes: 99.866% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 2021 Notes: 99.903% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 2026 Notes: 99.600% plus accrued interest, if any, from January 8, 2016 |
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Interest Rate: |
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2019 Notes: 1.650% per annum, accruing from January 8, 2016 2021 Notes: 2.300% per annum, accruing from January 8, 2016 2026 Notes: 3.000% per annum, accruing from January 8, 2016 |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
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2019 Notes: Semi-annually on each January 8 and July 8, commencing on July 8, 2016 |
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Regular Record Dates: |
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2019 Notes: June 23 or December 24, as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date 2021 Notes: January 28 or July 28, as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date 2026 Notes: January 29 or July 29, as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date |
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Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: |
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2019 Notes: 0.200% 2021 Notes: 0.350% 2026 Notes: 0.450% |
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CUSIP No.: |
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2019 Notes: 25468PDH6 2021 Notes: 25468PDJ2 2026 Notes: 25468PDK9 |
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2019 Notes: US25468PDH64 2021 Notes: US25468PDJ21 2026 Notes: US25468PDK93 |
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Optional Redemption: |
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The Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time or from time to time prior to their stated maturity, at a redemption price equal to the greater of the following amounts: |
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(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche to be redeemed; or |
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(2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche to be redeemed (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the applicable redemption date) discounted to such redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 5 basis points in the case of the 2019 Notes, 10 basis points in the case of the 2021 Notes or 15 basis points in the case of the 2026 Notes, |
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plus, in the case of both clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche being redeemed to such redemption date. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche that are due and payable on an interest payment date falling on or prior to a redemption date for the Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche will be payable to the registered holders of such Fixed Rate Notes (or one or more predecessor Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche) of record at the close of business on the relevant regular record date, all as provided in the indenture. |
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Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date for the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. |
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The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the applicable redemption date. As used in the preceding sentence and in the definition of Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation below, the term 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. |
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Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any redemption date for the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche, the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Fixed Rate Notes. |
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Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date for the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche, (i) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that redemption date, the average of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations after excluding the highest and lowest of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all of those quotations, or (iii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such quotation. |
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Independent Investment Banker means one of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors appointed by the Company to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or if any such firm is unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. |
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Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any redemption date for the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors; provided that, if any such firm ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer. |
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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date for the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding that redemption date. |
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Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche to be redeemed. If fewer than all of the Fixed Rate Notes of any tranche and all Additional Notes (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement), if any, with the same stated maturity and other terms (other than original issue date, issue price and first payment of interest) as the Fixed Rate Notes of such tranche are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Fixed Rate Notes and Additional Notes, if any, for redemption will be made by the trustee (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) by such method as the trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. |
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Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest on each Fixed Rate Note or portion thereof called for redemption will cease to accrue on the applicable redemption date. |
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No Additional Amounts or Tax Redemption: |
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The provisions described in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions Description of the Notes Payment of Additional Amounts and Description of the Notes Redemption for Tax Purposes will not apply to the Fixed Rate Notes. |
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Form of Fixed Rate Notes: |
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The Fixed Rate Notes of each tranche will be issued in the form of one or more global Fixed Rate Notes in book-entry form and will be delivered to investors through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its participants, which may include Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., against payment. |
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Currency: |
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The Fixed Rate Notes will be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars. |
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The Fixed Rate Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and the Company will not be required to repurchase Fixed Rate Notes at the option of the holders. The Fixed Rate Notes are fixed rate notes as defined in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations: |
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For a discussion of the material United States federal income tax considerations related to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Notes, please see Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations in the Prospectus Supplement, as supplemented by the discussion in the immediately following paragraphs captioned Backup Withholding Rates and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. The Floating Rate Notes will be variable rate debt instruments as described in the Prospectus Supplement under Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations United States Holders Floating Rate Notes. |
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Backup Withholding Rates |
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The backup withholding rate is currently 28% for payments on the Notes (including gross proceeds from a sale of the Notes) that are subject to backup withholding. The backup withholding rate did not increase to 31% for payments made after December 31, 2010. |
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Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act |
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Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (commonly referred to as FATCA), currently apply to payments of interest and will apply to the gross proceeds from the sale or exchange of Notes after December 31, 2018. |
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Joint Bookrunning Managers: |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
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Co-Managers: |
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BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
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Junior Co-Managers: |
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Blaylock Beal Van, LLC Drexel Hamilton, LLC Great Pacific Securities Mischler Financial Group, Inc. |
Concurrent Offering. Concurrently with the offering of the Notes, the Company is offering $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (the Other Notes) pursuant to a separate pricing term sheet. Like the Notes, the Other Notes will also be part of a single series of the Companys senior debt securities under the indenture designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series F. The Company expects that the proceeds it receives from the offering of the Other Notes will be $500,670,000 (excluding pre-issuance accrued interest and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company).
