EXHIBIT 4-G
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
PERMANENT GLOBAL FIXED RATE BEARER NOTE
BEARER BEARER
No. PGFX
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE FOR DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTES
OR IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR REGISTERED NOTES, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF
JAPAN (WHICH TERM AS USED HEREIN MEANS ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN JAPAN INCLUDING
ANY CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN) OR TO OTHERS
FOR THE RE-OFFERING OR RE-SALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO A
RESIDENT OF JAPAN EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF, AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
LAW OF JAPAN AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF JAPAN.
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES B
(Fixed Rate)
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ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INITIAL REDEMPTION INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE:
DATE:
INTEREST ACCRUAL INITIAL REDEMPTION INTEREST PAYMENT OPTIONAL REPAY
DATE: PERCENTAGE: DATE(S): MENT DATE(S):
ANNUAL REDEMPTION EUROCLEAR NO.: MINIMUM DENOMINA
PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
EXCHANGE RATE REDEMPTION NOTICE CLEARSTREAM NO.: APPLICABILITY OF
AGENT: PERIOD:1 MODIFIED PAYMENT
UPON ACCELERA-
TION [OR
REDEMPTION]
EXCHANGE FOR REGISTERED COMMON CODE: If yes, state Issue Price:
NOTES: [NO]2
OTHER PROVISIONS: ISIN: ORIGINAL YIELD TO
MATURITY:
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a public limited liability company incorporated
under the laws of The Netherlands and with corporate seat in Amsterdam
(together with its successors and assigns, the "Issuer"), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to bearer, upon surrender hereof, the principal amount
specified in Schedule A hereto, on the Maturity Date specified above (except to
the extent previously redeemed or repaid) and to pay interest thereon at the
Interest Rate per annum specified above from and including the Interest Accrual
Date specified above until but excluding the date the principal amount is paid
or duly made available for payment (except as provided below) weekly, monthly,
quarterly, semi-annually or annually in arrears on the Interest Payment Dates
specified above in each year 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 fifteen days or less prior to the first Interest Payment
Date occurring after the Interest Accrual Date, interest payments will commence
on the second Interest Payment Date succeeding the Interest Accrual Date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or,
if no interest has been paid or duly provided
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1 Applicable if other than 30-60 days. Consult with Euroclear or
Clearstream if a shorter redemption is requested. A minimum of 10 days may be
possible.
2 Unless explicitly stated otherwise in term sheet, practice has been to
exclude this option.
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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 (except
as provided below). 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 holder of this Note at the office or agency of
the Principal Paying Agent (this and certain other capitalized terms used
herein are defined on the reverse of this Note) or at the office or agency of
such other paying agents outside the United States as the Issuer may determine
for that purpose (each, a "Paying Agent," which term shall include the
Principal Paying Agent).
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
presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the
Principal Paying Agent or at the office of any Paying Agent.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this
Note will be made in the Specified Currency indicated above, except as provided
on the reverse hereof. If this Note is denominated in U.S. dollars, any payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note will be made in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such payments on this
Note will be made either by a check mailed to an address outside the United
States furnished by the payee or, at the option of the payee and subject to
applicable laws and regulations and the procedures of the Paying Agent, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee
with a bank located outside the United States if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received by the Paying Agent not less than 15 calendar
days prior to the applicable payment date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that payment in U.S. dollars of the full amount payable on this Note
at the offices of all Paying Agents would be illegal or effectively precluded
as a result of exchange controls or similar restrictions, payment on this Note
will be made by a paying agency in the United States, if such paying agency,
under applicable law and regulations, would be able to make such payment. If
this Note is denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, then,
except as provided on the reverse hereof, payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Note will be made in such Specified
Currency either by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or, at the
option of the payee and subject to applicable laws and regulations and the
procedures of the Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United
States.
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 Indenture, as defined on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly
executed.
