Pricing Supplement No. 5 Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)
Dated July 9, 1996 Registration File No. 33-64275
(To Prospectus dated May 23, 1996 and Registration File No. 33-55159
Prospectus Supplement dated July 8, 1996)
$200,000,000
UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A
Principal amount: $25,000,000 Floating Rate Notes: N/A
Interest Rate (if fixed rate): 7.95% Interest rate basis: N/A
Stated Maturity: July 12, 2006 Commercial Paper Rate
Specified Currency: U.S. $ Prime Rate
Applicable Exchange Rate (if any): LIBOR
U.S. $1.00 = N/A Treasury Rate
Issue price (as a percentage of CD Rate
principal amount): 100% Federal Funds Rate
Selling Agent's commission (%): 0.625% Other:
Purchasing Agent's discount Index Maturity: N/A
or commission (%): N/A Spread: N/A
Net proceeds to the Company (%): 99.375% Spread Multiplier: N/A
Settlement date (original Maximum Rate: N/A
issue date): July 12, 1996 Minimum Rate: N/A
Redemption Commencement Initial Interest Rate: N/A
Date (if any): N/A Interest Reset Date(s): N/A
Calculation Date(s): N/A
Interest Payment Date(s): A/S
Regular Record Date(s): N/A
Redemption prices (if any): The Redemption Price shall initially be N/A
% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed and shall decline (but
not below par) on each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by N/A %
of the principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of
such principal amount.
If such Notes are denominated in other than U.S. dollars, the applicable
Foreign Currency Supplement is attached hereto.
Additional terms: N/A
As of the date of this Pricing Supplement, the aggregate initial public
offering price (or its equivalent in other currencies) of the Debt Securities
(as defined in the Prospectus) which have been sold (including the Notes to
which the Pricing Supplement relates) is $125,000,000.
"N/A" as used herein means "Not Applicable." "A/S" as used herein means
"As stated in the Prospectus Supplement referred to above."
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 23, 1996)
$200,000,000
[LOGO]
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") may offer from time to
time up to $200,000,000 aggregate initial offering price, or the equivalent
thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies, of its Medium-Term Notes
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue (the "Notes"). Such aggregate initial
offering price is subject to reduction as a result of the sale by the Company of
other Offered Securities described in the accompanying Prospectus. Each Note
will mature on any day nine months or more from the date of issue, as specified
in the applicable pricing supplement hereto (each, a "Pricing Supplement"), and
may be subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the
option of the Holder thereof, in each case, in whole or in part, prior to its
Stated Maturity Date, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. In
addition, each Note may be denominated and/or payable in United States dollars
or a foreign or composite currency, as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. The Notes, other than Foreign Currency Notes, will be issued in
minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, while Foreign Currency Notes
will be issued in the minimum denominations specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Notes will
bear interest at fixed rates ("Fixed Rate Notes") or at floating rates
("Floating Rate Notes"). The applicable Pricing Supplement will specify whether
a Floating Rate Note is a Regular Floating Rate Note, a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate
Note or an Inverse Floating Rate Note and whether the rate of interest thereon
is determined by reference to one or more of the CD Rate, the CMT Rate, the
Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, the Federal
Funds Rate, LIBOR, the Prime Rate or the Treasury Rate (each, an "Interest Rate
Basis"), or any other interest rate basis or formula, as adjusted by any Spread
and/or Spread Multiplier. Interest on each Floating Rate Note will accrue from
its date of issue and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, will be payable monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually in
arrears, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, and on the Maturity
Date. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the rate
of interest on each Floating Rate Note will be reset daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly, semiannually or annually, as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. Interest on each Fixed Rate Note will accrue from its date of issue
and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, will be
payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year and on the
Maturity Date. Notes may also be issued that do not bear any interest currently
or that bear interest at a below market rate. See "Description of Notes."
The interest rate, or formula for the determination of the interest rate,
if any, applicable to each Note and the other variable terms thereof will be
established by the Company on the date of issue of such Note and will be
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Interest rates or formulas and
other terms of Notes are subject to change by the Company, but no change will
affect any Note already issued or as to which an offer to purchase has been
accepted by the Company.
Each Note will be issued in fully registered book-entry form (a "Book-Entry
Note") or in certificated form (a "Certificated Note"), as specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. Each Book-Entry Note will be represented by one
or more fully registered global securities (the "Global Securities") deposited
with or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary") and
registered in the name of the Depositary or the Depositary's nominee. Interests
in the Global Securities will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be
effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary (with respect to its
participants) and the Depositary's participants (with respect to beneficial
owners).
SEE "RISK FACTORS" COMMENCING ON PAGE S-2 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN RISKS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES OFFERED
HEREBY.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, THE PROSPECTUS OR
ANY SUPPLEMENT HERETO. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED THE
MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
UNLAWFUL.
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PRICE TO AGENTS' DISCOUNTS PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC (1) AND COMMISSIONS (1)(2) COMPANY (1)(3)
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Per Note.......................... 100% .125%-.750% 99.875%-99.250%
Total(4).......................... $200,000,000 $250,000-$1,500,000 $199,750,000-$198,500,000
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(1) Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. (the "Agents") may
purchase Notes, as principal, from the Company, for resale to investors and
other purchasers at varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at
the time of resale as determined by the applicable Agent, or, if so
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, for resale at a fixed
offering price. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, any Note sold to an Agent as principal will be purchased by such
Agent at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof less a
percentage of the principal amount equal to the commission applicable to an
agency sale (as described below) of a Note of identical maturity. If agreed
to by the Company and an Agent, such Agent may utilize its reasonable
efforts on an agency basis to solicit offers to purchase the Notes at 100%
of the principal amount thereof, unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. The Company will pay a commission to the
applicable Agent, ranging from .125% to .750% of the principal amount of a
Note, depending upon its stated maturity, sold through such Agent.
Commissions with respect to Notes with stated maturities in excess of 30
years that are sold through an Agent will be negotiated between the Company
and such Agent at the time of such sale. See "Plan of Distribution."
(2) The Company has agreed to indemnify the Agents against, and to provide
contribution with respect to, certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. See "Plan of Distribution."
(3) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $350,000.
(4) Or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies.
The Notes are being offered on a continuous basis by the Company to or
through the Agents. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange and there
can be no assurance that the Notes offered hereby will be sold or that there
will be a secondary market for the Notes or that there will be liquidity in such
market if one develops. The Company reserves the right to cancel or modify the
offer made hereby without notice. The Company or an Agent, if it solicits the
offer on an agency basis, may reject any offer to purchase Notes in whole or in
part. See "Plan of Distribution."
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
ALEX. BROWN & SONS
INCORPORATED
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
J.P. MORGAN & CO.
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is July 8, 1996.
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IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFERING OF NOTES PURCHASED BY ONE OR MORE AGENTS AS
PRINCIPAL ON A FIXED OFFERING PRICE BASIS, SUCH AGENT(S) MAY OVER-ALLOT OR
EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF NOTES AT A
LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH
STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
RISK FACTORS
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DOES NOT DESCRIBE ALL OF THE RISKS OF AN
INVESTMENT IN NOTES THAT RESULT FROM SUCH NOTES BEING DENOMINATED OR PAYABLE IN
OR DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO A CURRENCY OR COMPOSITE CURRENCY OTHER THAN UNITED
STATES DOLLARS OR TO ONE OR MORE INTEREST RATE, CURRENCY OR OTHER INDICES OR
FORMULAS. THE COMPANY AND THE AGENTS DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS OF SUCH RISKS AS THEY EXIST AT THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR AS THEY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD
CONSULT THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVISORS AS TO THE RISKS ENTAILED BY AN
INVESTMENT IN SUCH NOTES AND THE SUITABILITY OF INVESTING IN SUCH NOTES IN LIGHT
OF THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. SUCH NOTES ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT
FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE UNSOPHISTICATED WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN CURRENCY
TRANSACTIONS OR TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE APPLICABLE INTEREST RATE OR CURRENCY
INDEX OR OTHER INDICES OR FORMULAS.
STRUCTURE RISKS
An investment in Notes indexed, as to principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest, if any, to one or more interest rate, currency (including exchange
rates and swap indices between currencies or composite currencies) or other
indices or formulas, either directly or inversely, entails significant risks
that are not associated with similar investments in a conventional fixed rate or
floating rate debt security. Such risks include, without limitation, the
possibility that such indices or formulas may be subject to significant changes,
that no interest will be payable or payable at a rate lower than one applicable
to a conventional fixed rate or floating rate debt security issued by the
Company at the same time, that the repayment of principal and/or premium, if
any, may occur at times other than that expected by the investor, and that the
investor could lose all or a substantial portion of principal and/or premium, if
any, payable on the Maturity Date (as defined under "Description of
Notes -- General"). Such risks depend on a number of interrelated factors,
including economic, financial and political events, over which the Company has
no control. Additionally, if the formula used to determine the amount of
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, payable with respect to
such Notes contains a multiplier or leverage factor, the effect of any change in
the applicable index or indices or formula or formulas will be magnified. In
recent years, values of certain indices and formulas have been highly volatile
and such volatility may be expected to continue in the future. Fluctuations in
the value of any particular index or formula that have occurred in the past are
not necessarily indicative, however, of fluctuations that may occur in the
future.
Any optional redemption feature of Notes might affect the market value of
such Notes. Since the Company may be expected to redeem such Notes when
prevailing interest rates are relatively low, an investor generally will not be
able to reinvest the redemption proceeds at an effective interest rate as high
as the interest rate on such Notes.
The Notes will not have an established trading market when issued, and
there can be no assurance of a secondary market for the Notes or the liquidity
of such market if one develops. See "Plan of Distribution."
The secondary market for Notes will be affected by a number of factors
independent of the creditworthiness of the Company and the value of the
applicable index or indices or formula or formulas, including the complexity and
volatility of each such index or formula, the method of calculating the
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, in respect of such Notes,
the time remaining to the maturity of such Notes, the outstanding amount of such
Notes, any redemption features of such Notes, the amount of other debt
securities linked to such index or formula and the level, direction and
volatility of market interest rates generally. Such factors also will affect the
market value of such Notes. In addition, certain Notes may be designed for
specific investment objectives or strategies and, therefore, may have a more
limited secondary market and experience more price volatility than conventional
debt securities. Investors may not be able to sell such Notes readily or at
prices that will enable investors to realize their anticipated yield. No
investor should purchase Notes unless such investor understands and is able to
bear the risk that such Notes may not be readily saleable, that the value of
such Notes will fluctuate over time and that such fluctuations may be
significant.
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EXCHANGE RATES AND EXCHANGE CONTROLS
An investment in Foreign Currency Notes (as defined under "Description of
Notes -- General") entails significant risks that are not associated with a
similar investment in a debt security denominated and payable in United States
dollars. Such risks include, without limitation, the possibility of significant
changes in the rate of exchange between the United States dollar and the
Specified Currency (as defined under "Description of Notes -- General") and the
possibility of the imposition or modification of exchange controls by the
applicable governments or monetary authorities. Such risks generally depend on
factors over which the Company has no control, such as economic, financial and
political events and the supply and demand for the applicable currencies or
composite currencies. In addition, if the formula used to determine the amount
of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, payable with respect to
Foreign Currency Notes contains a multiplier or leverage factor, the effect of
any change in the applicable currencies or composite currencies will be
magnified. In recent years, rates of exchange between the United States dollar
and foreign currencies or composite currencies have been highly volatile and
such volatility may be expected to continue in the future. Fluctuations in any
particular exchange rate that have occurred in the past are not necessarily
indicative, however, of fluctuations that may occur in the future. Depreciation
of the Specified Currency applicable to a Foreign Currency Note against the
United States dollar would result in a decrease in the United States
dollar-equivalent yield of such Foreign Currency Note, in the United States
dollar-equivalent value of the principal and premium, if any, payable on the
Maturity Date of such Foreign Currency Note, and, generally, in the United
States dollar-equivalent market value of such Foreign Currency Note.
Governments or monetary authorities have imposed from time to time, and may
in the future impose or revise, exchange controls at or prior to the date on
which any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on,
a Foreign Currency Note is due, which could affect exchange rates as well as the
availability of the Specified Currency on such date. Even if there are no
exchange controls, it is possible that the Specified Currency would not be
available on the applicable payment date due to other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company. In such cases, the Company will be entitled to satisfy
its obligations in respect of such Foreign Currency Note in United States
dollars. See "Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency
Notes -- Availability of Specified Currency."
CREDIT RATINGS
Any credit ratings assigned to the Company's medium-term note program may
not reflect the potential impact of all risks related to structure and other
factors on the value of the Notes. Accordingly, prospective investors should
consult their own financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed by an
investment in the Notes and the suitability of investing in such Notes in light
of their particular circumstances.
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The Notes will be issued as a series of Debt Securities under an Indenture,
dated as of November 1, 1995, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the
"Indenture"), between the Company and First Union National Bank of Virginia, as
trustee (the "Trustee"). The Indenture is subject to, and governed by, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The following summary of certain provisions
of the Notes and the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the actual provisions of the Notes and the
Indenture. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the accompanying Prospectus, the Notes or the Indenture, as the
case may be. The term "Debt Securities," as used in this Prospectus Supplement,
refers to all debt securities, including the Notes, issued and issuable from
time to time under the Indenture. The following description of Notes will apply
to each Note offered hereby unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
GENERAL
All Debt Securities, including the Notes, issued and to be issued under the
Indenture will be unsecured general obligations of the Company and will rank
pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the
Company from time to time outstanding. The Indenture does not limit the
aggregate initial offering price of Debt Securities that may be issued
thereunder and Debt Securities may be issued thereunder from time to time in one
or more series up to the aggregate initial offering price from time to time
authorized by the Company for each series. The Company may, from time to time,
without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, provide for the issuance of
Notes or other Debt Securities under the Indenture in addition to the
$200,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of Notes offered hereby.
The Notes are currently limited to up to $200,000,000 aggregate initial
offering price, or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite
currencies. The Notes will be offered on a continuous basis and will mature on
any day nine
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months or more from their dates of issue (each, a "Stated Maturity Date"), as
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest-bearing Notes will either be Fixed
Rate Notes or Floating Rate Notes, as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. Notes may also be issued that do not bear any interest currently or
that bear interest at a below market rate.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes
will be denominated in, and payments of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest, if any, will be made in, United States dollars. The Notes also may be
denominated in, and payments of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if
any, may be made in, one or more foreign currencies or composite currencies
("Foreign Currency Notes"). See "Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency
Notes -- Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest, if any." The
currency or composite currency in which a Note is denominated, whether United
States dollars or otherwise, is herein referred to as the "Specified Currency."
References herein to "United States dollars," "U.S. dollars" or "$" are to the
lawful currency of the United States of America (the "United States").
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, purchasers
are required to pay for the Notes in the applicable Specified Currencies. At the
present time, there are limited facilities in the United States for the
conversion of United States dollars into foreign currencies or composite
currencies and vice versa, and commercial banks do not generally offer
non-United States dollar checking or savings account facilities in the United
States. The applicable Agent is prepared to arrange for the conversion of United
States dollars into the Specified Currency in which the related Foreign Currency
Note is denominated in order to enable the purchaser to pay for such Foreign
Currency Note, provided that a request is made to such Agent on or prior to the
fifth Business Day (as hereinafter defined) preceding the date of delivery of
such Foreign Currency Note, or by such other day as determined by such Agent.
Each such conversion will be made by such Agent on such terms and subject to
such conditions, limitations and charges as such Agent may from time to time
establish in accordance with its regular foreign exchange practices. All costs
of exchange will be borne by the purchaser of each such Foreign Currency Note.
See "Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency Notes."
Interest rates or yields offered by the Company with respect to the Notes
may differ depending upon, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of
Notes purchased in any single transaction. Notes with similar variable terms but
different interest rates or yields, as well as Notes with different variable
terms, may be offered concurrently to different investors. Interest rates or
formulas and other terms of Notes are subject to change by the Company from time
to time, but no such change will affect any Note already issued or as to which
an offer to purchase has been accepted by the Company.
Each Note will be issued in fully registered form as a Book-Entry Note or a
Certificated Note. The authorized denominations of each Note other than a
Foreign Currency Note will be $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, while the authorized
denominations of each Foreign Currency Note will be specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement.
Payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on,
Book-Entry Notes will be made in immediately available funds by the Company
through the Trustee to the Depositary. See " -- Book-Entry Notes." In the case
of Certificated Notes, payment of principal and premium, if any, due on the
Stated Maturity Date or any prior date on which the principal, or an installment
of principal, of each Certificated Note becomes due and payable, whether by the
declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption at the option of the Company,
notice of the Holder's option to elect repayment or otherwise (the Stated
Maturity Date or such prior date, as the case may be, is herein referred to as
the "Maturity Date" with respect to the principal of the applicable Note
repayable on such date) will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender thereof (and, in the case of any repayment on an
Optional Repayment Date, upon submission of a duly completed election form in
accordance with the provisions described below) at the office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, currently the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at
First Union National Bank, 40 Broad Street, Suite 550, New York, New York 10004.
Payment of interest, if any, due on the Maturity Date of each Certificated Note
will be made to the person to whom payment of the principal and premium, if any,
shall be made. Payment of interest, if any, due on each Certificated Note on any
Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) other than the Maturity Date will
be made by check mailed to the address of the Holder entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register of the Company. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Holder of $10,000,000 (or, if the applicable Specified Currency
is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in such Specified
Currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes (whether
having identical or different terms and provisions) will be entitled to receive
interest payments, if any, on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity
Date 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 such Interest Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions
received by the
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Trustee shall remain in effect until revoked by such Holder. For special payment
terms applicable to Foreign Currency Notes, see "Special Provisions Relating to
Foreign Currency Notes -- Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest,
if any."