Plan of Distribution. The following information supplements the information appearing under the caption Plan of Distribution in the Prospectus Supplement. Pursuant to a terms agreement dated the date hereof, the joint bookrunning managers, co-managers and junior co-managers (collectively, the underwriters) named above, acting as principal, have severally agreed to purchase the Notes and the Other Notes from the Company. The several obligations of the underwriters to purchase the Notes and the Other Notes are subject to conditions and they are obligated to purchase all
of the Notes and the Other Notes if any are purchased. If an underwriter defaults, the terms agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the terms agreement may be terminated.
The Company estimates that expenses of the offering of the Notes and the Other Notes payable by the Company, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be $1,660,000.
Payments on the Notes. The following information supplements and, to the extent inconsistent, supersedes the information appearing in the seventh paragraph under the caption Description of the Notes General in the Prospectus Supplement. Interest payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any interest payment date for the Notes of any tranche (including any interest payment date falling on the final maturity date or other maturity (as defined below) of such Notes) will be paid to the persons in whose names such Notes (or one or more predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such Notes (whether or not a business day) next preceding such interest payment date. The Notes of each tranche will be issued in the form of one or more global Notes in book-entry form (global Notes) and payments on such global Notes will be made through the trustee to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary for the global Notes. In the event the Company issues Notes of any tranche in definitive form (definitive Notes) in exchange for interests in the global Notes of such tranche under limited circumstances described under Description of the Notes Book-Entry Notes and Information Relating to DTC in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will pay principal due on the final maturity date of each such definitive Note (or on any prior date on which the principal or an installment of principal of such definitive Note becomes due and payable, whether by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise) (each such date, a maturity), upon presentation of such definitive Note at the corporate trust office of the trustee or at any other place designated by the Company. Payment of interest due on definitive Notes of any tranche on any interest payment date for the Notes of such tranche will be made at the corporate trust office or at any other place designated by the Company or, at the Companys option, may be made by check mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled thereto as their addresses may appear in the register of the Notes of such tranche or by wire transfer of immediately available funds 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any interest payment 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 the Companys Medium-Term Notes, Series F in definitive form (whether having identical or different terms and provisions and including definitive Notes) 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.
Canada. The Notes may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.
Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this document (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchasers province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchasers province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.
Pursuant to section 3A.3 (or, in the case of securities issued or guaranteed by the government of a non-Canadian jurisdiction, section 3A.4) of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.
European Economic Area. This free writing prospectus is not a prospectus for purposes of the Prospectus Directive (as defined below) as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area. Neither the Company nor the underwriters have authorized, nor does the Company or the underwriters authorize, the making of any offer of the Notes through any financial intermediary other than offers made by the underwriters which constitute the final placement of
the Notes contemplated in this free writing prospectus. In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each underwriter has severally represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated hereby to the public in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of such Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives of the underwriters for any such offer; or
(c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
provided that no such offer of Notes referred to in (a) through (c) above shall require the Company or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive, or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of Notes to the public in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State.