DATED: ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Global Medium-Term
Notes, Series A, having maturities more than nine months from the date of issue
(the "Notes") of the Issuer. The Notes are issuable under an Indenture, dated
as of [______], 2000, between the Issuer and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Trustee (the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture) (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the
"Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities 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 [ ], as its principal paying agent for the
Notes (the "Principal Paying Agent," which term includes any additional or
successor Principal Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer). 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
Indenture. To the extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Indenture
are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
If this Note is denominated in pounds sterling, the Issuer represents
that it is not an authorized institution (for purposes of the United Kingdom
Banking Act 1987) nor a European authorized institution as defined by
Regulation 3 of the Banking Co-ordination (Second Council Directive)
Regulations 1992 and repayment of the principal of, and payment of any interest
or premium on, this Note has not been guaranteed, that it has complied with its
obligations under the listing rules of the London Stock Exchange Limited (the
"Rules") and that, since the last publication in compliance with the Rules of
information about it, it, having made all reasonable inquiries, has not become
aware of any change in circumstances which could reasonably be regarded as
significantly and adversely affecting its ability to meet its obligations in
respect of the Notes as they fall due.
Unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof, this Note will not be
subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof
in accordance with the provisions of the following two paragraphs and except as
set forth below, 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
(except as indicated below). 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
(except as provided below). Notice of redemption shall be mailed to the holders
of the Notes designated for redemption who have filed their names and addresses
with the Principal Paying Agent, 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 Indenture. Notice of redemption to all others holders of Notes shall be
given in the manner set forth in
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"Notices" as defined below, and, if by publication, shall be given once in each
of the three successive calendar weeks, the first publication to be not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date set for redemption or within
the Redemption Notice Period specified on the face hereof. In the event of
redemption of this Note in part only, the Principal Paying Agent shall cause
Schedule A of this Note to be endorsed to reflect the reduction of its
principal amount by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of this
Note so redeemed, whereupon the principal amount hereof shall be reduced for
all purposes by the amount so redeemed and noted.
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 (except as provided below).
For this Note to be repaid at the option of the holder hereof, the Principal
Paying Agent must receive at its office in London, at least 15 but not more
than 30 days prior to the date of repayment, this Note with the form entitled
"Option to Elect Repayment" below duly completed, or 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 trust company in the United States, Western Europe or Japan
setting forth the principal amount of the Note, the principal amount of the
Note to be repaid, the certificate number or a description of the tenor and
terms of this Note, a statement that the Option to Elect Repayment is being
exercised and a guarantee that this Note to be repaid, together with the duly
completed form entitled Option to Elect Repayment, will be received by the
principal paying agent not later than the fifth Business Day (as defined below)
after the date of that telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter.
However, the telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be
effective if this Note and an Option to Elect Repayment form duly completed are
received by the Paying Agent by the fifth Business Day after the date of such
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter. Exercise of such repayment
option by the holder hereof shall be irrevocable. In the event of repayment of
this Note in part only, the Principal Paying Agent shall cause Schedule A of
this Note to be endorsed to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of this Note so repaid,
whereupon the principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the
amount so repaid and noted.
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 specified
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
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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 is issued in permanent global bearer form without interest
coupons attached (a "Global Bearer Note"). The beneficial owner of all or a
portion of this Note may exchange its interest in this Note upon not less than
30 days' written notice to the Principal Paying Agent through the relevant
clearing system, in whole, for Notes in bearer form with interest coupons, if
any, attached (the "Definitive Bearer Notes," and, together with the Global
Bearer Notes, the "Bearer Notes") or, if so indicated on the face of this Note,
at the beneficial owner's option, in whole or from time to time in part, for
Notes in fully registered form without coupons (the "Registered Notes"), in
each case, in the minimum denominations set forth on the face hereof or any
amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000 units of the
Specified Currency set forth on the face hereof. Interests in this Note shall
also be exchanged by the Issuer in whole, but not in part, for Definitive
Bearer Notes, which shall be serially numbered, with coupons, if any, attached
(or, if indicated on the face of this Note, at the beneficial owner's option,
for Registered Notes), of any authorized denominations if (i) this Note is
accelerated following an Event of Default or (ii) either the Euroclear System
("Euroclear") or Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme ("Clearstream,
Luxembourg") or any other relevant clearing system is closed for business for a
continuous period of fourteen days (other than by reason of public holidays) or
announces an intention to cease business permanently or in fact does so. The
Issuer shall give notice to the Principal Paying Agent promptly following any