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The
City of New York; provided, however, that, with respect to Foreign Currency
Notes, such day is also not a day on which banking institutions are authorized
or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal
Financial Center (as hereinafter defined) of the country issuing the Specified
Currency (or, in the case of European Currency Units ("ECU"), such day is also
not a day that appears as an ECU non-settlement day on the display designated as
"ISDE" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or is not a day designated as
an ECU non-settlement day by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU
non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and are not so designated), is
not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be settled in the international
interbank market); provided, further, that, with respect to Notes as to which
LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, such day is also a London Business
Day (as hereinafter defined). "London Business Day" means (i) if the Index
Currency (as hereinafter defined) is other than ECU, a day on which dealings in
such Index Currency are transacted in the London interbank market or (ii) if the
Index Currency is ECU, a day that does not appear as an ECU non-settlement day
on the display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service
(or is not a day designated as an ECU non-settlement day by the ECU Banking
Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and are
not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be settled in
the international interbank market.
"Principal Financial Center" means the capital city of the country issuing
the Specified Currency or, solely with respect to the calculation of LIBOR, the
Index Currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian
dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, Italian lire, Swiss francs and ECUs,
the Principal Financial Center shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt,
Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and Luxembourg, respectively.
Book-Entry Notes may be transferred or exchanged only through the
Depositary. See " -- Book-Entry Notes." Registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificated Notes will be made at the office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. No
service charge will be made by the Company or the Trustee for any such
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to the
Indenture not involving any transfer).
REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes
will not be subject to any sinking fund. The Notes will be redeemable at the
option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity Date only if an Initial
Redemption Date is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If so
specified, the Notes will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company
on any date on and after the applicable Initial Redemption Date in whole or from
time to time in part in increments of $1,000 or such other minimum denomination
specified in such Pricing Supplement (provided that any remaining principal
amount thereof shall be at least $1,000 or such minimum denomination), at the
applicable Redemption Price (as hereinafter defined), together with unpaid
interest accrued to the date of redemption, on notice given not more than 60 nor
less than 30 calendar days prior to the date of redemption and in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture. "Redemption Price," with respect to a
Note, means an amount equal to the Initial Redemption Percentage specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption
Percentage Reduction, if applicable) multiplied by the unpaid principal amount
to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption Percentage, if any, applicable to a Note
shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by an amount
equal to the applicable Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, until
the Redemption Price is equal to 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be
redeemed. See also " -- Original Issue Discount Notes."
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
The Notes will be repayable by the Company at the option of the Holders
thereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date only if one or more Optional Repayment
Dates are specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If so specified, the
Notes will be subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof on any
Optional Repayment Date in whole or from time to time in part in increments of
$1,000 or such other minimum denomination specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement (provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at
least $1,000 or such other minimum denomination), at a repayment price equal to
100% of the unpaid principal amount to be repaid, together with unpaid interest
accrued to the date of repayment. For any Note to be repaid, such Note must be
received, together with the form thereon entitled "Option to Elect
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Repayment" duly completed, by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office (or such
other address of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders)
not more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the date of repayment.
Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder will be irrevocable. See also
" -- Original Issue Discount Notes."
Only the Depositary may exercise the repayment option in respect of Global
Securities representing Book-Entry Notes. Accordingly, Beneficial Owners (as
hereinafter defined) of Global Securities that desire to have all or any portion
of the Book-Entry Notes represented by such Global Securities repaid must
instruct the Participant (as hereinafter defined) through which they own their
interest to direct the Depositary to exercise the repayment option on their
behalf by delivering the related Global Security and duly completed election
form to the Trustee as aforesaid. In order to ensure that such Global Security
and election form are received by the Trustee on a particular day, the
applicable Beneficial Owner must so instruct the Participant through which it
owns its interest before such Participant's deadline for accepting instructions
for that day. Different firms may have different deadlines for accepting
instructions from their customers. Accordingly, Beneficial Owners should consult
the Participants through which they own their interest for the respective
deadlines for such Participants. All instructions given to Participants from
Beneficial Owners of Global Securities relating to the option to elect repayment
shall be irrevocable. In addition, at the time such instructions are given, each
such Beneficial Owner shall cause the Participant through which it owns its
interest to transfer such Beneficial Owner's interest in the Global Security or
Securities representing the related Book-Entry Notes, on the Depositary's
records, to the Trustee. See " -- Book-Entry Notes."
If applicable, the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
any other securities laws or regulations in connection with any such repayment.
The Company may at any time purchase Notes at any price or prices in the
open market or otherwise. Notes so purchased by the Company may, at the
discretion of the Company, be held, resold or surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
INTEREST
GENERAL
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, each
interest-bearing Note will bear interest from its date of issue at the rate per
annum, in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, or pursuant to the interest rate
formula, in the case of a Floating Rate Note, in each case as specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, until the principal thereof is paid or duly made
available for payment. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, interest payments in respect of Fixed Rate Notes and Floating Rate
Notes will equal the amount of interest accrued from and including the
immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has
been paid or duly made available for payment (or from and including the date of
issue, if no interest has been paid or duly made available for payment) to but
excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case
may be (each, an "Interest Period").
Interest on Fixed Rate Notes and Floating Rate Notes will be payable in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the first payment of interest on
any such Note originally issued between a Record Date (as hereinafter defined)
and the related Interest Payment Date will be made on the Interest Payment Date
immediately following the next succeeding Record Date to the Holder on such next
succeeding Record Date. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, a "Record Date" shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not
a Business Day) immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
FIXED RATE NOTES
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest
on Fixed Rate Notes will be payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each,
an "Interest Payment Date") and on the Maturity Date. Unless otherwise specified
in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date of a Fixed Rate Note
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business
Day as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on
such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding Business Day.
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FLOATING RATE NOTES
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Floating
Rate Notes will be issued as described below. The applicable Pricing Supplement
will specify certain terms with respect to which each Floating Rate Note is
being delivered, including: whether such Floating Rate Note is a "Regular
Floating Rate Note," a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note" or an "Inverse Floating
Rate Note," the Fixed Rate Commencement Date, if applicable, Fixed Interest
Rate, if applicable, Interest Rate Basis or Bases, Initial Interest Rate, if
any, Initial Interest Reset Date, Interest Reset Period and Dates, Interest
Payment Period and Dates, Index Maturity, Maximum Interest Rate and/or Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, and Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as such
terms are defined below. If one or more of the applicable Interest Rate Bases is
LIBOR or the CMT Rate, the applicable Pricing Supplement will also specify the
Index Currency and Designated LIBOR Page or the Designated CMT Maturity Index
and Designated CMT Telerate Page, respectively, as such terms are defined below.
The interest rate borne by the Floating Rate Notes will be determined as
follows:
(i) Unless such Floating Rate Note is designated as a "Floating
Rate/Fixed Rate Note" or an "Inverse Floating Rate Note", or as having an
Addendum attached or having "Other/Additional Provisions" apply, in each
case relating to a different interest rate formula, such Floating Rate Note
will be designated as a "Regular Floating Rate Note" and, except as
described below or in the applicable Pricing Supplement, will bear interest
at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis
or Bases (a) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (b)
multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the
Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on such Regular
Floating Rate Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest
Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the
period, if any, from the date of issue to the Initial Interest Reset Date
will be the Initial Interest Rate.
(ii) If such Floating Rate Note is designated as a "Floating
Rate/Fixed Rate Note," then, except as described below or in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, such Floating Rate Note will bear interest at the rate
determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a)
plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the
applicable Spread Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the Initial Interest
Reset Date, the rate at which interest on such Floating Rate/Fixed Rate
Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date;
provided, however, that (y) the interest rate in effect for the period, if
any, from the date of issue to the Initial Interest Reset Date will be the
Initial Interest Rate and (z) the interest rate in effect for the period
commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date to the Maturity Date shall
be the Fixed Interest Rate, if such rate is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is specified, the
interest rate in effect thereon on the day immediately preceding the Fixed
Rate Commencement Date.
(iii) If such Floating Rate Note is designated as an "Inverse Floating
Rate Note," then, except as described below or in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, such Floating Rate Note will bear interest at the Fixed
Interest Rate minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable
Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if
any, and/or (b) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the interest rate thereon will not be less than zero.
Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest
on such Inverse Floating Rate Note shall be payable shall be reset as of
each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in
effect for the period, if any, from the date of issue to the Initial
Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.
The "Spread" is the number of basis points to be added to or subtracted
from the related Interest Rate Basis or Bases applicable to such Floating Rate
Note. The "Spread Multiplier" is the percentage of the related Interest Rate
Basis or Bases applicable to such Floating Rate Note by which such Interest Rate
Basis or Bases will be multiplied to determine the applicable interest rate on
such Floating Rate Note. The "Index Maturity" is the period to maturity of the
instrument or obligation with respect to which the related Interest Rate Basis
or Bases will be calculated.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
interest rate with respect to each Interest Rate Basis will be determined in
accordance with the applicable provisions below. Except as set forth above or in
the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest rate in effect on each day shall
be (i) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of
the Interest Determination Date (as hereinafter defined) immediately preceding
such Interest Reset Date or (ii) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the
interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately
preceding the most recent Interest Reset Date.
Interest on Floating Rate Notes will be determined by reference to the
applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases, which may, as described
below, include (i) the CD Rate, (ii) the CMT Rate, (iii) the Commercial Paper
Rate, (iv) the
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Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, (v) the Federal Funds Rate, (vi) LIBOR,
(vii) the Prime Rate, (viii) the Treasury Rate, or (ix) such other Interest Rate
Basis or interest rate formula as may be specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect on a Floating
Rate Note for the period, if any, from the date of issue to the Initial Interest
Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate; provided, further, that with
respect to a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note the interest rate in effect for the
period commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date to the Maturity Date shall
be the Fixed Interest Rate, if such rate is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is specified, the interest rate in
effect thereon on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement
Date.
The applicable Pricing Supplement will specify whether the rate of interest
on the related Floating Rate Note will be reset daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly, semiannually or annually or on such other specified basis (each, an
"Interest Reset Period") and the dates on which such rate of interest will be
reset (each, an "Interest Reset Date"). Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Reset Dates will be, in the case of
Floating Rate Notes which reset: (i) daily, each Business Day; (ii) weekly, the
Wednesday of each week (with the exception of weekly reset Floating Rate Notes
as to which the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, which will
reset the Tuesday of each week, except as described below); (iii) monthly, the
third Wednesday of each month (with the exception of monthly reset Floating Rate
Notes as to which the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate is an applicable
Interest Rate Basis, which will reset on the first calendar day of the month);
(iv) quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of
each year; (v) semiannually, the third Wednesday of the two months specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement; and (vi) annually, the third Wednesday of the
month specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however, that,
with respect to Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Notes, the rate of interest thereon
will not reset after the applicable Fixed Rate Commencement Date. If any
Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is
not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next
succeeding Business Day, except that in the case of a Floating Rate Note as to
which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in
the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date will be the
immediately preceding Business Day. In addition, in the case of a Floating Rate
Note as to which the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and the
Interest Determination Date would otherwise fall on an Interest Reset Date, then
such Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day.
The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period commencing on
the related Interest Reset Date will be the rate determined as of the applicable
Interest Determination Date and calculated on or prior to the Calculation Date
(as hereinafter defined), except with respect to LIBOR and the Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate, which will be calculated on such Interest Determination
Date. The "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT
Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate and the Prime Rate will
be the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset
Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate will be the last working day of the month immediately
preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank
of San Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the Index (as
hereinafter defined); and the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to
LIBOR will be the second London Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Reset Date, unless the Index Currency is British pounds
sterling, in which case the "Interest Determination Date" will be the applicable
Interest Reset Date. With respect to the Treasury Rate, the "Interest
Determination Date" will be the day in the week in which the applicable Interest
Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills (as hereinafter defined) are
normally auctioned (Treasury Bills are normally sold at an auction held on
Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the
auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that such auction may
be held on the preceding Friday); provided, however, that if an auction is held
on the Friday of the week preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date, the
Interest Determination Date will be such preceding Friday. The "Interest
Determination Date" pertaining to a Floating Rate Note the interest rate of
which is determined by reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases will be the
most recent Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the
applicable Interest Reset Date for such Floating Rate Note on which each
Interest Rate Basis is determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis will be determined
as of such date, and the applicable interest rate will take effect on the
applicable Interest Reset Date.
A Floating Rate Note may also have either or both of the following: (i) a
Maximum Interest Rate, or ceiling, that may accrue during any Interest Period
and (ii) a Minimum Interest Rate, or floor, that may accrue during any Interest
Period. In addition to any Maximum Interest Rate that may apply to any Floating
Rate Note, the interest rate on Floating Rate Notes will in no event be higher
than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by
United States law of general application.
Except as provided below or in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest
will be payable, in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset: (i) daily,
weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third
Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year, as specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement; (ii) quarterly, on the third
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Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; (iii)
semiannually, on the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement; and (iv) annually, on the third Wednesday of
the month of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (each, an
"Interest Payment Date") and, in each case, on the Maturity Date. If any
Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date for any Floating Rate Note
would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date
will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that in the case
of a Floating Rate Note as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis
and such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest
Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity
Date of a Floating Rate Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the
next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date such payment was due, and no
interest will accrue on such payment for the period from and after the Maturity
Date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on Floating Rate Notes will
be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with
five-one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (E.G., 9.876545% (or
.09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all amounts used in
or resulting from such calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, in
the case of United States dollars, to the nearest cent or, in the case of a
foreign currency or composite currency, to the nearest unit (with one-half cent
or unit being rounded upwards).
With respect to each Floating Rate Note, accrued interest is calculated by
multiplying its principal amount by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued
interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each
day in the applicable Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for each such day will be
computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the
case of Floating Rate Notes for which an applicable Interest Rate Basis is the
CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate,
the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or the Prime Rate, or by the actual number of days
in the year in the case of Floating Rate Notes for which an applicable Interest
Rate Basis is the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate. Unless otherwise specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for Floating Rate Notes
for which the interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more Interest
Rate Bases will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only one
of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied as specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, First
Union National Bank of Virginia will be the "Calculation Agent." Upon request of
the Holder of any Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent will disclose the
interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate that will
become effective as a result of a determination made for the next succeeding
Interest Reset Date with respect to such Floating Rate Note. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Calculation Date," if
applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date will be the earlier of
(i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if such
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day or (ii) the Business
Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Calculation Agent shall determine each Interest Rate Basis in accordance with
the following provisions.
CD RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"CD Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a
Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to
the CD Rate (a "CD Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate on such date for
negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit having the Index
Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release
H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates" or any successor publication ("H.15(519)")
under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)," or, if not published by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its daily statistical
release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or any
successor publication ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Certificates
of Deposit." If such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite
Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date,
then the CD Rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date 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 Rate Interest
Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable United States
dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for negotiable United
States dollar certificates of deposit of major
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United States money center banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a
remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement in an amount that is representative for a single transaction
in that market at that time; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected
by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the CD
Rate determined as of such CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be the CD
Rate in effect on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date.
CMT RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"CMT Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a
Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference to
the CMT Rate (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate displayed on
the Designated CMT Telerate Page under the caption "...Treasury Constant
Maturities...Federal Reserve Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45
P.M.," under the column for the Designated CMT Maturity Index for (i) if the
Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the
weekly or monthly average, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
for the week or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week
or the month, as applicable, in which the related CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date falls. If such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant
page or is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the Designated CMT
Maturity Index as published in H.15(519). If such rate is no longer published or
is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be
such treasury constant maturity rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index (or
other United States Treasury rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the
CMT Rate Interest Determination Date with respect to such Interest Reset Date as
may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation
Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the
Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in H.15(519). If such information is
not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date,
then the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated
by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the
arithmetic mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date reported, according to their written records, by three
leading primary United States government securities dealers (each, a "Reference
Dealer") in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five
such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation
with the Company, and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of
equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of
equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable
fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with an original
maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term
to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index minus one year.
If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three such Treasury Note
quotations, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity based on the
arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices as of approximately
3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of
three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from five such Reference
Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company,
and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years
that is the next highest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining
term to maturity closest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount
of at least $100 million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference
Dealers are quoting as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the
arithmetic mean of the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the
lowest of such quotes will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than
three Reference Dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
mentioned herein, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described
in the second preceding sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close
to the Designated CMT Maturity Index, the Calculation Agent will obtain
quotations for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Jones Telerate
Service (or any successor service) on the page specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement (or any other page as may replace such page on such service)
for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in
H.15(519). If no such page is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052 for the most recent week.