United Kingdom. Each underwriter severally has represented and agreed that:
· it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and
· it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
Hong Kong. The Notes may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance) or which do not constitute an invitation to the public within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (Securities and Futures Ordinance), or (ii) to professional investors as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a prospectus as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to professional investors in Hong Kong as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder.
Japan. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended), or the FIEA. The Notes may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or
to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan (including any person resident in Japan or any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the FIEA and otherwise in compliance with any relevant laws and regulations of Japan.
Singapore. The Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and this term sheet have not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and this term sheet and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the Notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the SFA)) under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA ) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to conditions set forth in the SFA.
Where the Notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor, the securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation has acquired the Notes under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer in that corporations securities pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore (Regulation 32).
Where the Notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an accredited investor, the beneficiaries rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that trust has acquired the Notes under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer that is made on terms that such rights or interest are acquired at a consideration of not less than S$200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction (whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets), (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32.
The issuer has filed a Registration Statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc. by telephone (toll free) at 1-800-831-9146 or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. by telephone (toll free) at 1-800-503-4611.
SCHEDULE III
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-192690
Pricing Term Sheet
January 5, 2016
The Walt Disney Company
4.125% Global Notes Due 2044
This free writing prospectus relates only to the securities of The Walt Disney Company (the Company) described below and should be read together with the Companys prospectus supplement dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus) and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
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4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (the 2044 Notes or the Notes)
The 2044 Notes offered hereby (the New Notes) constitute an additional issuance of the $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2044 Notes that the Company issued on June 2, 2014 (the Existing Notes), all of which are still outstanding. The New Notes will have the same terms (except for original issue date, issue price, and first payment of interest) and CUSIP number as the Existing Notes, will be fungible with the Existing Notes for United States federal income tax purposes and will constitute Additional Notes (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement). See Description of the Notes Reopening of Issue in the Prospectus Supplement. Upon completion of this offering, a total of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 2044 Notes will be outstanding.
The New Notes will be and the Existing Notes are part of a single series of the Companys senior debt securities under the indenture (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series F. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, references to the 2044 Notes or the Notes include both the New Notes and the Existing Notes. |
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Trade Date: |
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January 5, 2016 |
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Settlement Date (T+3): |
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January 8, 2016 |
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Use of Proceeds: |
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The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes, which may include among others, the general corporate purposes identified under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Prospectus. |
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Proceeds to the Company: |
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$500,670,000 (excluding pre-issuance accrued interest and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company). |
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Maturity Date: |
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June 1, 2044 |
Aggregate Principal Amount of New Notes Offered: |
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$500,000,000 |
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Benchmark Treasury: |
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2.875% due August 15, 2045 |
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Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: |
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97-04+; 3.022% |
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Spread to Benchmark Treasury: |
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Plus 105 basis points |
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Price to Public (Issue Price): |
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100.884% plus accrued interest from and including December 1, 2015 to but excluding the settlement date (totaling $2,119,791.67). |
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Interest Rate: |
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4.125% per annum, accruing from December 1, 2015. |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
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Regular Record Dates: |
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Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: |
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CUSIP No.: |
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ISIN No.: |
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Optional Redemption: |
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The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time or from time to time prior to their stated maturity, at a redemption price equal to the greater of the following amounts: |
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(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or |
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(2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the applicable redemption date) discounted to such redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, |
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plus, in the case of both clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to such redemption date. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on an interest payment date falling on or prior to a redemption date for the Notes will be payable to the registered holders of such Notes (or one or more predecessor Notes) of record at the close of business on the relevant regular record date, all as provided in the indenture. |
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Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. |
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The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the applicable redemption date. As used in the preceding sentence and in the definition of Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation below, the term 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. |
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Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes. |
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Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (i) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that redemption date, the average of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations after excluding the highest and lowest of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all of those quotations, or (iii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such quotation. |
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Independent Investment Banker means one of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and their respective successors appointed by the Company to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or if any such firm is unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. |
