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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE 36-3145972
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (IRS Employer Identification no.)
1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of securities registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant Exchange Act and is effective pursuant
to General Instruction A.(c), please to General Instruction A.(d), please
check the following box. [X] check the following box. [ ]
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-75289
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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Medium-Term Notes, Series C, 7.25% THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Senior Fixed Rate Notes,
Due June 17, 2029
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of Class)
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Item 1. Description of the Registrant's Securities to be
Registered.
The title of the class of securities to be registered hereunder
is: Medium-Term Notes, Series C, 7.25% Senior Fixed Rate Notes, Due June 17,
2029 (the "7.25% Senior Fixed Rate Notes"). A description of the 7.25% Senior
Fixed Rate Notes is set forth under the caption "Description of Debt
Securities" in the prospectus included within the Registration Statement of
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (the "Registrant") on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-75289) (the "Registration Statement"), as supplemented by the
information under the caption "Description of Notes" in the prospectus
supplement dated May 6, 1999 and filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which description is
incorporated herein by reference, and as further supplemented by the
description of the 7.25% Senior Fixed Rate Notes contained in the pricing
supplement dated June 11, 1999 to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act, which contains the final terms and provisions of the 7.25% Senior Fixed
Rate Notes and is hereby deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof.
Item 2. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as exhibits hereto:
4.1 Proposed form of Global Note evidencing the 7.25% Senior
Fixed Rate Notes.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.
(Registrant)
Date: June 15, 1999 By: /s/ Martin M. Cohen
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Name: Martin M. Cohen
Title: Assistant Secretary
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Page No.
4.1 Proposed form of Global Note evidencing the 7.25% Senior A-1
Fixed Rate Notes
EXHIBIT 4.1
FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTE
REGISTERED REGISTERED
No. FXR U.S.$
CUSIP: 61744Y116
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co.
or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.
SENIOR GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
(Fixed Rate)
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ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INITIAL REDEMPTION INTEREST RATE: 7.25% MATURITY DATE:
, 1999 DATE: N/A per annum June 17, 2029
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INTEREST ACCRUAL INITIAL REDEMPTION INTEREST PAYMENT OPTIONAL
DATE: N/A PERCENTAGE: N/A DATE(S): N/A REPAYMENT
DATE(S): N/A
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SPECIFIED CURRENCY: ANNUAL REDEMPTION INTEREST PAYMENT APPLICABILITY OF
U.S. Dollars PERCENTAGE PERIOD: N/A MODIFIED
REDUCTION: N/A PAYMENT UPON
ACCELERATION:
N/A
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IF SPECIFIED REDEMPTION NOTICE APPLICABILITY OF If yes, state Issue
CURRENCY PERIOD: N/A ANNUAL Price:
OTHER THAN INTEREST
U.S. DOLLARS, PAYMENTS: N/A
OPTION TO
ELECT
PAYMENT IN
U.S. DOLLARS:
N/A
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EXCHANGE RATE ORIGINAL YIELD TO
AGENT: N/A MATURITY: N/A
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OTHER PROVISIONS:
None
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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., a Delaware corporation
(together with its successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assignees, the principal
sum of U.S.$ (UNITED STATES DOLLARS ),
on the Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent redeemed or repaid
prior to maturity) and to pay interest thereon at the Interest Rate per annum
specified above, from and including the Interest Accrual Date specified above
until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment weekly,
monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually in arrears as specified above as
the Interest Payment Period on each Interest Payment Date (as specified above),
commencing on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Interest Accrual
Date specified above, and at maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date);
provided, however, that if the Interest Accrual Date occurs between a Record
Date, as defined below, and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest
payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date succeeding the
Interest Accrual Date to the registered holder of this Note on the Record Date
with respect to such second Interest Payment Date; and provided, further, that
if this Note is subject to "Annual Interest Payments," interest payments shall
be made annually in arrears and the term "Interest Payment Date" shall be deemed
to mean the first day of March in each year.
Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no
interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including the Interest
Accrual Date, until, but excluding the date the principal hereof has been paid
or duly made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to
certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose name this
Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business
on the date 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day (as defined below)) (each such date a "Record Date");
provided, however, that interest payable at maturity (or any redemption or
repayment date) will be payable to the person to whom the principal hereof
shall be payable. As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a
Saturday or Sunday, (a) that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close
(x) in The City of New York or (y) if this Note is denominated in a Specified
Currency other than U.S. dollars, Australian dollars or euro, in the principal
financial center of the country of the Specified Currency, or (z) if this Note
is denominated in Australian dollars, in Sydney and (b) if this Note is
denominated in euro, that is also a day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System ("TARGET") is operating (a
"TARGET Settlement Day").
Payment of the principal of this Note, any premium and the
interest due at maturity (or any redemption or repayment date), unless this
Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and is to
be paid in whole or in part in such Specified Currency, will be made in
immediately available funds upon surrender of this Note at the office or
agency of the Paying Agent, as defined on the reverse hereof, maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such
other paying agency as the Issuer may determine, in U.S. dollars. U.S. dollar
payments of interest, other than interest due at maturity or on any date of
redemption or repayment, will be made by U.S. dollar check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Note register. A holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or the equivalent in a Specified
Currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes having the same
Interest Payment Date, the interest on which is payable in U.S. dollars, shall
be entitled to receive payments of interest, other than interest due at
maturity or on any date of redemption or repayment, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have
been received by the Paying Agent in writing not less than 15 calendar days
prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.
If this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars, and the holder does not elect (in whole or in part) to receive
payment in U.S. dollars pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, payments of
interest, principal or any premium with regard to this Note will be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the
holder hereof with a bank located outside the United States if appropriate
wire transfer instructions have been received by the Paying Agent in writing,
with respect to payments of interest, on or prior to the fifth Business Day
after the applicable Record Date and, with respect to payments of principal or
any premium, at least ten Business Days prior to the Maturity Date or any
redemption or repayment date, as the case may be; provided that, if payment of
interest, principal or any premium with regard to this Note is payable in
euro, the account must be a euro account in a country for which the euro is
the lawful currency, provided, further, that if such wire transfer
instructions are not received, such payments will be made by check payable in
such Specified Currency mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Note register; and provided, further, that
payment of the principal of this Note, any premium and the interest due at
maturity (or on any redemption or repayment date) will be made upon surrender
of this Note at the office or agency referred to in the preceding paragraph.
If so indicated on the face hereof, the holder of this Note, if
denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, may elect to
receive all or a portion of payments on this Note in U.S. dollars by
transmitting a written request to the Paying Agent, on or prior to the fifth
Business Day after such Record Date or at least ten Business Days prior to the
Maturity Date or any redemption or repayment date, as the case may be. Such
election shall remain in effect unless such request is revoked by written
notice to the Paying Agent as to all or a portion of payments on this Note at
least five Business Days prior to such Record Date, for payments of interest,
or at least ten days prior to the Maturity Date or any redemption or repayment
date, for payments of principal, as the case may be.
If the holder elects to receive all or a portion of payments of
principal of and any premium and interest on this Note, if denominated in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, in U.S. dollars, the Exchange Rate
Agent (as defined on the reverse hereof) will convert such payments into U.S.
dollars. In the event of such an election, payment in respect of this Note
will be based upon the exchange rate as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent
based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by such
Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized
foreign exchange dealers (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent unless
such Exchange Rate Agent is an affiliate of the Issuer) for the purchase by
the quoting dealer of U.S. dollars for the Specified Currency for settlement
on such payment date in the amount of the Specified Currency payable in the
absence of such an election to such holder and at which the applicable dealer
commits to execute a contract. If such bid quotations are not available, such
payment will be made in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs
will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Senior Indenture, as
defined on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly
executed.
DATED: MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.