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"Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity of
the U.S. Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30 years)
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement with respect to which the CMT
Rate will be calculated. If no such maturity is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the Designated CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, "Commercial Paper Rate" means, with respect to any Interest
Determination Date relating to a Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate
is determined with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate (a "Commercial Paper
Rate Interest Determination Date"), the Money Market Yield (as hereinafter
defined) on such date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519) under
the heading "Commercial Paper." In the event that such rate is not published by
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the
Commercial Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the Money Market Yield of the rate for commercial paper having the Index
Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in
Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial Paper" (with an Index
Maturity of one month or three months being deemed to be equivalent to an Index
Maturity of 30 days or 90 days, respectively). If such rate is not yet published
in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the related Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate on such Commercial
Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered
rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper
Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper in
The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with
the Company, for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating
is "AA" , or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Commercial
Paper Rate determined as of such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination
Date will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Rate
Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated
in accordance with the following formula:
D x 360
Money Market Yield = ------------
360 - (D x M) x 100
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.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT COST OF FUNDS RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, "Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate" means,
with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a Floating Rate Note
for which the interest rate is determined with reference to the Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate (an "Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date"), the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost of
funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date falls, as set
forth under the caption "11th District" on Telerate Page 7058 as of 11:00 A.M.,
San Francisco time, on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 7058 on such
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, then the
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the monthly weighted average cost of
funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank
District that was most recently announced (the "Index") by the FHLB of San
Francisco as such cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding
such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. If the
FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce the Index on or prior to such Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for the calendar month
immediately preceding such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate determined as of
such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be
the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in effect on such Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
FEDERAL FUNDS RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, "Federal Funds Rate" means, with respect to any Interest
Determination Date relating to a Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate
is determined with reference to the Federal Funds Rate (a "Federal Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date"), the rate on such date for United States dollar
federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds
(Effective)" or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If such rate is not published in either
H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the
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Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will
be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds
arranged by three leading brokers of federal funds transactions in The City of
New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company,
prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal
Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date
will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date.
LIBOR. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"LIBOR" means the rate determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) With respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a
Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined with reference
to LIBOR (a "LIBOR Interest Determination Date"), LIBOR will be either: (a)
if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page by
its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case such single rate
shall be used) for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity
specified in such Pricing Supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest
Reset Date, that appear (or, if only a single rate is required as
aforesaid, appears) on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate"
is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement or if neither "LIBOR
Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement as the method for calculating LIBOR, the rate for deposits in
the Index Currency having the Index Maturity specified in such Pricing
Supplement, commencing on such Interest Reset Date, that appears on the
Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date. If fewer than two such offered rates so appear, or if
no such rate so appears, as applicable, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date will be determined in accordance with the provisions
described in clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may
be, on the Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the
Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of each of four
major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the
Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, to provide the
Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Index
Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to
prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M.,
London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Index
Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are
so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be
the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations
are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will
be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., in
the applicable Principal Financial Center, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date by three major banks in such Principal Financial Center
selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for
loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks, having the Index
Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in a principal
amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Index
Currency in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks
so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date
will be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
"Index Currency" means the currency or composite currency specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement as to which LIBOR shall be calculated. If no such
currency or composite currency is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the Index Currency shall be United States dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the display on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates
Service (or any successor service) on the page specified in such Pricing
Supplement (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) for the
purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the
applicable Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement or neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the method for calculating
LIBOR, the display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service (or any successor service)
on the page specified in such Pricing Supplement (or any other page as may
replace such page on such service) for the purpose of displaying the London
interbank rates of major banks for the applicable Index Currency.
PRIME RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, "Prime Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date
relating to a Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined with
reference to the
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Prime Rate (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate on such date
as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading "Bank Prime Loan." If
such rate is not published prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of
the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on the
Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page (as hereinafter defined) as such bank's prime rate
or base lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date. If fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page
for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Prime Rate shall be
the arithmetic mean of the prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number
of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on
such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by four major money center banks in
The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with
the Company. If fewer than four such quotations are so provided, then the Prime
Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of four prime rates quoted on the basis of the
actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of
business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as furnished in The City
of New York by the major money center banks, if any, that have provided such
quotations and by a reasonable number of substitute banks or trust companies to
obtain four such prime rate quotations, provided such substitute banks or trust
companies are organized and doing business under the laws of the United States,
or any State thereof, each having total equity capital of at least $500 million
and being subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority,
selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, to
provide such rate or rates; provided, however, that if the banks or trust
companies so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date.
"Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page" means the display on the Reuter Monitor
Money Rates Service (or any successor service) on the "USPRIME1" page (or such
other page as may replace the USPRIME1 page on such service) for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks.
TREASURY RATE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Determination
Date relating to a Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate is determined
by reference to the Treasury Rate (a "Treasury Rate Interest Determination
Date"), the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date (the "Auction") of direct obligations of the United States
("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury
Bills-auction average (investment)" or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, the auction average rate of such
Treasury Bills (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) as otherwise announced by
the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of
the Auction of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement are not reported as provided by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held,
then the Treasury Rate will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a
yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365
or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean
of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City
time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading
primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation
Agent, after consultation with the Company, for the issue of Treasury Bills with
a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury
Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.
OTHER/ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS; ADDENDUM
Any provisions with respect to the Notes, including the specification and
determination of one or more Interest Rate Bases, the calculation of the
interest rate applicable to a Floating Rate Note, the Interest Payment Dates,
the Maturity Date or any other term relating thereto, may be modified and/or
supplemented as specified under "Other/Additional Provisions" on the face
thereof or in an Addendum relating thereto, if so specified on the face thereof.
Such provisions will be described in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
AMORTIZING NOTES
The Company may from time to time offer Amortizing Notes. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on each Amortizing Note
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Payments with respect to Amortizing Notes will be applied first to interest due
and payable thereon and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount
thereof. Further information concerning additional terms and provisions of
Amortizing Notes
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will be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, including a table
setting forth repayment information for such Amortizing Notes.
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTES
The Company may offer Notes ("Original Issue Discount Notes") from time to
time that have an Issue Price (as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement) that is less than 100% of the principal amount thereof (i.e. par).
Original Issue Discount Notes may not bear any interest currently or may bear
interest at a rate that is below market rates at the time of issuance. The
difference between the Issue Price of an Original Issue Discount Note and par is
referred to herein as the "Discount." In the event of redemption, repayment or
acceleration of maturity of an Original Issue Discount Note, the amount payable
to the Holder of such Original Issue Discount Note will be equal to the sum of
(i) the Issue Price (increased by any accruals of Discount) and, in the event of
any redemption of such Original Issue Discount Note (if applicable), multiplied
by the Initial Redemption Percentage specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if
applicable) and (ii) any unpaid interest on such Original Issue Discount Note
accrued from the date of issue to the date of such redemption, repayment or
acceleration of maturity, as the case may be.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, for
purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of any date
on which a redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity occurs for an
Original Issue Discount Note, such Discount will be accrued using a constant
yield method. The constant yield will be calculated using a 30-day month,
360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial
Period (as hereinafter defined), corresponds to the shortest period between
Interest Payment Dates for the applicable Original Issue Discount Note (with
ratable accruals within a compounding period), a coupon rate equal to the
initial coupon rate applicable to such Original Issue Discount Note and an
assumption that the maturity of such Original Issue Discount Note will not be
accelerated. If the period from the date of issue to the initial Interest
Payment Date for an Original Issue Discount Note (the "Initial Period") is
shorter than the compounding period for such Original Issue Discount Note, a
proportionate amount of the yield for an entire compounding period will be
accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than the compounding period, then such
period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a short period with
the short period being treated as provided in the preceding sentence. The
accrual of the applicable Discount may differ from the accrual of original issue
discount for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), certain Original Issue Discount Notes may not be treated as having
original issue discount within the meaning of the Code, and Notes other than
Original Issue Discount Notes may be treated as issued with original issue
discount for federal income tax purposes. See "Certain United States Federal
Income Tax Considerations" herein.
INDEXED NOTES
Notes may be issued with the amount of principal, premium and/or interest
payable in respect thereof to be determined with reference to the price or
prices of specified commodities or stocks, to the exchange rate of one or more
designated currencies (including a composite currency such as the ECU) relative
to an indexed currency or to other price(s) or exchange rate(s) ("Indexed
Notes"), in each case as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. In
certain cases, Holders of Indexed Notes may receive a principal payment on the
Maturity Date that is greater than or less than the principal amount of such
Indexed Notes depending upon the relative value on the Maturity Date of the
specified indexed item. Information as to the method for determining the amount
of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, payable in respect of
Indexed Notes, certain historical information with respect to the specified
indexed item and any material tax considerations associated with an investment
in Indexed Notes will be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. See
also "Risk Factors."
BOOK-ENTRY NOTES
The Company has established a depositary arrangement with The Depository
Trust Company with respect to the Book-Entry Notes, the terms of which are
summarized below. Any additional or differing terms of the depositary
arrangement with respect to the Book-Entry Notes will be described in the
applicable Pricing Supplement.
Upon issuance, all Book-Entry Notes up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount bearing interest (if any) at the same rate or pursuant to the same
formula and having the same date of issue, Specified Currency, Interest Payment
Dates (if any), Stated Maturity Date, redemption provisions (if any), repayment
provisions (if any) and other terms will be represented by a single Global
Security. Each Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and will be registered in the name of the
Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. No Global Security may be transferred
except as a whole by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another
nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or such nominee to a successor
of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
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So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of a
Global Security, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be the
sole Holder of the Book-Entry Notes represented thereby for all purposes under
the Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Beneficial
Owners of the Global Security or Securities representing Book-Entry Notes will
not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes and will not
be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture, and no
Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes shall be exchangeable or
transferable. Accordingly, each Beneficial Owner must rely on the procedures of
the Depositary and, if such Beneficial Owner is not a Participant, on the
procedures of the Participant through which such Beneficial Owner owns its
interest in order to exercise any rights of a Holder under such Global Security
or the Indenture. The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers
of securities take physical delivery of such securities in certificated form.
Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial
interests in a Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, each
Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes will be exchangeable for
Certificated Notes of like tenor and terms and of differing authorized
denominations aggregating a like principal amount, only if (i) the Depositary
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for the Global Securities or if the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to
appoint a successor to the Depositary within 90 days thereafter, (ii) the
Company in its sole discretion determines that all of the Global Securities
shall be exchangeable for Certificated Notes or (iii) there has occurred and is
continuing an Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes and
Beneficial Owners representing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes advise the Depositary to cease acting in such capacity with respect to
the Global Securities. Upon any such exchange, the Certificated Notes shall be
registered in the names of the Beneficial Owners of the Global Security or
Securities representing Book-Entry Notes, which names shall be provided by the
Depositary's relevant Participants (as identified by the Depositary) to the
Trustee.
The following is based on information furnished by the Depositary:
The Depositary will act as securities depository for the Book-Entry
Notes. The Book-Entry Notes will be issued as fully registered securities
registered in the name of Cede & Co. (the Depositary's partnership
nominee). One fully registered Global Security will be issued for each
issue of Book-Entry Notes, each in the aggregate principal amount of such
issue, and will be deposited with the Depositary. If, however, the
aggregate principal amount of any issue exceeds $200,000,000, one Global
Security will be issued with respect to each $200,000,000 of principal
amount and an additional Global Security will be issued with respect to any
remaining principal amount of such issue.
The Depositary is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the
New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the
New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing
corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code,
and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Exchange Act. The Depositary holds securities that its
participants ("Participants") deposit with the Depositary. The Depositary
also facilitates the settlement among Participants of securities
transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities
through electronic computerized book-entry changes in Participants'
accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. Direct Participants of the Depositary ("Direct Participants")
include securities brokers and dealers (including the Agent), banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. The
Depositary is owned by a number of its Direct Participants and by the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the Depositary's
system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers,
banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly
("Indirect Participants"). The rules applicable to the Depositary and its
Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Purchases of Book-Entry Notes under the Depositary's system must be
made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for
such Book-Entry Notes on the Depositary's records. The ownership interest
of each actual purchaser of each Book-Entry Note represented by a Global
Security ("Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded on the records of
Direct Participants and Indirect Participants. Beneficial Owners will not
receive written confirmation from the Depositary of their purchase, but
Beneficial Owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing
details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their
holdings, from the Direct Participants or Indirect Participants through
which such Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of
ownership interests in a Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes are
to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Participants acting on
behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners of a Global Security
representing Book-Entry Notes will not
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receive Certificated Notes representing their ownership interests therein,
except in the event that use of the book-entry system for such Book-Entry
Notes is discontinued.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Global Securities representing
Book-Entry Notes which are deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary
are registered in the name of the Depositary's nominee, Cede & Co. The
deposit of Global Securities with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and
their registration in the name of Cede & Co. effect no change in beneficial
ownership. The Depositary has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners
of the Global Securities representing the Book-Entry Notes; the
Depositary's records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants
to whose accounts such Book-Entry Notes are credited, which may or may not
be the Beneficial Owners. The Participants will remain responsible for
keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by the Depositary to
Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and
by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will
be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or
regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
Neither the Depositary nor Cede & Co. will consent or vote with
respect to the Global Securities representing the Book-Entry Notes. Under
its usual procedures, the Depositary mails an Omnibus Proxy to the Company
as soon as possible after the applicable record date. The Omnibus Proxy
assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct
Participants to whose accounts the Book-Entry Notes are credited on the
applicable record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus
Proxy).
Principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, payments on the
Global Securities representing the Book-Entry Notes will be made in
immediately available funds to the Depositary. The Depositary's practice is
to credit Direct Participants' accounts on the applicable payment date in
accordance with their respective holdings shown on the Depositary's records
unless the Depositary has reason to believe that it will not receive
payment on such date. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be
governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case
with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or
registered in "street name", and will be the responsibility of such
Participant and not of the Depositary, the Trustee or the Company, subject
to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time
to time. Payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, to
the Depositary is the responsibility of the Company or the Trustee,
disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants shall be the
responsibility of the Depositary, and disbursement of such payments to the
Beneficial Owners shall be the responsibility of Direct Participants and
Indirect Participants.
If applicable, redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less
than all of the Book-Entry Notes within an issue are being redeemed, the
Depositary's practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of
each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.
A Beneficial Owner shall give notice of any option to elect to have
its Book-Entry Notes repaid by the Company, through its Participant, to the
Trustee, and shall effect delivery of such Book-Entry Notes by causing the
Direct Participant to transfer the Participant's interest in the Global
Security or Securities representing such Book-Entry Notes, on the
Depositary's records, to the Trustee. The requirement for physical delivery
of Book-Entry Notes in connection with a demand for repayment will be
deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the Global Security or
Securities representing such Book-Entry Notes are transferred by Direct
Participants on the Depositary's records.
The Depositary may discontinue providing its services as securities
depository with respect to the Book-Entry Notes at any time by giving
reasonable notice to the Company or the Trustee. Under such circumstances,
in the event that a successor securities depository is not obtained,
Certificated Notes are required to be printed and delivered.
The Company may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry
transfers through the Depositary (or a successor securities depository). In
that event, Certificated Notes will be printed and delivered.
The information in this section concerning the Depositary and the
Depositary's system has been obtained from sources that the Company believes to
be reliable, but the Company takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES
GENERAL
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Foreign
Currency Notes will not be sold in, or to residents of, the country issuing the
applicable currency. The information set forth in this Prospectus Supplement is
directed to prospective purchasers who are United States residents and, with
respect to Foreign Currency Notes, is by necessity incomplete. The Company
disclaims any responsibility to advise prospective purchasers who are residents
of countries other than the United States with respect to any matters that may
affect the purchase, holding or receipt of payments of principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Foreign Currency Notes. Such
persons should consult their own financial and legal advisors with regard to
such matters. See "Risk Factors -- Exchange Rates and Exchange Controls."
PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST, IF ANY
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Company is obligated to make payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on, Foreign Currency Notes in the applicable Specified
Currency (or, if such Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or
currency of the country which issued such Specified Currency as at the time of
such payment is legal tender for the payment of such debts). Any such amounts
payable by the Company in the Specified Currency will, unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, be converted by the exchange
rate agent named in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the "Exchange Rate
Agent") into United States dollars for payment to Holders. However, the Holder
of a Foreign Currency Note may elect to receive such amounts payable in the
Specified Currency as hereinafter described.
Any United States dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign
Currency Note will be based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York
received by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date from
three recognized foreign exchange dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate
Agent) selected by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company for the
purchase by the quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for United States
dollars for settlement on such payment date in the aggregate amount of such
Specified Currency payable to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to
receive United States dollar payments and at which the applicable dealer commits
to execute a contract. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the Holders
of such Foreign Currency Notes by deductions from such payments. If three such
bid quotations are not available, payments will be made in the Specified
Currency.
Holders of Foreign Currency Notes may elect to receive all or a specified
portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any,
in the Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to
the Trustee at its corporate trust office in The City of New York on or prior to
the applicable Record Date or at least fifteen calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed or hand
delivered or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission.
Holders of Foreign Currency Notes may elect to receive all or a specified
portion of all future payments in the Specified Currency and need not file a
separate election for each payment. Such election will remain in effect until
revoked by written notice to the Trustee, but written notice of any such
revocation must be received by the Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record
Date or at least fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case
may be. Holders of Foreign Currency Notes to be held in the name of a broker or
nominee should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether and how an
election to receive payments in the Specified Currency may be made.
Payments of the principal of, and premium, if any, and/or interest, if any,
on, Foreign Currency Notes which are to be made in United States dollars will be
made in the manner specified herein with respect to Notes denominated in United
States dollars. See "Description of Notes -- General." Payments of interest, if
any, on Foreign Currency Notes which are to be made in the Specified Currency on
an Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date will be made by check
mailed to the address of the Holders of such Foreign Currency Notes as they
appear in the Security Register, subject to the right to receive such interest
payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds under the circumstances
described under "Description of Notes -- General." Payments of principal of, and
premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, on, Foreign Currency Notes which are
to be made in the Specified Currency on the Maturity Date will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated at
least fifteen calendar days prior to the Maturity Date by each Holder thereof,
provided that such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and that the
applicable Foreign Currency Note is presented and surrendered at the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee in time for the Trustee to make such
payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.