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Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and their respective successors; provided that, if any such firm ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer. |
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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date for the Notes, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding that redemption date. |
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Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. If fewer than all of the Existing Notes, all of the New Notes and all other Additional Notes (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement), if any, with the same stated maturity and other terms (other than original issue date, issue price and first payment of interest) as the Existing Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Existing Notes, New Notes and Additional Notes, if any, for redemption will be made by the trustee (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) by such method as the trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. |
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Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest on each Note or portion thereof called for redemption will cease to accrue on the applicable redemption date. |
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Additional Amounts: |
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The provisions described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Description of the Notes Payment of Additional Amounts will apply to the Notes. |
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Tax Redemption: |
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The Company may, at its option, redeem, as a whole but not in part, the Existing Notes, the New Notes and all other 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 the Existing Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date on the other terms and subject to the conditions described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Description of the Notes Redemption for Tax Purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest that are due and payable on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the redemption date of a Note will be payable to the registered holder of such Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) of record at the close of business on the relevant regular record date, all as provided in the indenture. |
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Form of Notes: |
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The New Notes will be issued in the form of one or more global Notes in book-entry form and will be delivered to investors through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the accounts of its participants, which may include Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., against payment. |
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Currency: |
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The New Notes will be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars. |
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Other: |
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The New Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and the Company will not be required to repurchase New Notes at the option of the holders. The New Notes are fixed rate notes as defined in the Prospectus Supplement. |
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Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations: |
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For a discussion of the material United States federal income tax considerations related to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the New Notes, please see Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations in the Prospectus Supplement, as supplemented by the discussion in the immediately following paragraphs captioned Backup Withholding Rates and Amortizable Bond Premium. |
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Backup Withholding Rates |
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The backup withholding rate is currently 28% for payments on the Notes (including gross proceeds from a sale of the Notes) that are subject to backup withholding. The backup withholding rate did not increase to 31% for payments made after December 31, 2010. |
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Qualified Reopening |
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The New Notes will be issued in a qualified reopening of the Existing Notes for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the New Notes will be considered to have the same issue date and issue price as the Existing Notes and will be fungible with the Existing Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. |
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Pre-Issuance Accrued Interest |
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A portion of the amount paid for the New Notes will be allocable to interest that accrued prior to the date the New Notes are purchased. The Company intends to take the position that, on the first interest payment date for the New Notes, a portion of the interest paid on the New Notes in an amount equal to the pre-issuance accrued interest from December 1, 2015 to the settlement date (pre-issuance accrued interest) will be treated as a return of such pre-issuance accrued interest and not as a payment of interest on the New Notes. Amounts treated as a return of pre-issuance accrued interest should not be taxable when received by a United States Holder (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) but should reduce the United States Holders adjusted tax basis in the New Notes by a corresponding amount (in the same manner as would a payment of principal). United States Holders should consult their tax advisors concerning the tax treatment of pre-issuance accrued interest. |
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Amortizable Bond Premium |
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If a United States Holder acquires a New Note for an amount that is greater than the stated principal amount (excluding any amounts attributable to pre-issuance accrued interest) of the New Note, such holder will be considered to have acquired such New Note with amortizable bond premium. Generally, a United States Holder may elect to amortize such bond premium using a constant yield method over the remaining term of the New Note as an offset to interest when includible in income under such holders method of accounting for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. Any such election shall apply to all debt instruments (other than debt instruments the interest on which is excludable from gross income) held at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the election applies or thereafter acquired, and is irrevocable without the consent of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. However, because as described above under Optional Redemption the Notes may be redeemed by the Company prior to maturity for a price that may under certain circumstances be equal to or greater than their principal amount, special rules may affect the amount and timing of the deduction. If a United States Holder elects to amortize bond premium, such holder must reduce their tax basis in the New Notes by the amount of the premium used to offset interest income as set forth above. If a United States Holder does not elect to amortize bond premium, the amount of the premium will decrease the gain or increase the loss otherwise recognized on the disposition of a New Note. United States Holders that acquire a New Note for an amount that is greater than the stated principal amount (excluding any amounts attributable to pre-issuance accrued interest) of the New Note should consult with their tax advisors concerning the tax treatment of amortizable bond premium. |
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Joint Bookrunning Managers: |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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Co-Managers: |
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BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
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Junior Co-Managers: |
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Blaylock Beal Van, LLC |
Concurrent Offering. Concurrently with the offering of the New Notes, the Company is offering $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes Due 2019, $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.650% Notes Due 2019, $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.300% Notes Due 2021 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (collectively, the Other Notes) pursuant to a separate pricing term sheet. Like the Existing Notes and the New Notes, the Other Notes will also be part of a single series of the Companys senior debt securities under the indenture designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series F. The Company expects that the proceeds it receives from the offering of the Other Notes will be $2,486,178,500 (after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company).