By:
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Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred
to in the within-mentioned
Senior Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
REVERSE OF SECURITY
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Global
Medium-Term Notes, Series C, having maturities more than nine months from the
date of issue (the "Notes") of the Issuer. The Notes are issuable under an
Amended and Restated Senior Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1999, between the
Issuer and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee," which term
includes any successor trustee under the Senior Indenture) (as may be amended
or supplemented from time to time, the "Senior Indenture"), to which Senior
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities of the Issuer, the Trustee and holders of the Notes and the terms
upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The
Issuer has appointed The Chase Manhattan Bank at its corporate trust office in
The City of New York as the paying agent (the "Paying Agent," which term
includes any additional or successor Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer)
with respect to the Notes. The terms of individual Notes may vary with
respect to interest rates, interest rate formulas, issue dates, maturity
dates, or otherwise, all as provided in the Senior Indenture. To the extent
not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Senior Indenture are hereby
incorporated by reference herein.
Unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof, this Note will
not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise provided on the face
hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following two paragraphs, will
not be redeemable or subject to repayment at the option of the holder prior to
maturity.
If so indicated on the face hereof, this Note may be redeemed
in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer on or after the Initial
Redemption Date specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth on the
face hereof, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of
redemption. If this Note is subject to "Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction," the Initial Redemption Percentage indicated on the face hereof
will be reduced on each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified on the face hereof until the
redemption price of this Note is 100% of the principal amount hereof, together
with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of redemption. Notice of
redemption shall be mailed to the registered holders of the Notes designated
for redemption at their addresses as the same shall appear on the Note
register not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption or within the Redemption Notice Period specified on the face hereof,
subject to all the conditions and provisions of the Senior Indenture. In the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the
amount of the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the
holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If so indicated on the face of this Note, this Note will be
subject to repayment at the option of the holder on the Optional Repayment
Date or Dates specified on the face hereof on the terms set forth herein. On
any Optional Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in whole or in part
in increments of $1,000 or, if this Note is denominated in a Specified
Currency other than U.S. dollars, in increments of 1,000 units of such
Specified Currency (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof shall
not be less than the minimum authorized denomination hereof) at the option of
the holder hereof at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be
repaid, together with interest accrued and unpaid hereon to the date of
repayment. For this Note to be repaid at the option of the holder hereof, the
Paying Agent must receive at its corporate trust office in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, at least 15 but not more than 30 days prior
to the date of repayment, (i) this Note with the form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" below duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or a
trust company in the United States setting forth the name of the holder of
this Note, the principal amount hereof, the certificate number of this Note or
a description of this Note's tenor and terms, the principal amount hereof to
be repaid, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised
thereby and a guarantee that this Note, together with the form entitled
"Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, will be received by the Paying
Agent not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter; provided, that such telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if this Note and form
duly completed are received by the Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day.
Exercise of such repayment option by the holder hereof shall be irrevocable.
In the event of repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for
the amount of the unpaid portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the
holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to
but excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the Maturity Date (or any earlier
redemption or repayment date), as the case may be. Unless otherwise provided
on the face hereof, interest payments for this Note will be computed and paid
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
In the case where the Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date (or any redemption or repayment date) does not fall on a Business Day,
payment of interest, premium, if any, or principal otherwise payable on such
date need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date or on the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment date), and no
interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the
Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date (or any redemption or repayment
date) to such next succeeding Business Day.
This Note and all the obligations of the Issuer hereunder are
direct, unsecured obligations of the Issuer and rank without preference or
priority among themselves and pari passu with all other existing and future
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer, subject to certain
statutory exceptions in the event of liquidation upon insolvency.
This Note, and any Note or Notes issued upon transfer or
exchange hereof, is issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons,
and, if denominated in U.S. dollars, is issuable only in denominations of U.S.
$1,000 and any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. If this
Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, then,
unless a higher minimum denomination is required by applicable law, it is
issuable only in denominations of the equivalent of U.S. $1,000 (rounded to an
integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency), or any amount in
excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified
Currency, as determined by reference to the noon dollar buying rate in The
City of New York for cable transfers of such Specified Currency published by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the "Market Exchange Rate") on the
Business Day immediately preceding the date of issuance.