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Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, if the
Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, a Beneficial Owner of
the related Global Security or Securities which elects to receive payments of
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, in the Specified Currency
must notify the Participant through which it owns its interest on or prior to
the applicable Record Date or at least fifteen calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be, of such Beneficial Owner's election. Such
Participant must notify the Depositary of such election on or prior to the third
Business Day after such Record Date or at least twelve calendar days prior to
the Maturity Date, as the case may be, and the Depositary will notify the
Trustee of such election on or prior to the fifth Business Day after such Record
Date or at least ten calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may
be. If complete instructions are received by the Participant from the Beneficial
Owner and forwarded by the Participant to the Depositary, and by the Depositary
to the Trustee, on or prior to such dates, then such Beneficial Owner will
receive payments in the applicable foreign currency or composite currency.
AVAILABILITY OF SPECIFIED CURRENCY
If the Specified Currency for a Foreign Currency Note is not available for
the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, due
to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control
of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the
Holder of such Foreign Currency Note by making such payment in United States
dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day
prior to such payment or, if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on
the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
If payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note is required to be made in
any composite currency, and such composite currency is unavailable due to the
imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the
Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder
of such Foreign Currency Note by making such payment in United States dollars.
The amount of each payment in United States dollars shall be computed by the
Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent of the composite currency in
United States dollars. The component currencies of the composite currency for
this purpose (collectively, the "Component Currencies" and each, a "Component
Currency") shall be the currency amounts that were components of the composite
currency as of the last day on which the composite currency was used. The
equivalent of the composite currency in United States dollars shall be
calculated by aggregating the United States dollar equivalents of the Component
Currencies. The United States dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the
most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency,
or as otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of
those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is
divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component
Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies, the
sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original Component Currency.
The "Market Exchange Rate" for a currency or composite currency other than
United States dollars means the noon dollar buying rate in The City of New York
for cable transfers for such currency or composite currency as certified for
customs purposes by (or if not so certified, as otherwise determined by) the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made in United States dollars
under such circumstances where the required payment is in a currency or
composite currency other than United States dollars will not constitute an Event
of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes.
All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall
be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holders of the Foreign Currency
Notes.
GOVERNING LAW; JUDGMENTS
The Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is uncertain, however, whether under current
Virginia law a state court in the Commonwealth of Virginia rendering a judgment
in respect of a Foreign Currency Note would render such judgment in the
Specified Currency, and, if such judgment is rendered in the Specified Currency,
whether such judgment would be converted into United States dollars at the
exchange rate prevailing on the date of default, on the date of entry of such
judgment or on the date of satisfaction of such judgment. Accordingly, the
Holder of such Foreign Currency Note would be subject to exchange rate
fluctuations between the time a
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Virginia state court judgment rendered in the Specified Currency is entered and
the time as of when the Specified Currency is converted into United States
dollars. Furthermore, it is not certain what rules and procedures a non-Virginia
state court would follow with respect to conversions of foreign currency
judgments.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following summary of certain United States federal income tax
consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes is based
upon laws, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions now in effect, all of
which are subject to change (including changes with retroactive effective dates)
or possible differing interpretations. The summary addresses only Notes held as
capital assets and does not purport to deal with persons in special tax
situations, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, regulated
investment companies, dealers in securities or currencies, persons holding Notes
as a hedge against currency risks or as a position in a "straddle" for tax
purposes, or persons whose functional currency is not the United States dollar.
It also does not deal with holders other than original purchasers (except where
otherwise specifically noted). Persons considering the purchase of the Notes
should consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of United
States federal income tax laws to their particular situations as well as any
consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes arising
under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
As used herein, the term "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of a Note
that is for United States federal income tax purposes (i) a citizen or resident
of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political
subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source or (iv) any other
person whose income or gain in respect of a Note is effectively connected with
the conduct of a United States trade or business. As used herein, the term
"non-U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of a Note that is not a U.S. Holder.
U.S. HOLDERS
PAYMENTS OF INTEREST
Payments of interest on a Note generally will be taxable to a U.S. Holder
as ordinary interest income at the time such payments are accrued or are
received (in accordance with the U.S. Holder's regular method of tax
accounting).
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
The following summary is a general discussion of the United States federal
income tax consequences to U.S. Holders of the purchase, ownership and
disposition of Notes issued with original issue discount ("Discount Notes"). The
following summary is based upon final Treasury regulations (the "OID
Regulations") released by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") on January 27,
1994, and June 11, 1996, under the original issue discount provisions of the
Code.
For United States federal income tax purposes, original issue discount is
the excess of the stated redemption price at maturity of a Note over its issue
price, if such excess equals or exceeds a DE MINIMIS amount (generally 1/4 of 1%
of the Note's stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of
complete years to its maturity from its issue date or, in the case of a Note
providing for the payment of any amount other than qualified stated interest (as
hereinafter defined) prior to maturity, multiplied by the weighted average
maturity of such Note). The issue price of each Note in an issue of Notes equals
the first price at which a substantial amount of such Notes has been sold
(ignoring sales to bond houses, brokers, or similar persons or organizations
acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents, or wholesalers). The
stated redemption price at maturity of a Note is the sum of all payments
provided by the Note other than "qualified stated interest" payments. The term
"qualified stated interest" generally means stated interest that is
unconditionally payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the
issuer) at least annually at a single fixed rate. In addition, under the OID
Regulations, if a Note bears interest for one or more accrual periods at a rate
below the rate applicable for the remaining term of such Note (E.G., Notes with
teaser rates or interest holidays), and if the greater of either the resulting
foregone interest on such Note or any "true" discount on such Note (I.E., the
excess of the Note's stated principal amount over its issue price) equals or
exceeds a specified DE MINIMIS amount, then part or all of the stated interest
on the Note would be treated as original issue discount, rather than qualified
stated interest.
Payments of qualified stated interest on a Note are taxable to a U.S.
Holder as ordinary interest income at the time such payments are accrued or are
received (in accordance with the U.S. Holder's regular method of tax
accounting). A U.S. Holder of a Discount Note must include original issue
discount in income as ordinary interest for United States federal income tax
purposes as it accrues under a constant yield method in advance of receipt of
the cash payments attributable to such income,
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regardless of such U.S. Holder's regular method of tax accounting. In general,
the amount of original issue discount included in income by the initial U.S.
Holder of a Discount Note is the sum of the daily portions of original issue
discount with respect to such Discount Note for each day during the taxable year
(or portion of the taxable year) on which such U.S. Holder held such Discount
Note. The "daily portion" of original issue discount on any Discount Note is
determined by allocating to each day in any accrual period a ratable portion of
the original issue discount allocable to that accrual period. An "accrual
period" may be of any length and the accrual periods may vary in length over the
term of the Discount Note, provided that each accrual period is no longer than
one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs either on
the final day of an accrual period or on the first day of an accrual period. The
amount of original issue discount allocable to each accrual period is generally
equal to the difference between (i) the product of the Discount Note's adjusted
issue price at the beginning of such accrual period and its yield to maturity
(determined on the basis of compounding at the close of each accrual period and
appropriately adjusted to take into account the length of the particular accrual
period) and (ii) the amount of any qualified stated interest payments allocable
to such accrual period. The "adjusted issue price" of a Discount Note at the
beginning of any accrual period is the sum of the issue price of the Discount
Note plus the amount of original issue discount allocable to all prior accrual
periods minus the amount of any prior payments on the Discount Note that were
not qualified stated interest payments. Under these rules, U.S. Holders
generally will be required to include in income increasingly greater amounts of
original issue discount in successive accrual periods.
A U.S. Holder who purchases a Discount Note for an amount that is greater
than its adjusted issue price as of the purchase date and less than or equal to
the sum of all amounts payable on the Discount Note after the purchase date
other than payments of qualified stated interest, will be considered to have
purchased the Discount Note with "acquisition premium." Under the acquisition
premium rules, the amount of original issue discount which such U.S. Holder must
include in its gross income with respect to such Discount Note for any taxable
year (or portion thereof in which the U.S. Holder holds the Discount Note) will
be reduced (but not below zero) by the portion of the acquisition premium
properly allocable to the period.
Under the OID Regulations, Floating Rate Notes and Indexed Notes ("Variable
Notes") are subject to special rules under which a Variable Note will qualify as
a "variable rate debt instrument" if (a) its issue price does not exceed the
total noncontingent principal payments due under the Variable Note by more than
a specified DE MINIMIS amount and (b) it provides for stated interest, paid or
compounded at least annually, at current values of (i) one or more qualified
floating rates, (ii) a single fixed rate and one or more qualified floating
rates, (iii) a single objective rate, or (iv) a single fixed rate and a single
objective rate that is a qualified inverse floating rate.
A "qualified floating rate" is any variable rate where variations in the
value of such rate can reasonably be expected to measure contemporaneous
variations in the cost of newly borrowed funds in the currency in which the
Variable Note is denominated. Although a multiple of a qualified floating rate
will generally not itself constitute a qualified floating rate, a variable rate
equal to the product of a qualified floating rate and a fixed multiple that is
greater than zero (0.65 for debt instruments issued on or after August 13, 1996)
but not more than 1.35 will constitute a qualified floating rate. A variable
rate equal to the product of a qualified floating rate and a fixed multiple that
is greater than zero (0.65 for debt instruments issued on or after August 13,
1996) but not more than 1.35, increased or decreased by a fixed rate, will also
constitute a qualified floating rate. In addition, under the OID Regulations,
two or more qualified floating rates that can reasonably be expected to have
approximately the same values throughout the term of the Variable Note (E.G.,
two or more qualified floating rates with values within 25 basis points of each
other as determined on the Variable Note's issue date) will be treated as a
single qualified floating rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a variable rate
that would otherwise constitute a qualified floating rate but which is subject
to one or more restrictions such as a maximum numerical limitation (I.E., a cap)
or a minimum numerical limitation (I.E., a floor) may, under certain
circumstances, fail to be treated as a qualified floating rate under the OID
Regulations unless such cap or floor is fixed throughout the term of the Note.
An "objective rate" is a rate that is not itself a qualified floating rate
but which is determined using a single fixed formula and which is based upon (i)
one or more qualified floating rates, (ii) one or more rates where each rate
would be a qualified floating rate for a debt instrument denominated in a
currency other than the currency in which the Variable Note is denominated,
(iii) either the yield or changes in the price of one or more items of actively
traded personal property (other than stock or debt of the issuer or a related
party) or (iv) a combination of objective rates. Effective for debt instruments
issued on or after August 13, 1996, an objective rate may be based on any
objective financial or economic information (other than information that is
within the control, or unique to the circumstances, of the issuer or a related
person). The OID Regulations also provide that other variable interest rates may
be treated as objective rates if so designated by the IRS in the future. Despite
the foregoing, a variable rate of interest on a Variable Note will not
constitute an objective rate if it is
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reasonably expected that the average value of such rate during the first half of
the Variable Note's term will be either significantly less than or significantly
greater than the average value of the rate during the final half of the Variable
Note's term. A "qualified inverse floating rate" is any objective rate where
such rate is equal to a fixed rate minus a qualified floating rate, as long as
variations in the rate can reasonably be expected to inversely reflect
contemporaneous variations in the cost of newly borrowed funds. The OID
Regulations also provide that if a Variable Note provides for stated interest at
a fixed rate for an initial period of less than one year followed by a variable
rate that is either a qualified floating rate or an objective rate and if the
variable rate on the Variable Note's issue date is intended to approximate the
fixed rate (E.G., the value of the variable rate on the issue date does not
differ from the value of the fixed rate by more than 25 basis points), then the
fixed rate and the variable rate together will constitute either a single
qualified floating rate or objective rate, as the case may be.
If a Variable Note that provides for stated interest at either a single
qualified floating rate or a single objective rate throughout the term thereof
qualifies as a "variable rate debt instrument" under the OID Regulations, then
any stated interest on such Note which is unconditionally payable in cash or
property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at least annually will
constitute qualified stated interest and will be taxed accordingly. Thus, a
Variable Note that provides for stated interest at either a single qualified
floating rate or a single objective rate throughout the term thereof and that
qualifies as a "variable rate debt instrument" under the OID Regulations will
generally not be treated as having been issued with original issue discount
unless the Variable Note is issued at a "true" discount (I.E., at a price below
the Note's stated principal amount) in excess of a specified DE MINIMIS amount.
Original issue discount on such a Variable Note arising from "true" discount is
allocated to an accrual period using the constant yield method described above
by assuming that the variable rate is a fixed rate equal to (i) in the case of a
qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate, the value as of the
issue date, of the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate,
or (ii) in the case of an objective rate (other than a qualified inverse
floating rate), a fixed rate that reflects the yield that is reasonably expected
for the Variable Note. In either case, the qualified stated interest allocable
to an accrual period is increased or decreased if the interest actually paid
during the accrual period exceeds or is less than the interest assumed to be
paid during the accrual period under the immediately preceding sentence.
In general, any other Variable Note that qualifies as a "variable rate debt
instrument" will be converted into an "equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument
for purposes of determining the amount and accrual of original issue discount
and qualified stated interest on the Variable Note. The OID Regulations
generally require that such a Variable Note be converted into an "equivalent"
fixed rate debt instrument by substituting any qualified floating rate or
qualified inverse floating rate provided for under the terms of the Variable
Note with a fixed rate equal to the value of the qualified floating rate or
qualified inverse floating rate, as the case may be, as of the Variable Note's
issue date. Any objective rate (other than a qualified inverse floating rate)
provided for under the terms of the Variable Note is converted into a fixed rate
that reflects the yield that is reasonably expected for the Variable Note. In
the case of a Variable Note that qualifies as a "variable rate debt instrument"
and provides for stated interest at a fixed rate in addition to either one or
more qualified floating rates or a qualified inverse floating rate, the fixed
rate is initially converted into a qualified floating rate (or a qualified
inverse floating rate, if the Variable Note provides for a qualified inverse
floating rate). Under such circumstances, the qualified floating rate or
qualified inverse floating rate that replaces the fixed rate must be such that
the fair market value of the Variable Note as of the Variable Note's issue date
is approximately the same as the fair market value of an otherwise identical
debt instrument that provides for either the qualified floating rate or
qualified inverse floating rate instead of the fixed rate. Subsequent to
converting the fixed rate into either a qualified floating rate or a qualified
inverse floating rate, the Variable Note is then converted into an "equivalent"
fixed rate debt instrument in the manner described above.
Once the Variable Note is converted into an "equivalent" fixed rate debt
instrument pursuant to the foregoing rules, the amount of original issue
discount and qualified stated interest, if any, are determined for the
"equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument by applying the general original issue
discount rules to the "equivalent" fixed rate debt instrument. A U.S. Holder of
the Variable Note will account for such original issue discount and qualified
stated interest as if the U.S. Holder held the "equivalent" fixed rate debt
instrument. At the end of each accrual period, appropriate adjustments will be
made to the amount of qualified stated interest or original issue discount
assumed to have been accrued or paid with respect to the "equivalent" fixed rate
debt instrument in the event that such amounts differ from the actual amount of
interest accrued or paid on the Variable Note during the accrual period.
If a Variable Note does not qualify as a "variable rate debt instrument"
under the OID Regulations, then the Variable Note would be treated as a
contingent payment debt obligation. The United States federal income tax
treatment of Variable Notes that are treated as contingent payment debt
obligations is addressed by recently issued final Treasury regulations and will
be more fully described in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Furthermore, any
other special United States federal income tax considerations, not otherwise
discussed herein, which are applicable to any particular issue of Notes will be
discussed in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
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Certain of the Notes (i) may be redeemable at the option of the Company
prior to their stated maturity (a "call option") and/or (ii) may be repayable at
the option of the holder prior to their stated maturity (a "put option"). Notes
containing such features may be subject to rules that differ from the general
rules discussed above. Investors intending to purchase Notes with such features
should consult their own tax advisors, since the original issue discount
consequences will depend, in part, on the particular terms and features of the
purchased Notes.
U.S. Holders generally may, upon election, include in income all interest
income (including stated interest, acquisition discount, original issue
discount, de minimis original issue discount, market discount, de minimis market
discount, and unstated interest, as adjusted by any amortizable bond premium or
acquisition premium) that accrues on a debt instrument using the constant yield
method applicable to original issue discount, subject to certain limitations and
exceptions.
SHORT-TERM NOTES
Notes that have a fixed maturity of one year or less ("Short-Term Notes")
will be treated as having been issued with original issue discount. In general,
an individual or other cash method U.S. Holder is not required to accrue such
original issue discount unless the U.S. Holder elects to do so. If such an
election is not made, any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale,
exchange or maturity of the Short-Term Note will be ordinary income to the
extent of the original issue discount accrued on a straight-line basis, or upon
election under the constant yield method (based on daily compounding), through
the date of sale or maturity, and a portion of the deductions otherwise
allowable to the U.S. Holder for interest on borrowings allocable to the
Short-Term Note will be deferred until a corresponding amount of income is
realized. U.S. Holders who report income for United States federal income tax
purposes under the accrual method, and certain other holders including banks and
dealers in securities, are required to accrue original issue discount on a
Short-Term Note on a straight-line basis unless an election is made to accrue
the original issue discount under a constant yield method (based on daily
compounding).