Plan of Distribution. The following information supplements the information appearing under the caption Plan of Distribution in the Prospectus Supplement. Pursuant to a terms agreement dated the date hereof, the joint bookrunning managers, co-managers and junior co-managers (collectively, the underwriters) named above, acting as principal,
have severally agreed to purchase the New Notes and the Other Notes from the Company. The several obligations of the underwriters to purchase the New Notes and Other Notes are subject to conditions and they are obligated to purchase all of the New Notes and Other Notes if any are purchased. If an underwriter defaults, the terms agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the terms agreement may be terminated.
The Company estimates that expenses of the offering of the New Notes and the Other Notes payable by the Company, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be $1,660,000.
As used under the captions Canada, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore below, references to the Notes mean the New Notes.
Canada. The Notes may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.
Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this document (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchasers province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchasers province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.
Pursuant to section 3A.3 (or, in the case of securities issued or guaranteed by the government of a non-Canadian jurisdiction, section 3A.4) of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.
European Economic Area. This free writing prospectus is not a prospectus for purposes of the Prospectus Directive (as defined below) as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area. Neither the Company nor the underwriters have authorized, nor does the Company or the underwriters authorize, the making of any offer of the Notes through any financial intermediary other than offers made by the underwriters which constitute the final placement of the Notes contemplated in this free writing prospectus. In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each underwriter has severally represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated hereby to the public in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of such Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives of the underwriters for any such offer; or
(c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
provided that no such offer of Notes referred to in (a) through (c) above shall require the Company or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive, or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of Notes to the public in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State.
United Kingdom. Each underwriter severally has represented and agreed that:
· it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and
· it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
Hong Kong. The Notes may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance) or which do not constitute an invitation to the public within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (Securities and Futures Ordinance), or (ii) to professional investors as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a prospectus as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to professional investors in Hong Kong as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made thereunder.
Japan. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended), or the FIEA. The Notes may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan (including any person resident in Japan or any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the FIEA and otherwise in compliance with any relevant laws and regulations of Japan.
Singapore. The Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and this term sheet have not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and this term sheet and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the Notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the SFA)) under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA ) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to conditions set forth in the SFA.
Where the Notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor, the securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation shall not be transferable for 6
months after that corporation has acquired the Notes under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer in that corporations securities pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore (Regulation 32).
Where the Notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an accredited investor, the beneficiaries rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that trust has acquired the Notes under Section 275 of the SFA except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA), (2) where such transfer arises from an offer that is made on terms that such rights or interest are acquired at a consideration of not less than S$200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction (whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets), (3) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer, (4) where the transfer is by operation of law, (5) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA, or (6) as specified in Regulation 32.
The issuer has filed a Registration Statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc. by telephone (toll free) at 1-800-831-9146 or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. by telephone (toll free) at 1-800-503-4611.