The Trustee has been appointed registrar for the Notes, and the
Trustee will maintain at its office in The City of New York a register for the
registration and transfer of Notes. This Note may be transferred at the
aforesaid office of the Trustee by surrendering this Note for cancellation,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and duly executed by the registered holder hereof in person or by the
holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon the Trustee shall
issue in the name of the transferee or transferees, in exchange herefor, a new
Note or Notes having identical terms and provisions and having a like
aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein; provided, however, that the Trustee will not
be required (i) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that has been
called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
Notes being redeemed in part, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Note if the holder thereof has exercised his right, if any, to require the
Issuer to repurchase such Note in whole or in part, except the portion of such
Note not required to be repurchased, or (iii) to register the transfer of or
exchange Notes to the extent and during the period so provided in the Senior
Indenture with respect to the redemption of Notes. Notes are exchangeable at
said office for other Notes of other authorized denominations of equal
aggregate principal amount having identical terms and provisions. All such
exchanges and transfers of Notes will be free of charge, but the Issuer may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge in connection therewith. All Notes surrendered for exchange shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and executed by the registered holder in person or by the holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing. The date of registration of any Note
delivered upon any exchange or transfer of Notes shall be such that no gain or
loss of interest results from such exchange or transfer.
In case this Note shall at any time become mutilated, defaced
or be destroyed, lost or stolen and this Note or evidence of the loss, theft
or destruction thereof (together with the indemnity hereinafter referred to
and such other documents or proof as may be required in the premises) shall be
delivered to the Trustee, the Issuer in its discretion may execute a new Note
of like tenor in exchange for this Note, but, if this Note is destroyed, lost
or stolen, only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Issuer that this Note was destroyed or lost or stolen and, if required, upon
receipt also of indemnity satisfactory to each of them. All expenses and
reasonable charges associated with procuring such indemnity and with the
preparation, authentication and delivery of a new Note shall be borne by the
owner of the Note mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen.
The Senior Indenture provides that (a) if an Event of Default
(as defined in the Senior Indenture) due to the default in payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any series of debt securities
issued under the Senior Indenture, including the series of Senior Medium-Term
Notes of which this Note forms a part, or due to the default in the
performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer
applicable to the debt securities of such series but not applicable to all
outstanding debt securities issued under the Senior Indenture shall have
occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than
25% in principal amount of the debt securities of each affected series (voting
as a single class) may then declare the principal of all debt securities of
all such series and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately
and (b) if an Event of Default due to a default in the performance of any
other of the covenants or agreements in the Senior Indenture applicable to all
outstanding debt securities issued thereunder, including this Note, or due to
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer, shall have occurred
and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of all debt securities issued under the Senior Indenture then
outstanding (treated as one class) may declare the principal of all such debt
securities and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, but
upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults
may be waived (except a continuing default in payment of principal (or
premium, if any) or interest on such debt securities) by the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the debt securities of all affected series
then outstanding.
If the face hereof indicates that this Note is subject to
"Modified Payment upon Acceleration," then (i) if the principal hereof is
declared to be due and payable as described in the preceding paragraph, the
amount of principal due and payable with respect to this Note shall be limited
to the aggregate principal amount hereof multiplied by the sum of the Issue
Price specified on the face hereof (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate
principal amount) plus the original issue discount amortized from the Interest
Accrual Date to the date of declaration, which amortization shall be
calculated using the "interest method" (computed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in effect on the date of declaration), (ii) for
the purpose of any vote of securityholders taken pursuant to the Senior
Indenture prior to the acceleration of payment of this Note, the principal
amount hereof shall equal the amount that would be due and payable hereon,
calculated as set forth in clause (i) above, if this Note were declared to be
due and payable on the date of any such vote and (iii) for the purpose of any
vote of securityholders taken pursuant to the Senior Indenture following the
acceleration of payment of this Note, the principal amount hereof shall equal
the amount of principal due and payable with respect to this Note, calculated
as set forth in clause (i) above.
The Senior Indenture permits the Issuer and the Trustee, with
the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the debt securities of all series issued under the Senior Indenture
then outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to execute supplemental
indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner the rights of the
holders of each series so affected; provided that the Issuer and the Trustee
may not, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security
affected thereby, (a) extend the final maturity of any such debt security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or
repayment thereof, or change the currency of payment thereof, or modify or
amend the provisions for conversion of any currency into any other currency,
or modify or amend the provisions for conversion or exchange of the debt
security for securities of the Issuer or other entities (other than as
provided in the antidilution provisions or other similar adjustment provisions
of the debt securities or otherwise in accordance with the terms thereof), or
impair or affect the rights of any holder to institute suit for the payment
thereof without the consent of the holder of each debt security so affected or
(b) reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of debt securities the
consent of the holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture.