MARKET DISCOUNT
If a U.S. Holder purchases a Note, other than a Discount Note, for an
amount that is less than its issue price (or, in the case of a subsequent
purchaser, its stated redemption price at maturity) or, in the case of a
Discount Note, for an amount that is less than its adjusted issue price as of
the purchase date, such U.S. Holder will be treated as having purchased such
Note at a "market discount," unless such market discount is less than a
specified DE MINIMIS amount. Under the market discount rules, a U.S. Holder will
be required to treat any partial principal payment (or, in the case of a
Discount Note, any payment that does not constitute qualified stated interest)
on, or any gain realized on the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition
of, a Note as ordinary income to the extent of the lesser of (i) the amount of
such payment or realized gain or (ii) the market discount which has not
previously been included in income and is treated as having accrued on such Note
at the time of such payment or disposition. Market discount will be considered
to accrue ratably during the period from the date of acquisition to the maturity
date of the Note, unless the U.S. Holder elects to accrue market discount on the
basis of semiannual compounding.
A U.S. Holder may be required to defer the deduction of all or a portion of
the interest paid or accrued on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to
purchase or carry a Note with market discount until the maturity of the Note or
certain earlier dispositions, because a current deduction is only allowed to the
extent the interest expense exceeds an allocable portion of market discount. A
U.S. Holder may elect to include market discount in income currently as it
accrues (on either a ratable or semiannual compounding basis), in which case the
rules described above regarding the treatment as ordinary income of gain upon
the disposition of the Note and upon the receipt of certain cash payments and
regarding the deferral of interest deductions will not apply. Generally, such
currently included market discount is treated as ordinary interest for United
States Federal income tax purposes. Such an election will apply to all debt
instruments acquired by the U.S. Holder on or after the first day of the taxable
year to which such election applies and may be revoked only with the consent of
the IRS.
PREMIUM
If a U.S. Holder purchases a Note for an amount that is greater than the
sum of all amounts payable on the Note after the purchase date other than
payments of qualified stated interest, such U.S. Holder will be considered to
have purchased the Note with "amortizable bond premium" equal in amount to such
excess. A U.S. Holder may elect to amortize such premium using a constant yield
method over the remaining term of the Note and may offset interest income
otherwise required to be included with respect to the Note during any taxable
year by the amortized amount of such premium for the taxable year. However, if
the Note may be optionally redeemed after the U.S. Holder acquires it at a price
in excess of its stated redemption price at maturity, special rules would apply
which could result in a deferral of the amortization of some bond premium
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until later in the term of the Note. Any election to amortize bond premium
applies to all taxable debt obligations then owned and thereafter acquired by
the U.S. Holder and may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS.
DISPOSITION OF A NOTE
Except as discussed above, upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note,
a U.S. Holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the
difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange or retirement
(other than amounts representing accrued and unpaid interest) and such U.S.
Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Note. A U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in a
Note generally will equal such U.S. Holder's initial investment in the Note
increased by any original issue discount included in income (and accrued market
discount, if any, if the U.S. Holder has included such market discount in
income) and decreased by the amount of any payments, other than qualified stated
interest payments, received and amortizable bond premium taken with respect to
such Note. Such gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if
the Note is held for more than one year.
NOTES DENOMINATED, OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH INTEREST IS PAYABLE, IN A FOREIGN
CURRENCY
As used herein, "Foreign Currency" means a currency or currency unit other
than U.S. dollars.
PAYMENTS OF INTEREST IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY
CASH METHOD. A U.S. Holder who uses the cash method of accounting for
United States federal income tax purposes and who receives a payment of interest
on a Note (other than original issue discount or market discount) will be
required to include in income the U.S. dollar value of the Foreign Currency
payment (determined on the date such payment is received) regardless of whether
the payment is in fact converted to U.S. dollars at that time, and such U.S.
dollar value will be the U.S. Holder's tax basis in such Foreign Currency.
ACCRUAL METHOD. A U.S. Holder who uses the accrual method of accounting for
United States federal income tax purposes, or who otherwise is required to
accrue interest prior to receipt, will be required to include in income the U.S.
dollar value of the amount of interest income (including original issue discount
or market discount and reduced by amortizable bond premium to the extent
applicable) that has accrued and is otherwise required to be taken into account
with respect to a Note during an accrual period. The U.S. dollar value of such
accrued income will be determined by translating such income at the average rate
of exchange for the accrual period or, with respect to an accrual period that
spans two taxable years, at the average rate for the partial period within the
taxable year. A U.S. Holder may elect, however, to translate such accrued
interest income using the rate of exchange on the last day of the accrual period
or, with respect to an accrual period that spans two taxable years, using the
rate of exchange on the last day of the taxable year. If the last day of an
accrual period is within five business days of the date of receipt of the
accrued interest, a U.S. Holder may translate such interest using the rate of
exchange on the date of receipt. The above election will apply to other debt
obligations held by the U.S. Holder and may not be changed without the consent
of the IRS. A U.S. Holder should consult a tax advisor before making the above
election. A U.S. Holder will recognize exchange gain or loss (which will be
treated as ordinary income or loss) with respect to accrued interest income on
the date such income is received. The amount of ordinary income or loss
recognized will equal the difference, if any, between the U.S. dollar value of
the Foreign Currency payment received (determined on the date such payment is
received) with respect to such accrual period and the U.S. dollar value of
interest income that has accrued during such accrual period (as determined
above).
PURCHASE, SALE AND RETIREMENT OF NOTES
A U.S. Holder who purchases a Note with previously owned Foreign Currency
will recognize ordinary income or loss in an amount equal to the difference, if
any, between such U.S. Holder's tax basis in the Foreign Currency and the U.S.
dollar fair market value of the Foreign Currency used to purchase the Note,
determined on the date of purchase.
Except as discussed above with respect to Short-Term Notes, upon the sale,
exchange or retirement of a Note, a U.S. Holder will recognize taxable gain or
loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange
or retirement and such U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Note. Such gain
or loss generally will be capital gain or loss (except to the extent of any
accrued market discount not previously included in the U.S. Holder's income) and
will be long-term capital gain or loss if at the time of sale, exchange or
retirement the Note has been held by such U.S. Holder for more than one year. To
the extent the amount realized represents accrued but unpaid interest, however,
such amounts must be taken into account as interest income, with exchange gain
or loss computed as described in "Payments of Interest in a Foreign Currency"
above. If a U.S. Holder receives Foreign Currency on such a sale, exchange or
retirement the amount realized will be based on the U.S. dollar value of the
Foreign Currency on the date the payment is received or the Note is disposed of
(or
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deemed disposed of as a result of a material change in the terms of such Note).
In the case of a Note that is denominated in Foreign Currency and is traded on
an established securities market, a cash basis U.S. Holder (or, upon election,
an accrual basis U.S. Holder) will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount
realized by translating the Foreign Currency payment at the spot rate of
exchange on the settlement date of the sale. A U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis
in a Note will equal the cost of the Note to such holder, increased by the
amounts of any market discount or original issue discount previously included in
income by the holder with respect to such Note and reduced by any amortized
acquisition or other premium and any principal payments received by the holder.
A U.S. Holder's tax basis in a Note, and the amount of any subsequent
adjustments to such holder's tax basis, will be the U.S. dollar value of the
Foreign Currency amount paid for such Note, or of the Foreign Currency amount of
the adjustment, determined on the date of such purchase or adjustment.
Gain or loss realized upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note that
is attributable to fluctuations in currency exchange rates will be ordinary
income or loss, but will not be treated as interest income or expense. Gain or
loss attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates will equal the difference
between the U.S. dollar value of the Foreign Currency principal amount of the
Note, determined on the date such payment is received or the Note is disposed
of, and the U.S. dollar value of the Foreign Currency principal amount of the
Note, determined on the date the U.S. Holder acquired the Note. Such Foreign
Currency gain or loss will be recognized only to the extent of the total gain or
loss realized by the U.S. Holder on the sale, exchange or retirement of the
Note.
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
In the case of a Discount Note or Short-Term Note, (i) original issue
discount is determined in units of the Foreign Currency, (ii) accrued original
issue discount is translated into U.S. dollars as described in "Payments of
Interest in a Foreign Currency -- Accrual Method" above and (iii) the amount of
Foreign Currency gain or loss on the accrued original issue discount is
determined by comparing the amount of income received attributable to the
discount (either upon payment, maturity or an earlier disposition), as
translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange on the date of such
receipt, with the amount of original issue discount accrued, as translated
above.
PREMIUM AND MARKET DISCOUNT
In the case of a Note with market discount, (i) market discount is
determined in units of the Foreign Currency, (ii) accrued market discount taken
into account upon the receipt of any partial principal payment or upon the sale,
exchange, retirement or other disposition of the Note (other than accrued market
discount required to be taken into account currently) is translated into U.S.
dollars at the exchange rate on such disposition date (and no part of such
accrued market discount is treated as exchange gain or loss) and (iii) accrued
market discount currently includible in income by a U.S. Holder for any accrual
period is translated into U.S. dollars on the basis of the average exchange rate
in effect during such accrual period, and the exchange gain or loss is
determined upon the receipt of any partial principal payment or upon the sale,
exchange, retirement or other disposition of the Note in the manner described in
"Payments of Interest in a Foreign Currency -- Accrual Method" above with
respect to computation of exchange gain or loss on accrued interest.
With respect to a Note issued with amortizable bond premium, such premium
is determined in the relevant Foreign Currency and reduces interest income in
units of the Foreign Currency. Although the law is not entirely clear, a U.S.
Holder should recognize exchange gain or loss equal to the difference between
the U.S. dollar value of the bond premium amortized with respect to a period,
determined on the date the interest attributable to such period is received, and
the U.S. dollar value of the bond premium determined on the date of the
acquisition of the Note.
EXCHANGE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES
A U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in any Foreign Currency received as
interest or on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note equal to the U.S.
dollar value of such Foreign Currency, determined at the time the interest is
received or at the time of the sale, exchange or retirement. Any gain or loss
realized by a U.S. Holder on a sale or other disposition of Foreign Currency
(including its exchange for U.S. dollars or its use to purchase Notes) will be
ordinary income or loss.
NON-U.S. HOLDERS
A non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to United States federal income tax
on payments of principal, premium (if any) or interest (including original issue
discount, if any) on a Note, unless (i) such non-U.S. Holder is (A) a direct or
indirect 10% or greater shareholder of the Company, (B) a controlled foreign
corporation related to the Company, or (C) a bank receiving interest described
in section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code or (ii) such income is effectively connected
with the non-U.S. Holder's United States trade or business. To qualify for that
exemption from taxation, the last United States payor in the chain of
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payment prior to payment to a non-U.S. Holder (the "Withholding Agent") must
have received in the year in which a payment of interest or principal occurs, or
in either of the two preceding calendar years, a statement that (i) is signed by
the beneficial owner of the Note under penalties of perjury, (ii) certifies that
such owner is not a U.S. Holder and (iii) provides the name and address of the
beneficial owner. The statement may be made on an IRS Form W-8 or a
substantially similar form, and the beneficial owner must inform the Withholding
Agent of any change in the information on the statement within 30 days of such
change. If a Note is held through a securities clearing organization or certain
other financial institutions, the organization or institution may provide a
signed statement to the Withholding Agent. However, in such case, the signed
statement must be accompanied by a copy of the IRS Form W-8 or the substitute
form provided by the beneficial owner to the organization or institution. The
Treasury Department is considering implementation of further certification
requirements aimed at determining whether the issuer of a debt obligation is
related to holders thereof.
If income from a Note is effectively connected with the United States trade
or business of a non-U.S. Holder, the non-U.S. Holder may avoid United States
withholding tax by filing an IRS Form 4224 with the Withholding Agent. Any such
form is valid only for the taxable year with respect to which it is delivered.
Generally, a non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to federal income taxes on
any amount which constitutes capital gain upon retirement or disposition of a
Note, provided the gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade
or business in the United States by the non-U.S. Holder. Certain other
exceptions may be applicable, and a non-U.S. Holder should consult its tax
advisor in this regard.
The Notes will not be includible in the estate of a non-U.S. Holder unless
the individual is a direct or indirect 10% or greater shareholder of the Company
or, at the time of such individual's death, payments in respect of the Notes
would have been effectively connected with the conduct by such individual of a
trade or business in the United States.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING
Backup withholding of United States federal income tax at a rate of 31% may
apply to payments made with respect to the Notes to registered owners who are
not "exempt recipients" and who fail to provide certain identifying information
(such as the registered owner's taxpayer identification number) in the required
manner. Generally, individuals are not exempt recipients, whereas corporations
and certain other entities generally are exempt recipients. Payments made in
respect of the Notes to a U.S. Holder must be reported to the IRS, unless the
U.S. Holder is an exempt recipient or establishes an exemption. Compliance with
the identification procedures described in the preceding section would establish
an exemption from backup withholding for those non-U.S. Holders who are not
exempt recipients.
In addition, upon the sale of a Note to (or through) a broker, the broker
must withhold 31% of the entire purchase price, unless either (i) the broker
determines that the seller is a corporation or other exempt recipient or (ii)
the seller provides, in the required manner, certain identifying information
and, in the case of a non-U.S. Holder, certifies that such seller is a non-U.S.
Holder (and certain other conditions are met). Such a sale must also be reported
by the broker to the IRS, unless either (i) the broker determines that the
seller is an exempt recipient or (ii) the seller certifies its non-U.S. status
(and certain other conditions are met). Certification of the registered owner's
non-U.S. status would be made normally on an IRS Form W-8 under penalties of
perjury, although in certain cases it may be possible to submit other
documentary evidence.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a
beneficial owner would be allowed as a refund or a credit against such
beneficial owner's United States federal income tax liability provided the
required information is furnished to the IRS.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Notes are being offered on a continuous basis for sale by the Company
to or through Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner7& Smith
Incorporated, Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P.
Mor gan Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. (the "Agents").
The Agents may purchase Notes, as principal, from the Company from time to time
for resale to investors and other purchasers at varying prices relating to
prevailing market prices at the time of resale as determined by the applicable
Agent or, if so specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, for resale at a
fixed offering price. If agreed to by the Company and an Agent, such Agent may
also utilize its reasonable efforts on an agency basis to solicit offers to
purchase the Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The Company will pay a
commission to the applicable Agent, ranging from .125% to .750% of the principal
amount of each Note, depending upon its stated maturity, sold through such
Agent. Commissions with
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respect to Notes with stated maturities in excess of 30 years that are sold
through an Agent will be negotiated between the Company and such Agent at the
time of such sale.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, any Note
sold to an Agent as principal will be purchased by such Agent at a price equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof less a percentage of the principal
amount equal to the commission applicable to an agency sale of a Note of
identical maturity. An Agent may sell Notes it has purchased from the Company as
principal to other dealers for resale to investors and other purchasers and may
reallow all or any portion of the discount received in connection with such
purchase from the Company to such dealers. After the initial offering of Notes,
the offering price (in the case of Notes to be resold on a fixed offering price
basis), the concession and the discount may be changed.
The Company reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer made
hereby without notice and may reject offers in whole or in part (whether placed
directly with the Company or through an Agent). Each Agent will have the right,
in its discretion reasonably exercised, to reject in whole or in part any offer
to purchase Notes received by it on an agency basis.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, payment of
the purchase price of the Notes will be required to be made in immediately
available funds in the Specified Currency in The City of New York on the date of
settlement. See "Description of Notes -- General."
Upon issuance, the Notes will not have an established trading market. The
Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. The Agents may from time to
time purchase and sell Notes in the secondary market, but the Agents are not
obligated to do so, and there can be no assurance that there will be a secondary
market for the Notes or that there will be liquidity in the secondary market if
one develops. From time to time, the Agents may make a market in the Notes, but
the Agents are not obligated to do so and may discontinue any market-making
activity at any time.
The Agents may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Company has
agreed to indemnify the Agents against, and to provide contribution with respect
to, certain liabilities (including liabilities under the Securities Act). The
Company has agreed to reimburse the Agents for certain other expenses.
In the ordinary course of its business, the Agents and their affiliates
have engaged and may in the future engage in investment and commercial banking
transactions with the Company and certain of its affiliates.
From time to time, the Company may issue and sell other Offered Securities
described in the accompanying Prospectus, and such sales may reduce the
aggregate initial offering price of the Notes offered hereby.
LEGAL OPINIONS
The validity of the Notes will be passed upon for the Company by Hunton &
Williams, Richmond, Virginia. Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York, will act as
counsel to the Agents.
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PROSPECTUS
$462,312,500
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DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
COMMON STOCK
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") intends to issue from
time to time its (i) unsecured senior or subordinated debt securities (the "Debt
Securities"), (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, no par value ("Preferred Stock"),
and (iii) shares of Common Stock, $1 par value ("Common Stock"), having an
aggregate initial public offering price not to exceed $462,312,500 or the
equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or composite currencies,
including European Currency Units, on terms to be determined at the time of
sale. The Debt Securities, the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock offered
hereby (collectively, the "Offered Securities") may be offered, separately or as
units with other Offered Securities, in separate series in amounts, at prices
and on terms to be determined at the time of sale and to be set forth in a
supplement to this Prospectus (a "Prospectus Supplement").
The Debt Securities will be direct unsecured obligations of the Company and
may be either senior Debt Securities ("Senior Securities") or subordinated Debt
Securities ("Subordinated Securities"). The Senior Securities will rank equally
with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The
Subordinated Securities will be subordinated to all existing and future Senior
Debt of the Company, as defined. See "Description of Debt Securities."