Exhibit 4.1
REGISTERED |
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NO. FLR- |
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CUSIP: 25468PDG8 |
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ISIN: US25468PDG81 |
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Common Code: 134368381 |
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: January 8, 2016 MATURITY DATE: January 8, 2019 INITIAL MATURITY DATE (for Renewable Notes): FINAL MATURITY DATE (for Renewable Notes): INITIAL INTEREST RATE: 0.94010% BASE RATE OR RATES: o COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE x LIBOR LIBOR Page: x 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 or any such successor service, as the case may be) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. dollars o Other (specify): Index Currency (specify): U.S. dollars o CD RATE o FEDERAL FUNDS RATE o Federal Funds (Effective) Rate o Federal Funds Open Rate o Federal Funds Target Rate o TREASURY RATE o PRIME RATE o CMT RATE o Reuters Page FRBCMT o Reuters Page FEDCMT o If Reuters Page FEDCMT: o 1 Week o 1 Month o ELEVENTH DISTRICT COST OF FUNDS RATE o EURIBOR o OTHER: INDEX MATURITY: o 1 Month x 3 Months o 6 Months o 1 Year SPREAD: Plus 32 basis points (Indicate plus or minus and number of basis points) SPREAD MULTIPLIER: Not applicable |
ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE: 100.000%
EARLIEST REDEMPTION DATE: This Note is not subject to optional redemption.
REDEMPTION PRICE:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each January 8, April 8, July 8 and October 8, commencing on April 8, 2016, subject to adjustment as provided herein if any such date is not a Business Day (as defined herein)
REGULAR RECORD DATES: Fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date
INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD: o Monthly x Quarterly o Semiannually o Annually
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS: This Note is not subject to the payment of Additional Amounts.
INTEREST RESET PERIOD: o Daily o Weekly o Monthly x Quarterly o Semiannually o Annually
INTEREST RESET DATES: Each January 8, April 8, July 8 and October 8, commencing on April 8, 2016, subject to adjustment as provided herein if any such date is not a Business Day |
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MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: Not applicable |
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MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: Not applicable
Renewable Note: x No o Yes |
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Dated: January 8, 2016
TRUSTEES 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 |
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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 (as specified above) 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 applicable Interest Determination Date (as defined below). 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 specified above and at Maturity 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 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. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (including any Interest Payment Date falling on the Maturity Date specified above or other Maturity) 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 defined below)), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. If the Maturity of this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day with respect to this Note, the payment of principal and interest due at Maturity may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with respect to this Note, 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 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 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 due on this Note on any Interest Payment Date 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 Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment 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 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 F (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 and terms 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.
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 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 immediately preceding day that is a Business Day with respect to this Note. If any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date occurring on the Maturity 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 applicable Index Currency specified above) 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 Index 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 Index 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 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 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 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.
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, 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:
(1) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Index Currency specified above 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.
(2) If the rate referred to in subparagraph (1) above does not appear on the LIBOR Page by 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be determined as follows: the Calculation Agent will select (after consultation with the Company) four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market and will request the principal London office of each of those four selected banks to provide the Calculation Agent with such banks quotation of the rate at which deposits in the Index Currency specified above having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. 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 (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 specified Index Currency to leading European banks having the specified Index Maturity, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, and in a principal 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) 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 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.
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 or any such successor service, as the case may be) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency.
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 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 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 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, 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 recognized 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 banks 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 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). 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 affiliates 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. 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 revocation may not be made during the period from and including a Regular 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 Date. 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, is the date by which the applicable interest rate must be calculated and 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 or, in certain cases, automatically may become, 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 Indenture 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 and terms, 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. References herein to the principal of any Notes mean the principal thereof plus premium, if any.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Note 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.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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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.
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INTEREST RATE: 1.650% per annum |
MATURITY DATE: January 8, 2019 |
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EARLIEST REDEMPTION DATE: January 8, 2016 |
ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE: 99.866% |
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INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each January 8 and July 8, commencing July 8, 2016 |
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TRUSTEES 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
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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, commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date and thereafter on the Interest Payment Dates specified above and at Maturity, 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 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 (including any Interest Payment Date falling on the Maturity Date specified above or other Maturity) 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. 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 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 due on this Note on any Interest Payment Date 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 Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment 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 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 F (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 and terms 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 set forth in the next succeeding paragraph.