such acceleration or upon learning of any such closure. Any exchanges referred
to above shall be made at the office of the Principal Paying Agent, or, in the
case of Registered Notes, at the office of the transfer agent for the
Registered Notes in London, which transfer agent will initially be [ ], upon
compliance with any procedures set forth in, or established pursuant to, the
Indenture; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required (i) to
exchange this Note for a period of fifteen calendar days preceding the first
publication or other transmission, if applicable, of a notice of redemption of
all or any portion hereof or (ii) to exchange any portion of this Note selected
for redemption or surrendered for optional repayment, except that such portion
of this Note may be exchanged for a Registered Note of like tenor; provided
that such Registered Note shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption or
repayment, as the case may be; and provided, further, that if a Registered Note
is issued in exchange for any portion of this Note after the close of business
at the office of the Principal Paying Agent on any record date (whether or not
a Business Day) for the payment of interest on such Registered Note and before
the opening of business at such office on the relevant Interest Payment Date,
any interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of
such Registered Note, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date only to
the holder of this Note. Upon exchange of this Note in whole for a Definitive
Bearer Note or Definitive Bearer Notes, or in whole or in part for a Registered
Note or Registered Notes, the Principal Paying Agent shall cause Schedule A of
this Note to be endorsed to reflect the reduction of the principal amount
hereof by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Definitive
Bearer Note or Definitive Bearer Notes, or such Registered Note or Registered
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Notes, whereupon the principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes
by the amount so exchanged and noted. All such exchanges of Notes will be free
of service charge, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The
date of any Note delivered upon any exchange of this Note shall be such that no
gain or loss of interest results from such exchange.
All (and not less than all) interests in this Note will be exchanged
for Definitive Bearer Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
following two sentences as soon as practicable after (i) the first beneficial
owner of an interest in this Note exchanges its interest for a Definitive
Bearer Note, (ii) the Issuer gives notice to the Principal Paying Agent of an
acceleration of the Note or (iii) either Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg
or any other relevant clearing system is closed for business for a continuous
period of fourteen days (other than by reason of public holidays) or announces
an intention to cease business permanently or in fact does so. In the event of
any exchange of interests in this Note for a Definitive Bearer Note, a common
depositary located outside the United States (the "common depositary") holding
this Note for Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as
the operator of Euroclear (the "Euroclear Operator"), Clearstream, Luxembourg,
and/or any other relevant clearing system (including Societe
Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilieres ("SICOVAM"))
shall instruct the Principal Paying Agent regarding the aggregate principal
amount of Definitive Bearer Notes and the denominations of such Definitive
Bearer Notes that must be authenticated and delivered to each relevant clearing
system in exchange for this Note. Thereafter, the Principal Paying Agent,
acting solely in reliance on such instructions, shall, upon surrender to it of
this Note and subject to the conditions in the preceding paragraph,
authenticate and deliver Definitive Bearer Notes in exchange for this Note in
accordance with such instructions and shall cause Schedule A of this Note to be
endorsed to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of this Note. Nothing in this paragraph shall
prevent the further exchange of Definitive Bearer Notes into Registered Notes.
This Note may be transferred by delivery; provided, however, that this
Note may be transferred only to a common depositary outside the United States
for the Euroclear Operator, Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or any other relevant
clearing system or to a nominee of such a depositary.
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, in the case of any destroyed or
lost or stolen Note, 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.
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If the face hereof indicates that this Note is subject to "Modified
Payment upon Acceleration or Redemption," 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 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 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.
This Note may be redeemed, as a whole, at the option of the Issuer at
any time prior to maturity, upon the giving of a notice of redemption as
described below, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
hereof, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption (except
that if this Note is subject to "Modified Payment upon Acceleration or
Redemption," such redemption price would 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
redemption, which amortization shall be calculated using the "interest method"
(computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect
on the date of redemption) (the "Amortized Amount")), if the Issuer determines
that, as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations
or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or of any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any
change in official position regarding the application or interpretation of such
laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective on or
after the Original Issue Date hereof, the Issuer has or will become obligated
to pay Additional Amounts (as defined below) with respect to this Note as
described below. Prior to the giving of any Notice of redemption pursuant to
this paragraph, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (i) a certificate
stating that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth
a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the
Issuer to so redeem have occurred, and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee to such effect based on such statement of facts;
provided that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 60 days
prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to pay such
Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of this Note were then due.