The specific terms of the Offered Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement and will include, where applicable, (i) in the case of Debt
Securities, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, currency,
denominations, maturity, priority, interest rate, time of payment of interest,
terms of redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of
the holder or for sinking fund payments, terms for conversion into or exchange
for other Offered Securities and the initial public offering price; (ii) in the
case of Preferred Stock, the series designation and number of shares and the
dividend, liquidation, redemption, conversion, voting and other rights and the
initial public offering price; (iii) in the case of Common Stock, the initial
public offering price; and (iv) in the case of all Offered Securities, whether
such Offered Securities will be offered separately or as a unit with other
Offered Securities. In addition, such specific terms may include limitations on
direct or beneficial ownership and restrictions on transfer of the Offered
Securities, in each case as may be appropriate to preserve the status of the
Company as a qualified real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will also contain information, where
applicable, concerning certain United States federal income tax considerations
relating to, and any listing on a securities exchange of, the Offered Securities
covered thereby.
The Offered Securities may be offered directly, through agents designated
from time to time by the Company, or to or through underwriters or dealers. If
any designated agents or any underwriters are involved in the sale of Offered
Securities, they will be identified and their compensation will be described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution." No Offered
Securities may be sold without delivery of the applicable Prospectus Supplement
describing such Offered Securities and the method and terms of the offering
thereof.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED THE
MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS MAY 23, 1996.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance
therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission can be
inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at
its Regional Offices at Suite 1400, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois
60661 and Suite 1300, 7 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048, and can
also be inspected and copied at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20
Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. Copies of such material can be obtained
from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, upon payment of the prescribed fees. The Commission
maintains a Web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and
other information regarding the Company and other registrants that file
electronically with the Commission. The address of such site is
http://www.sec.gov.
This Prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 (together
with all amendments and exhibits, the "Registration Statement") filed by the
Company with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). This Prospectus does not contain all the information set
forth in the Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in
accordance with the rules of the Commission. For further information, reference
is made to the Registration Statement.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents (File No. 1-10524) filed by the Company with the
Commission under the Exchange Act are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus: (i) the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995 filed on March 29, 1996, including the Company's Form 10-K/A
No. 1 to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 filed on April 12, 1996,
the Company's Form 10-K/A No. 2 to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1995 filed on May 20, 1996 and the Company's Form 10-K/A No. 3 to Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1995 filed on May 20, 1996; (ii) the Company's
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996 filed on May
15, 1996; (iii) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 11, 1995,
including the Company's Form 8-K/A No. 1 to Form 8-K dated April 11, 1995 filed
on April 12, 1996, Form 8-K/A No. 2 to Form 8-K dated April 11, 1995 filed on
April 19, 1996 and Form 8-K/A No. 3 to Form 8-K dated April 11, 1995 filed on
May 20, 1996, the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 1995 filed
on June 30, 1995, including the Company's Form 8-K/A No. 1 to Form 8-K dated
June 30, 1995 filed on January 31, 1996, the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K dated December 28, 1995 filed on January 11, 1996, including the Company's
Form 8-K/A No. 1 to Form 8-K dated December 28, 1995 filed on March 11, 1996,
Form 8-K/A No. 2 to Form 8-K dated December 28, 1995 filed on April 19, 1996,
and Form 8-K/A No. 3 to Form 8-K dated December 28, 1995 filed on May 20, 1996,
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 31, 1996 filed on January
31, 1996 and the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 12, 1996 filed
on April 12, 1996; and (iv) the descriptions of the Common Stock and the
Preferred Stock, contained in the Company's registration statements on Form 8-A
dated April 19, 1990 and April 24, 1995, respectively, filed under the Exchange
Act, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
descriptions. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering
of all of the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein,
in any accompanying Prospectus Supplement relating to a specific offering of
Offered Securities or in any other subsequently filed document, as the case
maybe, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus or any accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
The Company will provide on request and without charge to each person to
whom this Prospectus is delivered a copy (without exhibits) of any or all
documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Requests for such
copies should be directed to United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., 10 South 6th
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3802, Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(telephone 804/780-2691).
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THE COMPANY
The Company, founded in 1972, is a self-administered equity real estate
investment trust that owns and operates apartments in the Mid-Atlantic and
Southeast from Delaware to Florida and west to Tennessee. The Company is a fully
integrated real estate company with acquisition, development and asset and
property management capabilities. The Company acquires, improves, operates,
manages and selectively sells properties with the primary goal of maximizing its
funds from operations, while increasing the value of its real estate through
capital improvements and intensive management.
The Company's 155 properties include 145 apartment communities containing
35,036 apartment units, six neighborhood shopping centers and four other
commercial properties. The Company also owns two parcels of undeveloped land for
future development. Most of the Company's properties are located in the
Southeast. Management believes that the Company has benefitted from the
population and job growth within this region and that this region will continue
to provide attractive demographic and economic patterns conducive to real estate
investment in the 1990's.
In 1995, the Company organized United Dominion Realty, L.P. (the
"Partnership") to assist the Company in competing for acquisition of properties
that meet the Company's investment strategies from seller partnerships some or
all of whose partners may wish to defer taxation of gain realized on sale
through an exchange of partnership interests. The Company has acquired three
apartment communities and land to develop an additional apartment community
using the Partnership and transferred seven of its Tennessee properties into the
Partnership. As of April 19, 1996, the Partnership was 100% owned by the Company
and one of its subsidiaries.
The Company's investment policy has been to acquire two types of
apartments: newer properties that can be acquired at discounts from replacement
cost and older or under-performing properties that can be upgraded and
repositioned by capital improvements and intensive property management.
Beginning in 1991, the Company embarked on a major expansion of its apartment
portfolio involving (i) the acquisition of apartment properties having high
occupancy levels and not requiring substantial renovation and (ii) entry into
new markets, most recently the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area and Memphis,
Tennessee. The properties have been acquired generally at significant discounts
from replacement cost and at attractive current yields. Since the beginning of
1991, net of resales, the Company has acquired 107 apartment properties
containing 26,359 units at a total initial cost, including closing costs, of
approximately $883 million.
Although no formal plans which would commit the Company for divestiture
have been made, the Company hopes to substantially liquidate its commercial
properties over time as suitable opportunities arise. At December 31, 1995, six
of the Company's then seven shopping centers were under contract to be sold.
Since January 1, 1996, the Company sold one 105,000 square foot shopping center
located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for $5.9 million and recognized a gain
for financial reporting purposes of $965,000. The five other centers were under
contract to be sold in a bulk sale. That contract was terminated on February 28,
1996. The Company subsequently contracted with the bulk purchaser for the sale
of one of the centers, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for $7.8 million. There
is no assurance that this proposed sale will be consummated.
The Company has paid continuous quarterly distributions to its common
shareholders since 1973 and has increased its distributions each year during the
past 20 years. The current indicated annual Common Stock distribution is $.96
per share. In past years, a portion of the Company's distributions to
shareholders has been designated as a non-taxable return of capital for federal
income tax purposes.
The Company, a Virginia corporation, has its principal office at 10 South
6th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3802, and its telephone number is (804)
780-2691. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term "Company," as used
herein, includes the Company and its subsidiaries, all of which are
wholly-owned.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the net
proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities will be used for general
corporate purposes, which may include repayment of indebtedness, making
improvements to properties and the acquisition of additional properties.
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CERTAIN RATIOS
The following table sets forth the Company's consolidated ratios of
earnings to fixed charges and earnings to combined fixed charges and Preferred
Stock dividends for the periods shown.
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THREE MONTHS
ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31,
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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Ratio of earnings to fixed
charges................................... 1.27x 1.54x 1.64x 1.69x 1.81x 1.59x 1.87x
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and Preferred Stock dividends..... 1.27x 1.54x 1.64x 1.69x 1.56x 1.59x 1.53x
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The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was computed by dividing earnings by
fixed charges. The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and Preferred
Stock dividends was computed by dividing earnings by the total of fixed charges
and Preferred Stock dividends. For purposes of computing these ratios, earnings
consist of income before extraordinary items plus fixed charges other than
capitalized interest, and fixed charges consist of interest on borrowed funds
(including capitalized interest) and amortization of debt discount and expense.
The Company did not issue any shares of Preferred Stock until April of 1995;
therefore, only the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and Preferred
Stock dividends for the year ended December 31, 1995 includes Preferred Stock
dividends.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
GENERAL
The Senior Securities are to be issued under an indenture dated as of
November 1, 1995, as supplemented from time to time (the "Senior Indenture"),
between the Company and First Union National Bank of Virginia (the "Senior
Indenture Trustee"), and the Subordinated Securities are to be issued under an
indenture dated as of August 1, 1994, as supplemented from time to time (the
"Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and Crestar Bank (the
"Subordinated Indenture Trustee"). The term "Trustee," as used herein, shall
refer to the Senior Indenture Trustee or the Subordinated Indenture Trustee, as
appropriate. The forms of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture
(being sometimes referred to herein collectively as the "Indentures" and
individually as an "Indenture") are filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement and will be respectively available for inspection at the Corporate
Trust Office (as such term is defined in the Indentures) of the Senior Indenture
Trustee and the Subordinated Indenture Trustee, or as described under "Available
Information." The Indentures are subject to, and governed by, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"). The statements made hereunder
relating to the Indentures and the Debt Securities are summaries of certain
provisions thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to, all provisions of the Indentures
and the Debt Securities. All section references appearing herein are to sections
of the Indentures, and capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
respective meanings set forth in the Indentures and the Debt Securities.
TERMS
The Debt Securities will be direct, unsecured obligations of the Company.
The indebtedness represented by the Senior Securities will rank equally with all
other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The indebtedness
represented by the Subordinated Securities will be subordinated in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of the Senior Debt of the Company, as
described under "Subordination."
Each Indenture provides that the Debt Securities may be issued without
limit as to aggregate principal amount, in one or more series, in each case as
established from time to time in or pursuant to authority granted by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or as established in one or
more indentures supplemental to such Indenture. Debt Securities may be issued
with terms different from those of Debt Securities previously issued. All Debt
Securities of one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders
of the Debt Securities of such series, for issuances of additional Debt
Securities of such series (Section 301 of each Indenture).
Each Indenture provides that there may be more than one Trustee thereunder,
each with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities. Any Trustee under
either Indenture may resign or be removed with respect to one or more series of
Debt Securities, and a successor Trustee may be appointed to act with respect to
such series (Section 608 of each Indenture). In the event that two or more
persons are acting as Trustee with respect to different series of Debt
Securities, each such Trustee shall
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be a Trustee of a trust under the applicable Indenture separate and apart from
the trust administered by any other Trustee (Sections 101 and 609 of each
Indenture), and, except as otherwise indicated herein, any action described
herein to be taken by the Company may be taken by each such Trustee with respect
to, and only with respect to, the one or more series of Debt Securities for
which it is Trustee under the applicable Indenture.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the series of
Debt Securities being offered for the specific terms thereof, including:
(1) the title of such Debt Securities and whether such Debt Securities
are Senior Securities or Subordinated Securities;
(2) the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities and any
limit on such principal amount;
(3) the percentage of the principal amount at which such Debt
Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof, or (if applicable) the portion of the
principal amount of such Debt Securities that is convertible into Capital
Stock of the Company, or the method by which any such portion will be
determined;
(4) if convertible, in connection with the preservation of the
Company's status as a REIT, any applicable limitations on the ownership or
transferability of the Capital Stock of the Company into which such Debt
Securities are convertible;
(5) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will
be determined, on which the principal of such Debt Securities will be
payable and the amount of principal payable thereon;
(6) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which such
Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or the method by which such
rate or rates will be determined, the date or dates from which such
interest will accrue or the method by which such date or dates will be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be
payable and the Regular Record Dates for such Interest Payment Dates, or
the method by which such Dates will be determined, and the basis upon which
interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months;
(7) the place or places where the principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount (as defined in each Indenture), if any), interest, if
any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, such Debt
Securities will be payable, where such Debt Securities may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to or
upon the Company in respect of such Debt Securities and the applicable
Indenture may be served;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices (including
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) at which, the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which and
other terms and conditions upon which such Debt Securities may be redeemed
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to
have the option;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase such Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods
within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which,
the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which such Debt
Securities will be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(10) whether such Debt Securities will be in registered or bearer form
and terms and conditions relating thereto, and, if other than $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any registered
Debt Securities will be issuable and, if other than $5,000, the
denomination or denominations in which any bearer Debt Securities will be
issuable;
(11) if other than United States dollars, the currency or currencies
in which such Debt Securities will be denominated and payable, which may be
a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign currencies or a
composite currency or currencies;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest, if any, on such Debt Securities may
be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which
index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more
currencies, currency units, composite currencies, commodities, equity
indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts will be
determined;
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(13) whether the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on such Debt Securities are
to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies other than that in which such Debt Securities are denominated or
stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner
of, and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility for,
determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies, currency
unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Debt
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which such Debt Securities are to be so payable;
(14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
such Debt Securities upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(15) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to such Debt
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth in the
applicable Indenture;
(16) whether such Debt Securities will be issued in certificated or
book-entry form;
(17) the applicability, if any, of the defeasance and covenant
defeasance provisions of Article Fourteen of the applicable Indenture;
(18) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated in the applicable Indenture on such Debt
Securities in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if
so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Debt Securities
rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
and
(19) any other terms of such Debt Securities not inconsistent with the
provisions of the applicable Indenture (Section 301 of each Indenture).
The Debt Securities may provide for less than the entire principal amount
thereof to be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
("Original Issue Discount Securities") (Section 502 of each Indenture). Special
United States federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable
to Original Issue Discount Securities will be described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
DENOMINATIONS, INTEREST, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Debt Securities of any series issued in registered form will be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Debt Securities of any
series issued in bearer form will be issuable in denominations of $5,000
(Section 302 of each Indenture).
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on any
series of Senior Securities will be payable at the corporate trust office of the
Senior Indenture Trustee located at 230 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28288 and the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
and interest on any series of Subordinated Securities will be payable at the
corporate trust office of the Subordinated Indenture Trustee located at 919 East
Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; provided that at the option of the
Company payment of interest on any series of Debt Securities may be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the
Security Register for such series or by wire transfer of funds to such Person at
an account maintained within the United States (Sections 301, 305, 306, 307 and
1002 of each Indenture).
Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest
Payment Date with respect to a Debt Security ("Defaulted Interest") will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the applicable Regular Record
Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name such Debt Security is
registered at the close of business on a special record date (the "Special
Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of such Debt Security not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner, all as more completely described in the applicable
Indenture (Section 307 of each Indenture).
Subject to certain limitations imposed upon Debt Securities issued in
book-entry form, the Debt Securities of any series will be exchangeable for
other Debt Securities of the same series and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor of different authorized denominations upon surrender of such
Debt Securities at the corporate trust office of the applicable
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Trustee referred to above. In addition, subject to certain limitations imposed
upon Debt Securities issued in book-entry form, the Debt Securities of any
series may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer thereof at
the corporate trust office of the applicable Trustee referred to above. Every
Debt Security surrendered for conversion, registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer. No
service charge will be made for any registration or transfer or exchange of any
Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith
(Section 305 of each Indenture). If the applicable Prospectus Supplement refers
to any transfer agent (in addition to the applicable Trustee) initially
designated by the Company with respect to any series of Debt Securities, the
Company may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or
approve a change in the location through which such transfer agent acts, except
that the Company will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each Place of
Payment for such series. The Company may at any time designate additional
transfer agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities (Section 1002 of
each Indenture).
Neither the Company nor either Trustee shall be required to (i) issue,
register the transfer of or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Debt
Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on
the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption; (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Debt Security, or portion thereof, called for
redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in
part; or (iii) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security
which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the
portion, if any, of such Debt Security not to be so repaid (Section 305 of each
Indenture).
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE
The Company may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or
substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any other entity,
provided that (a) either the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the
successor entity (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from any
such consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of such
assets is a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or
any State thereof and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on all of the Debt Securities
and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and
conditions contained in each Indenture; (b) immediately after giving effect to
such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of
the Company or any Subsidiary as a result thereof as having been incurred by the
Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default
under an Indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or
both, would become such an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing; and (c) an Officers' Certificate and legal opinion covering such
conditions shall be delivered to the Company (Sections 801 and 803 of each
Indenture).
CERTAIN COVENANTS
SENIOR INDENTURE LIMITATIONS ON INCURRENCE OF DEBT. The Senior Indenture
provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur
any Debt (as defined below) if, immediately after giving effect to the
incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles is greater than 60% of the sum of (without
duplication) (i) the Company's Total Assets as of the end of the calendar
quarter covered in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or,
if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Company) prior
to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any
real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any
securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used
to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt),
by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter,
including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such
additional Debt (Section 1004 of the Senior Indenture). The Subordinated
Indenture does not limit the incurrence of Debt.
In addition to the foregoing limitation on the incurrence of Debt, the
Senior Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge,
encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of the property of the
Company or any Subsidiary if, immediately after giving effect to the 8
incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which is secured by any mortgage, lien,
charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest on property of the Company or
any Subsidiary is greater than 40% of the Company's Total Assets (Section 1004
of the Senior Indenture).
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In addition to the foregoing limitations on the incurrence of Debt, the
Senior Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for
Debt Service (as defined below) to the Annual Service Charge (as defined below)
for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date
on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5,
on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any
other Debt incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of
such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom,
including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period;
(ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by the Company and its
Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been incurred,
repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such
computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be
computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period);
(iii) in the case of Acquired Debt (as defined below) or Debt incurred in
connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period,
the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the
appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such
pro forma calculation; and (iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by
the Company or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first
day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or
asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment
of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate
adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in
such pro forma calculation (Section 1004 of the Senior Indenture).