This Note may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date specified above, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of the following amounts:
(1) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed; or
(2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on this Note to be redeemed (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the applicable Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 5 basis points,
plus, in the case of both clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of this Note being redeemed to such Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on this Note whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to a Redemption Date for this Note will be payable to the Holder of this 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. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the applicable Redemption Date. As used in the preceding sentence and in the definition of Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation below, the term 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.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of this Note that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of this Note.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, (i) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, the average of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations after excluding the highest and lowest of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all of those quotations, or (iii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such quotation.
Independent Investment Banker means one of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors appointed by the Company to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or if any such firm is unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors; provided that, if any such firm ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for this Note, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding that Redemption Date.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, interest on this Note or portion hereof called for redemption will cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption Date.
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 (if any) 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 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 (if
any) 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 this Note, all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Interest Rate, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity, Interest Rate and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes and Additional Notes, if any, for redemption will be made by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. If this Note is to be redeemed in part, this Note must be redeemed in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in principal amount in excess thereof; provided that the unredeemed portion of this Note must be an authorized denomination.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of like tenor and terms 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 or, in certain cases, automatically may become, 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 Indenture 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 and terms, 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. References herein to the principal of any Notes mean the principal thereof plus premium, if any.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Note 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.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (Cust.) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
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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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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.
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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 4.3
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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: January 8, 2016 |
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INTEREST RATE: 2.300% per annum |
MATURITY DATE: February 12, 2021 |
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ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE: 99.903% |
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INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each February 12 and August 12, commencing August 12, 2016 |
Date: January 8, 2016
TRUSTEES 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, commencing with the Interest Payment Date falling on August 12, 2016, and thereafter on the Interest Payment Dates specified above and at Maturity, 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 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 (including any Interest Payment Date falling on the Maturity Date specified above or other Maturity) 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. 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 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 due on this Note on any Interest Payment Date 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 Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment 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 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 F (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 and terms 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 set forth in the next succeeding paragraph.
This Note may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date specified above, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of the following amounts:
(1) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed; or
(2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on this Note to be redeemed (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the applicable Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 10 basis points,
plus, in the case of both clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of this Note being redeemed to such Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on this Note whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to a Redemption Date for this Note will be payable to the Holder of this 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. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the applicable Redemption Date. As used in the preceding sentence and in the definition of Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation below, the term 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.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of this Note that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of this Note.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, (i) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, the average of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations after excluding the highest and lowest of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all of those quotations, or (iii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such quotation.
Independent Investment Banker means one of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors appointed by the Company to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or if any such firm is unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors; provided that, if any such firm ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for this Note, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding that Redemption Date.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, interest on this Note or portion hereof called for redemption will cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption Date.
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 (if any) 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 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 (if
any) 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 this Note, all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Interest Rate, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity, Interest Rate and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes and Additional Notes, if any, for redemption will be made by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. If this Note is to be redeemed in part, this Note must be redeemed in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in principal amount in excess thereof; provided that the unredeemed portion of this Note must be an authorized denomination.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of like tenor and terms 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 or, in certain cases, automatically may become, 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 Indenture 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 and terms, 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. References herein to the principal of any Notes mean the principal thereof plus premium, if any.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Note 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.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties JT TEN as joint tenants with right |
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UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (Cust.) (Minor) Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (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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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.
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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 4.4
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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.
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INTEREST RATE: 3.000% per annum |
MATURITY DATE: February 13, 2026 |
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EARLIEST REDEMPTION DATE: January 8, 2016 |
ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE: 99.600% |
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INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each February 13 and August 13, commencing August 13, 2016 |
Date: January 8, 2016
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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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, commencing with the Interest Payment Date falling on August 13, 2016, and thereafter on the Interest Payment Dates specified above and at Maturity, 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 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 (including any Interest Payment Date falling on the Maturity Date specified above or other Maturity) 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. 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 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 due on this Note on any Interest Payment Date 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 Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will make payments of interest on any Interest Payment 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 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 F (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 and terms 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 set forth in the next succeeding paragraph.