Except as set forth below, if the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, this Note is payable in a Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency is not available to the Issuer for
making payments hereon due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Issuer or is no longer used by the
government of the country issuing such currency or for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions within the international banking
community, then the Issuer will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the
holder of this Note by making such payments in U.S. dollars on the basis of
the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such payment or, if the Market
Exchange Rate is not available on such date, as of the most recent practicable
date; provided, however, that if the euro has been substituted for such
Specified Currency, the Issuer may at its option (or shall, if so required by
applicable law) without the consent of the holder of this Note effect the
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note denominated
in such Specified Currency in euro in lieu of such Specified Currency in
conformity with legally applicable measures taken pursuant to, or by virtue
of, the treaty establishing the European Community (the "EC"), as amended by
the treaty on European Union (as so amended, the "Treaty"). Any payment made
under such circumstances in U.S. dollars or euro where the required payment is
in an unavailable Specified Currency will not constitute an Event of Default.
If such Market Exchange Rate is not then available to the Issuer or is not
published for a particular Specified Currency, the Market Exchange Rate will
be based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the
Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
second Business Day preceding the date of such payment from three recognized
foreign exchange dealers (the "Exchange Dealers") for the purchase by the
quoting Exchange Dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for
settlement on the payment date, in the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to those holders or beneficial owners of Notes and at which
the applicable Exchange Dealer commits to execute a contract. One of the
Exchange Dealers providing quotations may be the Exchange Rate Agent unless
the Exchange Rate Agent is an affiliate of the Issuer. If those bid
quotations are not available, the Exchange Rate Agent shall determine the
market exchange rate at its sole discretion.
The "Exchange Rate Agent" shall be Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof.
All determinations referred to above made by, or on behalf of,
the Issuer or by, or on behalf of, the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at such
entity's sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on holders of Notes and coupons.
So long as this Note shall be outstanding, the Issuer will
cause to be maintained an office or agency for the payment of the principal of
and premium, if any, and interest on this Note as herein provided in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and an office or agency in said
Borough of Manhattan for the registration, transfer and exchange as aforesaid
of the Notes. The Issuer may designate other agencies for the payment of said
principal, premium and interest at such place or places (subject to applicable
laws and regulations) as the Issuer may decide. So long as there shall be
such an agency, the Issuer shall keep the Trustee advised of the names and
locations of such agencies, if any are so designated.
With respect to moneys paid by the Issuer and held by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent for payment of the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Notes that remain unclaimed at the end of two years
after such principal, interest or premium shall have become due and payable
(whether at maturity or upon call for redemption or otherwise), (i) the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall notify the holders of such Notes that such
moneys shall be repaid to the Issuer and any person claiming such moneys shall
thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment thereof and (ii) such moneys
shall be so repaid to the Issuer. Upon such repayment all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon
cease, without, however, limiting in any way any obligation that the Issuer
may have to pay the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on this Note
as the same shall become due.
No provision of this Note or of the Senior Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the registered
holder of this Note.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of
transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
may treat the holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof
for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, for any claim based hereon, or
otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Senior Indenture
or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder,
officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
This Note shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Senior
Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Senior Indenture.
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written
out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ___________________ Custodian ___________________
(Minor) (Cust)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act __________________________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
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[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE]
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[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE]
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing such person attorney to transfer such note on the books of the
Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Note in every particular without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Issuer to
repay the within Note (or portion thereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest to the
Optional Repayment Date, to the undersigned at
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
If less than the entire principal amount of the within Note is
to be repaid, specify the portion thereof which the holder elects to have
repaid: ___________________; and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes
to be issued to the holder for the portion of the within Note not being repaid
(in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for
the portion not being repaid): ___________________.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature on this
Option to Elect Repayment must
correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the
within instrument in every
particular without alteration or
enlargement.