As used herein,
"ACQUIRED DEBT" means Debt of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of
assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection
with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such
acquisition. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the
related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person
becomes a Subsidiary.
"ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE" as of any date means the maximum amount which is
payable in any period for interest on, and original issue discount of, Debt of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and the amount of dividends which are payable
in respect of any Disqualified Stock (as defined below).
"CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock
(including preferred stock), shares, interests, participations or other
ownership interests (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other
than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.
"CONSOLIDATED INCOME AVAILABLE FOR DEBT SERVICE" for any period means Funds
from Operations (as defined below) of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus
amounts which have been deducted for interest on Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
"DEBT" of the Company or any Subsidiary means any indebtedness of the
Company, or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (without
duplication) (i) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien,
charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the
Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or
otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts
representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued
expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations
under any title retention agreement, (iv) the principal amount of all
obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption,
repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or (v) any lease of
property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the
Company's consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles to the extent, in the case of items of
indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above, that any such items (other than
letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Company's consolidated
balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the
Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of
business), Debt of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it
being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
"DISQUALIFIED STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock
of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or
exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (i) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation
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or otherwise, (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Debt
or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof, in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the Stated Maturity of
the series of Debt Securities.
"FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS" for any period means income before gains (losses)
on investments and extraordinary items plus amounts which have been deducted,
and minus amounts which have been added, for the following items (without
duplication): (a) provision for Preferred Stock dividends, (b) provision for
property depreciation and amortization and (c) the effect of any adjustments for
significant non-recurring items, including any noncash charge resulting from a
change in accounting principles in determining income before gains (losses) on
investments and extraordinary items for such period, as reflected in the
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
"TOTAL ASSETS" as of any date means the sum of (i) the Company's
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (but
excluding intangibles).
"UNDEPRECIATED REAL ESTATE ASSETS" as of any date means the cost (original
cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Except as described above, the Indentures do not contain any provisions
that would limit the ability of the Company to incur indebtedness or that would
afford Holders of the Debt Securities protection in the event of a highly
leveraged or similar transaction involving the Company or in the event of a
change of control. However, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company include
provisions for mandatory redemption and stopping transfer of its Common Stock
designed to preserve the Company's status as a REIT. The Code provides that
concentration of more than 50% in value of direct or indirect ownership of
Common Stock in five or fewer individual shareholders during the last six months
of any year will result in disqualification of the Company as a REIT.
Enforcement of the provisions of the Company's Articles of Incorporation would
prevent such concentration and, therefore, prevent or hinder a change of
control. Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement for
information with respect to any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default or covenants of the Company that are described herein,
including any addition of a covenant or other provision providing event risk or
similar protection.
EXISTENCE. Except as described above under " -- Merger, Consolidation or
Sale," the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect the existence, rights (charter and statutory)
and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any right or franchise if it
determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of the
Debt Securities of any series (Section 1005 of each Indenture).
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. The Company will cause all of its properties
used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary
to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and
supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary
repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in
the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times;
provided, however, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be prevented
from selling or otherwise disposing of for value their properties in the
ordinary course of business (Section 1006 of each Indenture).
INSURANCE. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
keep all of its insurable properties insured against loss or damage in an amount
at least equal to their then full insurable value with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies (Section 1007 of each Indenture).
PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. The Company will pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged, before the same become delinquent, (i) all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any
Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any
Subsidiary, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which,
if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings (Section 1008 of each Indenture).
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PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Whether or not the Company is subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will, to the extent
permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the Commission the annual reports,
quarterly reports and other documents which the Company would have been required
to file with the Commission pursuant to such Section 13 and 15(d) if the Company
were so subject, such documents to be filed with the Commission on or prior to
the respective dates (the "Required Filing Dates") by which the Company would
have been required so to file such documents if the Company were so subject. The
Company will also in any event (x) within 15 days of each Required Filing Date
(i) transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, copies
of the annual reports and quarterly reports which the Company would have been
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act if the Company were subject to such Sections and (ii) file with the
Company copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents
which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject to such
Sections and (y) if filing such documents by the Company with the Commission is
not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request and payment
of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such
documents to any prospective Holder (Section 1009 of each Indenture).
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, NOTICE AND WAIVER
Each Indenture provides that the following events are "Events of Default"
with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder: (a) default for
30 days in the payment of any installment of interest or Additional Amounts
payable on any Debt Security of such series; (b) default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Debt Security of
such series at its Maturity; (c) default in making any sinking fund payment as
required for any Debt Security of such series; (d) default in the performance of
any other covenant of the Company contained in the Indenture (other than a
covenant added to the Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Debt
Securities issued thereunder other than such series), continued for 60 days
after written notice as provided in the Indenture; (e) default under any bond,
debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money
borrowed by the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the
Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly responsible or
liable as obligor or guarantor) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding
of at least $10,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter
be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have
become due and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded or
annulled within 10 days after written notice as provided in the Indenture; (f)
the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments, orders
or decrees against the Company or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount
(excluding amounts fully covered by insurance) in excess of $10,000,000 and such
judgments, orders or decrees remain undischarged, unstayed and unsatisfied in an
aggregate amount (excluding amounts fully covered by insurance) in excess of
$10,000,000 for a period of 30 consecutive days; (g) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver,
liquidator or trustee of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of either of its property; and (h) any other Event of Default
provided with respect to such series of Debt Securities (Section 501 of each
Indenture). The term "Significant Subsidiary" means each significant subsidiary
(as defined in Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act) of the
Company.
If an Event of Default under either Indenture with respect to Debt
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then
in every such case the Company or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may declare the
principal amount (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue
Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount
as may be specified in the terms thereof) of, and premium or Make-Whole Amount,
if any, on, all of the Debt Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately by written notice thereof to the Company (and to the Company if
given by the Holders). However, at any time after such declaration of
acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt
Securities then Outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may be)
has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has
been obtained by the Company, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series (or of all
Debt Securities then Outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may
be) may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (a) the
Company shall have deposited with the Company all required payments of the
principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, and any
Additional Amounts, on the Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt
Securities then Outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may be),
plus certain fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Company and (b)
all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal (or
specified portion thereof and the premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or
interest, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt
Securities then Outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may be)
have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture (Section 502 of
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each Indenture). Each Indenture also provides that the Holders of not less than
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series
(or of all Debt Securities then Outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as
the case maybe) may waive any past default with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default (x) in the payment of the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts payable
on any Debt Security of such series or (y) in respect of a covenant or provision
contained in the applicable Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby
(Section 513 of each Indenture).
Each Trustee is required to give notice to the Holders of Debt Securities
within 90 days of a default under the applicable Indenture; provided, however,
that such Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders of any series of Debt
Securities of any default with respect to such series (except a default in the
payment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or
interest or Additional Amounts payable on any Debt Security of such series or in
the payment of any sinking fund installment in respect of any Debt Security of
such series) if the Responsible Officers of such Trustee consider such
withholding to be in the interest of such Holders (Section 601 of each
Indenture).
Each Indenture provides that no Holders of Debt Securities of any series
may institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to such
Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, except in the case of failure of the
Company, for 60 days, to act after it has received a written request to
institute proceedings in respect of an Event of Default from the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such
series, as well as an offer of reasonable indemnity (Section 507 of each
Indenture). This provision will not prevent, however, any Holder of Debt
Securities from instituting suit for the enforcement of payment of the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), interest on and Additional
Amounts payable with respect to, such Debt Securities at the respective due
dates thereof (Section 508 of each Indenture).
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURES
Modifications and amendments of either Indenture may be made with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Debt Securities issued under such Indenture that are affected by
such modification or amendment; provided, however, that no such modification or
amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each such Debt Security
affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any), or any installment of principal of or interest or
Additional Amounts payable on, any such Debt Security; (b) reduce the principal
amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on, or any premium or Make-Whole
Amount payable on redemption of, or any Additional Amounts payable with respect
to, any such Debt Security, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security or Make-Whole Amount, if any, that would be due and
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or would be
provable in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment of the Holder
of any such Debt Security; (c) change the Place of Payment, or the coin or
currency, for payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any), or interest on, or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to, any
such Debt Security; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment on or with respect to any such Debt Security; (e) reduce the
percentage of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary to modify or
amend the applicable Indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions
thereof or certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum
or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture; or (f) modify any of the
foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain
past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage
to effect such action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of such Debt Security
(Section 902 of each Indenture).
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of Outstanding
Debt Securities issued under either Indenture have the right to waive compliance
by the Company with certain covenants in such Indenture (Section 1012 of each
Indenture).
SUBORDINATION
Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation,
dissolution or reorganization, the payment of the principal of and interest on
the Subordinated Securities will be subordinated to the extent provided in the
Subordinated Indenture in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Debt (Sections 1601 and 1602 of the Subordinated Indenture), but the
obligation of the Company to make payment of the principal and interest on the
Subordinated Securities will not otherwise be affected (Section 1608 of the
Subordinated Indenture). No payment of principal or interest may be made on the
Subordinated Securities at any time if a default on Senior Debt exists that
permits the holders of such Senior
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Debt to accelerate its maturity and the default is the subject of judicial
proceedings or the Company receives notice of the default (Section 1603 of the
Subordinated Indenture). After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the
Subordinated Securities are paid in full, holders will be subrogated to the
rights of holders of Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise
payable to holders have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt (Section 1607
of the Subordinated Indenture). By reason of such subordination, in the event of
a distribution of assets upon insolvency, certain general creditors of the
Company may recover more, ratably, than holders of the Subordinated Securities.
Senior Debt is defined in the Subordinated Indenture as the principal of
and interest on, or substantially similar payments to be made by the Company in
respect of, the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of the
Subordinated Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed: (a)
indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed or represented by purchase-money
obligations, (b) indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures, or
bonds, or other securities issued under the provisions of an indenture, fiscal
agency agreement or other instrument, (c) obligations of the Company as lessee
under leases of property either made as part of any sale and leaseback
transaction to which the Company is a party or otherwise, (d) indebtedness of
partnerships and joint ventures that is included in the consolidated financial
statements of the Company, (e) indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of
others in respect of which the Company is liable contingently or otherwise to
pay or advance money or property or as guarantor, endorser or otherwise or which
the Company has agreed to purchase or otherwise acquire, and (f) any binding
commitment of the Company to fund any real estate investment or to fund any
investment in any entity making such real estate investment, in each case other
than (1) any such indebtedness, obligation or liability referred to in clauses
(a) through (f) above as to which, in the instrument creating or evidencing the
same pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such
indebtedness, obligation or liability is not superior in right of payment to the
Subordinated Securities or ranks pari passu with the Subordinated Securities,
(2) any such indebtedness, obligation or liability which is subordinated to
indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as or to a greater
extent than the Subordinated Securities are subordinated, and (3) the
Subordinated Securities (Section 101 of the Subordinated Indenture). At April
30, 1996, Senior Debt aggregated approximately $581 million. There are no
restrictions in the Subordinated Indenture upon the creation of additional
Senior Debt. However, the Senior Indenture contains limitations on incurrence of
indebtedness by the Company. See " -- Certain Covenants -- Senior Indenture
Limitations on Incurrence of Debt."
DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Under each Indenture, the Company may discharge certain obligations to
Holders of any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder that have not already
been delivered to the applicable Trustee for cancellation and that either have
become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (or
scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the
applicable Trustee, in trust, funds in such currency or currencies, currency
unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such Debt Securities
are payable in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on such Debt
Securities in respect of principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
and interest and any Additional Amounts payable to the date of such deposit (if
such Debt Securities have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be (Section 401 of each Indenture).
Each Indenture provides that, if the provisions of Article Fourteen thereof
are made applicable to the Debt Securities of or within any series pursuant to
Section 301 of such Indenture, the Company may elect either (a) to defease and
be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such Debt Securities
(except for the obligation to pay Additional Amounts, if any, upon the
occurrence of certain events of tax, assessment or governmental charge with
respect to payments on such Debt Securities and the obligations to register the
transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities, to replace temporary or mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, to maintain an office or agency in
respect of such Debt Securities and to hold moneys for payment in trust)
("defeasance") (Section 1402 of each Indenture) or (b) to be released from its
obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under provisions of each
Indenture described under " -- Certain Covenants," or, if provided pursuant to
Section 301 of each Indenture, its obligations with respect to any other
covenant, and any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute
a default or an Event or Default with respect to such Debt Securities ("covenant
defeasance") (Section 1403 of each Indenture), in either case upon the
irrevocable deposit by the Company with the applicable Trustee, in trust, of an
amount, in such currency or currencies, currency unit or currency units or
composite currency or currencies in which such Debt Securities are payable at
Stated Maturity, or Government Obligations (as defined below), or both,
applicable to such Debt Securities which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an
amount sufficient to pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any) and interest on such Debt Securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or
analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor.
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Such a trust may only be established if, among other things, the Company
has delivered to the applicable Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (as specified in
each Indenture) to the effect that the Holders of such Debt Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as
a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to United
States federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance
had not occurred, and such Opinion of Counsel, in the case of defeasance, must
refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change
in applicable United States federal income tax laws occurring after the date of
such Indenture (Section 1404 of each Indenture).
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations
of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Debt Securities of a particular series are payable, for
the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt (Section 101 of each Indenture).
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if after
the Company has deposited funds and/or Government Obligations to effect
defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to Debt Securities of any series,
(a) the Holder of a Debt Security of such series is entitled to, and does, elect
pursuant to Section 301 of either Indenture or the terms of such Debt Security
to receive payment in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than
that in which such deposit has been made in respect of such Debt Security, or
(b) a Conversion Event (as defined below) occurs in respect of the currency,
currency unit or composite currency in which such deposit has been made, the
indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be deemed to have been, and
will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of
(and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on such Debt Security as
they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so
deposited in respect of such Debt Security into the currency, currency unit or
composite currency in which such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of
such election or such cessation of usage based on the applicable market exchange
rate (Section 1405 of each Indenture). "Conversion Event" means the cessation of
use of (i) a currency, currency unit or composite currency (other than the ECU
or other currency unit) both by the government of the country that issued such
currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other
public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the
ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities or
(iii) any currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the
purposes for which it was established. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, all payments of principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on any Debt Security that is payable in
a Foreign Currency that ceases to be used by its government of issuance shall be
made in United States dollars (Section 101 of each Indenture).
In the event the Company effects covenant defeasance with respect to any
Debt Securities and such Debt Securities are declared due and payable because of
the occurrence of any Event of Default other than the Event of Default described
in clause (d) under " -- Events of Default, Notice and Waiver" with respect to
Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, of either Indenture (which Sections would no
longer be applicable to such Debt Securities) or described in clause (g) under
"Events of Default, Notice and Waiver" with respect to a covenant as to which
there has been covenant defeasance, the amount in such currency, currency unit
or composite currency in which such Debt Securities are payable, and Government
Obligations on deposit with the Company, will be sufficient to pay amounts due
on such Debt Securities at the time of their Stated Maturity but may not be
sufficient to pay amounts due on such Debt Securities at the time of the
acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. However, the Company would
remain liable to make payment of such amounts due at the time of acceleration.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the provisions,
if any, permitting such defeasance or covenant defeasance, including any
modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the Debt
Securities of or within a particular series.
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CONVERSION RIGHTS
The terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Debt Securities are
convertible into Capital Stock of the Company will be set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include
whether such Debt Securities are convertible into Capital Stock of the Company,
the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion period,
provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the Holders or the
Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and
provisions affecting conversion in the event of the redemption of such Debt
Securities.
BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more global securities ("Global Securities") that will be
deposited with, or on behalf of a depository (the "Depository") identified in
the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. Global Securities, if any,
are expected be deposited with The Depository Trust Company, as Depository.
Global Securities may be issued in fully registered form and may be issued in
either temporary or permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or
in part for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby, a Global
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such
Global Security to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such
Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by such
Depository or any nominee of such Depository to a successor Depository or any
nominee of such successor.
The specific terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series
of Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
such series. The Company expects that unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement the following provisions will apply to
depository arrangements.
Upon the issuance of a Global Security, the Depository for such Global
Security or its nominee will credit on its book-entry registration and transfer
system the respective principal amounts of the individual Debt Securities
represented by such Global Security to the accounts of persons that have
accounts with such Depository ("Participants"). Such accounts shall be
designated by the underwriters, dealers or agents with respect to such Debt
Securities or by the Company if such Debt Securities are offered directly by the
Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Security will be
limited to Participants or persons that may hold interests through Participants.
Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Security will be shown on, and
the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained
by the Depository for such Global Security or its nominee (with respect to
beneficial interests of Participants) and records of Participants (with respect
to beneficial interests of persons who hold through Participants). The laws of
some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery
of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and laws may impair the
ability to own, pledge or transfer beneficial interest in a Global Security.
So long as the Depository for a Global Security or its nominee is the
registered owner of such Global Security, such Depository or such nominee, as
the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Debt
Securities represented by such Global Security for all purposes under the
applicable Indenture. Except as described below or in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, owners of beneficial interest in a Global Security will not be
entitled to have any of the individual Debt Securities represented by such
Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to
receive physical delivery of any such Debt Securities in definitive form and
will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable
Indenture.