This Note may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date specified above, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of the following amounts:
(1) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed; or
(2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on this Note to be redeemed (not including any portion of any payments of interest accrued to the applicable Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points,
plus, in the case of both clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of this Note being redeemed to such Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on this Note whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to a Redemption Date for this Note will be payable to the Holder of this 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. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the applicable Redemption Date. As used in the preceding sentence and in the definition of Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation below, the term 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.
Comparable Treasury Issue means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of this Note that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of this Note.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, (i) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, the average of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations after excluding the highest and lowest of those Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all of those quotations, or (iii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such quotation.
Independent Investment Banker means one of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors appointed by the Company to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time, or if any such firm is unwilling or unable to serve in that capacity, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means, with respect to any Redemption Date for this Note, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and their respective successors; provided that, if any such firm ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for this Note, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding that Redemption Date.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, interest on this Note or portion hereof called for redemption will cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption Date.
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 (if any) 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 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 (if
any) 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 this Note, all other Notes with the same Original Issue Date, Interest Rate, Stated Maturity and other terms as this Note and all Additional Notes, if any, with the same Stated Maturity, Interest Rate and other terms (other than Original Issue Date, issue price and first payment of interest) as this Note are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes and Additional Notes, if any, for redemption will be made by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. If this Note is to be redeemed in part, this Note must be redeemed in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in principal amount in excess thereof; provided that the unredeemed portion of this Note must be an authorized denomination.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of like tenor and terms 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 or, in certain cases, automatically may become, 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 Indenture 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 and terms, 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. References herein to the principal of any Notes mean the principal thereof plus premium, if any.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Walt Disney Company has caused this Note 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.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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Exhibit 5.1
January 7, 2016
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with (i) the proposed issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys Floating Rate Notes Due 2019 (the Floating Rate Notes), $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 1.650% Notes Due 2019 (the 2019 Notes), $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.300% Notes Due 2021 (the 2021 Notes) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.000% Notes Due 2026 (the 2026 Notes) and (ii) the proposed additional issuance and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.125% Global Notes Due 2044 (the 2044 Notes, and together with the Floating Rate Notes, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes and the 2026 Notes, the Notes), pursuant to the Pricing Supplement No. 3, dated January 5, 2016 (the Pricing Supplement), supplementing (i) the prospectus supplement dated December 6, 2013 (the Prospectus Supplement) and (ii) the prospectus dated December 6, 2013 (the Base Prospectus) that forms part of the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-192690) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by the Company (the Registration Statement). As used in this letter, the term Prospectus means, collectively, the Pricing Supplement, Prospectus Supplement and Base Prospectus. The Notes are to be issued under a Senior Debt Securities Indenture dated as of September 24, 2001 (the Indenture) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
We have examined (i) the Prospectus, (ii) the Registration Statement, (iii) the Indenture, (iv) the forms of the Notes, (v) the executed Terms Agreement dated as of January 5, 2016 among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Representatives of the Underwriters named therein, (vi) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as currently in effect, (vii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company as currently in effect, (viii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to, among other things, the Registration Statement, the securities to be sold thereunder and the Indenture (the Board Resolutions), and (ix) officers certificates executed by duly authorized officers of the Company establishing the terms of the Notes pursuant to the Board Resolutions. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies, or as retrieved from the SECs EDGAR database, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee. In making our examination of documents executed by parties other than the Company, we have assumed that such parties had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all their obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and
delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently established or verified by us, we have, with your consent, relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
The Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms when the Notes shall have been duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture and the Board Resolutions and shall have been duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor.
The foregoing opinion as to enforceability of obligations of the Company is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, and by 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 may include a covenant of good faith and fair dealing and apply concepts of reasonableness and materiality).
Members of our firm are admitted to the Bar in the State of New York and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as in effect on the date hereof. We disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of these sources of law or subsequent legal or factual developments which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement, and to all references to our firm included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the related rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ White & Case LLP
WHITE & CASE LLP