Payments of principal of, any premium or Make-Whole Amount and any interest
on, or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to, individual Debt
Securities represented by a Global Security registered in the name of a
Depository or its nominee will be made to the Depository or its nominee, as the
case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Security. None of the
Company, the Company, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar for such Debt
Securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests in the Global Security for such Debt Securities or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
The Company expects that the Depository for any Debt Securities or its
nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, Make-Whole Amount,
interest or Additional Amounts in respect of the Global Security representing
such Debt Securities will immediately credit Participants' accounts with
payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in
the principal amount of such Global Security as shown on the records of such
Depository or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by
Participants to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security
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held through such Participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the account of
customers in bearer form or registered in street name. Such payments will be the
responsibility of such Participants.
If a Depository for any Debt Securities is at any time unwilling, unable or
ineligible to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue individual Debt Securities
in exchange for the Global Security representing such Debt Securities. In
addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion, subject to any
limitations described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt
Securities, determine not to have any of such Debt Securities represented by one
or more Global Securities and in such event will issue individual Debt
Securities in exchange for the Global Security or Securities representing such
Debt Securities. Individual Debt Securities so issued will be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
TRUSTEES
First Union National Bank of Virginia is the Trustee under the Senior
Indenture. Crestar Bank is the Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture. Both
First Union National Bank of Virginia and Crestar Bank have lending
relationships with the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
GENERAL
The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1
par value, and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, no par value. At May 6,
1996, there were outstanding 56,746,288 shares of Common Stock and 4,200,000
shares of Preferred Stock, consisting exclusively of the Company's 9 1/4% Series
A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred").
The following statements with respect to the capital stock of the Company
are subject to the detailed provisions of the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended (the "Articles"), and bylaws (the "Bylaws") as
currently in effect. These statements do not purport to be complete, or to give
full effect to the terms of the provisions of statutory or common law, and are
subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the terms of
the Articles and Bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement.
COMMON STOCK
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as
declared by the Board of Directors after payment of, or provision for, full
cumulative dividends on and any required redemptions of shares of Preferred
Stock then outstanding. Holders of Common Stock have one vote per share and
non-cumulative voting rights, which means that holders of more than 50% of the
shares voting can elect all of the directors if they choose to do so, and, in
such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any
directors. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or
dissolution of the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share
ratably in the distributable assets of the Company remaining after satisfaction
of the prior preferential rights of the Preferred Stock and the satisfaction of
all debts and liabilities of the Company. Holders of Common Stock do not have
preemptive rights.
The dividend and liquidation rights of holders of the Common Stock are
specifically limited by the terms of the Series A Preferred as described below
in " -- Series A Preferred."
The Transfer Agent for the Common Stock is Mellon Securities Trust Company,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "UDR."
PREFERRED STOCK
The following description of the terms of the Preferred Stock sets forth
certain general terms and provisions of the Preferred Stock to which a
Prospectus Supplement may relate. Specific terms of any series of Preferred
Stock offered by a Prospectus Supplement will be described in that Prospectus
Supplement. The description set forth below is subject to and qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Articles of Amendment to the Articles fixing the
preferences, limitations and relative rights of a particular series of Preferred
Stock.
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GENERAL. Under the Articles, the Board of Directors of the Company is
authorized, without further shareholder action, to provide for the issuance of
up to 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, in one or more series, with such
voting powers and with such designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations
or restrictions, as the Board of Directors shall approve.
The Preferred Stock will have the dividend, liquidation, redemption,
conversion and voting rights set forth below unless otherwise provided in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular series of Preferred Stock.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular series
of Preferred Stock offered thereby for specific terms, including: (i) the title
and liquidation preference per share of such Preferred Stock and the number of
shares offered; (ii) the price at which such series will be issued; (iii) the
dividend rate (or method of calculation), the dates on which dividends shall be
payable and the dates from which dividends shall commence to accumulate; (iv)
any redemption or sinking fund provisions of such series; (v) any conversion
provisions of such series; and (vi) any additional dividend, liquidation,
redemption, sinking fund and other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations
and restrictions of such series.
The Preferred Stock will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable.
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular
series of Preferred Stock, each series will rank on a parity as to dividends and
distributions in the event of a liquidation with each other series of Preferred
Stock and, in all cases, will be senior to the Common Stock.
DIVIDEND RIGHTS. Holders of Preferred Stock of each series will be entitled
to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of assets of
the Company legally available therefor, cash dividends at such rates and on such
dates as are set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of
Preferred Stock. Such rate may be fixed or variable or both and may be
cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative.
If the applicable Prospectus Supplement so provides, as long as any shares
of Preferred Stock are outstanding, no dividends will be declared or paid or any
distributions be made on the Common Stock, other than a dividend payable in
Common Stock, unless the accrued dividends on each series of Preferred Stock
have been fully paid or declared and set apart for payment and the Company shall
have set apart all amounts, if any, required to be set apart for all sinking
funds, if any, for each series of Preferred Stock.
If the applicable Prospectus Supplement so provides, when dividends are not
paid in full upon any series of Preferred Stock and any other series of
Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with such series of
Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon such series of Preferred Stock and
any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends will be
declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on such
series of Preferred Stock and such other series will in all cases bear to each
other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on such series of
Preferred Stock and such other series bear to each other.
Each series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to dividends as described
in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series, which may be based upon
one or more methods of determination. Different series of Preferred Stock may be
entitled to dividends at different dividend rates or based upon different
methods of determination. Except as provided in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, no series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to participate in the
earnings or assets of the Company.
RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of each
series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the
Company available for distribution to shareholders the amount stated or
determined on the basis set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series, which may include accrued dividends, if such liquidation, dissolution or
winding up is involuntary or may equal the current redemption price per share
(otherwise than for the sinking fund, if any, provided for such series) provided
for such series set forth in such Prospectus Supplement, if such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up is voluntary, and on such preferential basis as is set
forth in such Prospectus Supplement. If, upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the amounts payable with
respect to Preferred Stock of any series and any other shares of stock of the
Company ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with such series of
Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of Preferred Stock of such
series and of such other shares will share ratably in any such distribution of
assets of the Company in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts
to which they are entitled or on such other basis as is set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. The rights, if any, of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock to participate in the assets of the Company remaining
after the holders of other series of Preferred Stock have been paid their
respective specified liquidation preferences upon any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series.
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REDEMPTION. A series of Preferred Stock may be redeemable, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, and may be subject to mandatory redemption
pursuant to a sinking fund, in each case upon terms, at the times, the
redemption prices and for the types of consideration set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series. The Prospectus Supplement relating to a
series of Preferred Stock which is subject to mandatory redemption shall specify
the number of shares of such series that shall be redeemed by the Company in
each year commencing after a date to be specified, at a redemption price per
share to be specified, together with an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon to the date of redemption.
If, after giving notice of redemption to the holders of a series of
Preferred Stock, the Company deposits with a designated bank funds sufficient to
redeem such Preferred Stock, then from and after such deposit, all shares called
for redemption will no longer be outstanding for any purpose, other than the
right to receive the redemption price and the right to convert such shares into
other classes of capital stock of the Company. The redemption price will be
stated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular series of Preferred
Stock.
Except as indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Preferred
Stock is not subject to any mandatory redemption at the option of the holder.
SINKING FUND. The Prospectus Supplement for any series of Preferred Stock
will state the terms, if any, of a sinking fund for the purchase or redemption
of that series.
CONVERSION RIGHTS. The Prospectus Supplement for any series of Preferred
Stock will state the terms, if any, on which shares of that series are
convertible into shares of Common Stock or another series of Preferred Stock.
The Preferred Stock will have no preemptive rights.
VOTING RIGHTS. Except as indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
a particular series of Preferred Stock, or except as expressly required by
Virginia law, a holder of Preferred Stock will not be entitled to vote. Except
as indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular series of
Preferred Stock, in the event the Company issues full shares of any series of
Preferred Stock, each such share will be entitled to one vote on matters on
which holders of such series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote.
Under Virginia law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of all series of Preferred Stock, voting as a separate
voting group, will be required for (i) the authorization of any class of stock
ranking prior to or on parity with Preferred Stock or the increase in the number
of authorized shares of any such stock, (ii) any increase in the number of
authorized shares of Preferred Stock and (iii) certain amendments to the
Articles that may be adverse to the rights of Preferred Stock outstanding.
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR. The transfer agent, registrar and dividend
disbursement agent for a series of Preferred Stock will be selected by the
Company and be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The registrar
for shares of Preferred Stock will send notices to shareholders of any meetings
at which holders of Preferred Stock have the right to vote on any matter.
SERIES A PREFERRED
The Board of Directors has designated 4,600,000 shares of Preferred Stock
as the "9 1/4% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock." At April 15,
1996, there were 4,200,000 shares of Series A Preferred outstanding. The Board
of Directors may redesignate any unissued shares of Series A Preferred as all or
a part of a different series of Preferred Stock. Holders of shares of Series A
Preferred are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of
Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends,
cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 9 1/4% of the liquidation
preference per annum (equivalent to $2.3125 per share). In the event of any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred are entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company
legally available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference
of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to
the date of payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of
Common Stock or any other capital stock that ranks junior to the Series A
Preferred as to liquidation rights. The Series A Preferred is not redeemable
prior to April 24, 2000. On and after April 24, 2000, the Company, at its option
upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice, may redeem shares
of the Series A Preferred, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to
time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued
dividends. The Series A Preferred has no stated maturity and will not be subject
to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption (except as provided under
"Description of Capital Stock -- Redemption and Restrictions on Transfer").
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The transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the Series
A Preferred is Mellon Securities Trust Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The
Series A Preferred is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "UDR-PRA."
DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS
Covenants in its loan agreements with certain lenders restrict the payment
of distributions in excess of the sum of (i) current "cash flow," (ii) varying
additional amounts and (iii) the proceeds of capital stock offerings subsequent
to various dates, all as defined in the particular loan agreement. The covenants
do not prohibit the Company from paying distributions in order to continue its
qualification as a REIT under the Code.
AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
The Virginia Stock Corporation Act contains provisions governing
"Affiliated Transactions" designed to deter uninvited takeovers of Virginia
corporations. These provisions, with several exceptions discussed below, require
approval of material acquisition transactions between a Virginia corporation and
any holder of more than 10% of any class of its outstanding voting shares (an
"Interested Shareholder") by the holders of at least two-thirds of the remaining
voting shares. For three years following the time that the Interested
Shareholder becomes an owner of 10% of the outstanding voting shares, Virginia
corporations cannot engage in an Affiliated Transaction with such Interested
Shareholder without approval of two-thirds of the voting shares other than those
shares beneficially owned by the Interested Shareholder, and majority approval
of the "Disinterested Directors." At the expiration of the three year period,
the statute requires approval of Affiliated Transactions by two-thirds of the
voting shares other than those beneficially owned by the Interested Shareholder
absent an exception. The principal exceptions to the special voting requirement
apply to transactions proposed after the three year period has expired and
require either that the transaction be approved by a majority of the
corporation's Disinterested Directors or that the transaction satisfy the
fair-price requirements of the law.
The Virginia Stock Corporation Act also provides that shares acquired in a
transaction that would cause the acquiring person's voting strength to cross any
of three thresholds (20%, 33%, or 50%) have no voting rights unless granted by a
majority vote of shares not owned by the acquiring person or any officer or
employee-director of the Company. An acquiring person may require the Company to
hold a special meeting of shareholders to consider the matter within 50 days of
its request.
REDEMPTION AND RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
In order to preserve the Company's status as a REIT as defined in the Code,
the Company can redeem or stop the transfer of its shares. The Articles provide
that the Company is organized to qualify as a REIT. Because the Code provides
that the concentration of more than 50% in value of the direct or indirect
ownership of its shares in five or fewer individual shareholders during the last
six months of any year would result in the disqualification of the Company as a
REIT, the Articles provide that the Company shall have the power (i) to redeem
that number of concentrated shares sufficient in the opinion of the Board of
Directors of the Company to maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership
of shares into conformity with the requirements of the Code, and (ii) to stop
the transfer of shares to any person whose acquisition thereof would, in the
opinion of the Company's Board of Directors, result in such disqualification.
The per share redemption price of any shares redeemed by the Company pursuant to
this provision shall be the last reported sale price for the shares as of the
business day preceding the day on which notice of redemption is given. The Board
of Directors of the Company can require shareholders to disclose in writing to
the Company such information with respect to ownership of its shares as it deems
necessary to comply with the REIT provisions of the Code.
REIT QUALIFICATION
The Company operates in a manner intended to qualify for treatment as a
REIT under the Code. In general, a REIT which distributes to its shareholders at
least 95% of its taxable income (other than net capital gain) for a taxable year
and which meets certain other conditions will not be subject to federal income
taxation on income (including net capital gain) distributed for that year. If
the Company fails to qualify in any taxable year, it will be taxed for federal
income tax purposes as a corporation for that year and distributions to
shareholders will not be deductible by the Company in computing its taxable
income. Under such circumstances, the Company also will be disqualified from
being treated as a REIT under the Code for the ensuing four fiscal years.
Failure to qualify could result in the Company's incurring indebtedness and
perhaps liquidating investments in order to pay the resultant taxes.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell Offered Securities to or through underwriters or may
sell Offered Securities to investors directly or through designated agents. Any
such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the Offered
Securities will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Underwriters may offer and sell the Offered Securities at a fixed price or
prices, which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices prevailing
at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at
negotiated prices. The Company also may, from time to time, authorize
underwriters acting as agents to offer and sell the Offered Securities upon the
terms and conditions set forth in any Prospectus Supplement. In connection with
the sale of Offered Securities, underwriters may be deemed to have received
compensation from the Company in the form of underwriting discounts or
commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of Offered
Securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell Offered
Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in
the form of discounts, concessions or commissions (which may be changed from
time to time) from the underwriters and/or from the purchasers for whom they may
act as agent.
Any underwriting compensation paid by the Company to underwriters or agents
in connection with the offering of Offered Securities and any discounts,
concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers will
be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and
agents participating in the distribution of the Offered Securities may be deemed
to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any
profit realized by them on resale of the Offered Securities may be deemed to be
underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Underwriters,
dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with the
Company, to indemnification against and contribution toward certain civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will
authorize dealers acting as the Company's agents to solicit offers by certain
institutions to purchase Offered Securities from the Company at the public
offering price set forth in such Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Delayed
Delivery Contracts ("Contracts") providing for payment and delivery on the date
or dates stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Each Contract will be for an
amount not less than, and the principal amount of Offered Securities sold
pursuant to Contracts shall not be less nor more than, the respective amounts
stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Institutions with which Contracts, when
authorized, may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable
institutions and other institutions, but will in all cases be subject to the
approval of the Company. Contracts will not be subject to any conditions except
(i) the purchase by an institution of the Offered Securities covered by its
Contract shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of any
jurisdiction in the United States to which such institution is subject and (ii)
the Company shall have sold to such underwriters the total principal amount of
the Offered Securities less the principal amount thereof covered by Contracts. A
commission indicated in the Prospectus Supplement will be paid to agents and
underwriters soliciting purchases of Offered Securities pursuant to Contracts
accepted by the Company. Agents and underwriters shall have no responsibility in
respect of the delivery or performance of Contracts.
Certain of the underwriters and their affiliates may be customers of,
engage in transactions with, and perform services for, the Company in the
ordinary course of business.
LEGAL OPINIONS
The validity of the Offered Securities will be passed upon for the Company
by Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia. Brown & Wood, New York, New York, will
act as counsel to any underwriters, dealers or agents.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by
reference in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995
have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in
their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
The combined statement of rental operations of Brittingham Square
Apartments, The Greens at Cedar Chase Apartments, The Greens at Cross Court
Apartments, The Greens at Falls Run Apartments, The Greens at Hilton Run
Apartments, The Greens at Hollymead Apartments, The Greens at Schumaker Pond
Apartments, The Greens of Constant Friendship Apartments and The Manor at
England Run Apartments, included in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated
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June 30, 1995, incorporated by reference herein, has been incorporated herein in
reliance upon the report dated May 24, 1995, of L. P. Martin & Company, P.C.,
independent auditors, also incorporated by reference herein, and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The statements of
rental operations of Hunters Ridge at Walden Lake Apartments, Marble Hill
Apartments, Mallards of Wedgewood Apartments and Andover Place Apartments,
included in the Company's current report on Form 8-K, dated December 28, 1995,
incorporated by reference herein, have been incorporated herein in reliance upon
the reports respectively dated November 21, December 5, December 6 and December
7, 1995, of L.P. Martin & Company, P.C., independent auditors, also incorporated
by reference herein, and upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED
BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, THE APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENT OR
THE PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT,
THE APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH
INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED
BY THE COMPANY OR THE AGENTS. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT, THE APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE
MADE HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE CREATE AN IMPLICATION
THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE
HEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, THE APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE
PROSPECTUS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY ANYONE IN ANY STATE IN
WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE PERSON MAKING
SUCH OFFER IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO OR TO ANYONE TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE
SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Risk Factors..................................... S-2
Description of Notes............................. S-3
Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency
Notes.......................................... S-17
Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations................................. S-19
Plan of Distribution............................. S-25
Legal Opinions................................... S-26
PROSPECTUS
Available Information............................ 2
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
Reference...................................... 2
The Company...................................... 3
Use of Proceeds.................................. 3
Certain Ratios................................... 4
Description of Debt Securities................... 4
Description of Capital Stock..................... 15
Plan of Distribution............................. 19
Legal Opinions................................... 19
Experts.......................................... 19
$200,000,000
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MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE
FROM DATE OF ISSUE
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
ALEX. BROWN & SONS
INCORPORATED
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
J.P. MORGAN & CO.
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
JULY 8, 1996