Notice of redemption will be given 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, which date and the applicable redemption
price will be specified in the Notice.
If the Issuer shall determine that any payment made outside the United
States by the Issuer or any Paying Agent of principal, premium or interest due
in respect of this Note would, under any
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present or future laws or regulations of the United States, be subject to any
certification, identification or other information reporting requirement of any
kind, the effect of which is the disclosure to the Issuer, any Paying Agent or
any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a
beneficial owner of this Note who is a United States Alien (as defined below)
(other than such a requirement (a) that would not be applicable to a payment
made by the Issuer or any Paying Agent (i) directly to the beneficial owner or
(ii) to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (b)
that can be satisfied by such custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to
the effect that such beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided that
in each case referred to in clauses (a)(ii) and (b) payment by such custodian,
nominee or agent to such beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such
requirement), the Issuer shall redeem this Note, as a whole, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (except that if this Note
is subject to "Modified Payment upon Acceleration or Redemption," such
redemption price would 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
Amortized Amount), together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption, or, at the election of the Issuer if the conditions of the next
succeeding paragraph are satisfied, pay the additional amounts specified in
such paragraph. The Issuer shall make such determination and election as soon
as practicable, shall promptly notify the Trustee thereof and shall publish (or
transmit, as applicable) prompt notice thereof (the "Determination Notice")
stating the effective date of such certification, identification or other
information reporting requirements, whether the Issuer will redeem this Note or
has elected to pay the additional amounts specified in the next succeeding
paragraph, and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of this
Note must take place, as provided in the next succeeding sentence. If the
Issuer redeems this Note, such redemption shall take place on such date, not
later than one year after the publication of the Determination Notice, as the
Issuer shall elect by notice to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the date
fixed for redemption or at least 30 days prior to the last day of the
Redemption Notice Period specified on the face hereof. Notice of such
redemption of this Note will be given to the holder of this Note not more than
60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or within the
Redemption Notice Period specified on the face hereof. Such redemption notice
shall include a statement as to the last date by which this Note to be redeemed
may be exchanged for Registered Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Issuer shall not so redeem this Note if the Issuer shall subsequently
determine, not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or
prior to the last day of the Redemption Notice Period specified on the face
hereof, that subsequent payments would not be subject to any such
certification, identification or other information reporting requirement, in
which case the Issuer shall publish (or transmit, as applicable) prompt notice
of such determination and any earlier redemption notice shall be revoked and of
no further effect. The right of the holder of this Note to exchange this Note
for Registered Notes pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph will
terminate at the close of business of the Principal Paying Agent on the
fifteenth day prior to the date fixed for redemption, and no further exchanges
of this Note for Registered Notes shall be permitted.
If and so long as the certification, identification or other
information reporting requirements referred to in the preceding paragraph would
be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding tax or similar charge,
the Issuer may elect by notice to the Trustee to pay as additional amounts such
amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made outside the United
States following the effective date of such requirements by the Issuer or any
Paying Agent of principal, premium or
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interest due in respect of this Note of which the beneficial owner is a United
States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or
identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Issuer, any Paying Agent
or any governmental authority, with respect to the payment of such additional
amounts), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such backup
withholding tax or similar charge (other than a backup withholding tax or
similar charge that (i) would not be applicable in the circumstances referred
to in the second parenthetical clause of the first sentence of the preceding
paragraph, or (ii) is imposed as a result of presentation of this Note for
payment more than 15 days after the date on which such payment becomes due and
payable or on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs
later), will not be less than the amount provided for in this Note to be then
due and payable. In the event the Issuer elects to pay any additional amounts
pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall have the right to redeem this Note
as a whole at any time pursuant to the applicable provisions of the immediately
preceding paragraph and the redemption price of this Note will not be reduced
for applicable withholding taxes. If the Issuer elects to pay additional
amounts pursuant to this paragraph and the condition specified in the first
sentence of this paragraph should no longer be satisfied, then the Issuer will
redeem this Note as a whole, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
immediately preceding paragraph.
The Issuer will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set
forth below, pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") to the
holder of this Note who is a United States Alien as may be necessary in order
that every net payment of the principal of and interest on this Note and any
other amounts payable on this Note, after withholding for or on account of any
present or future tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a
result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided
for in this Note to be then due and payable. The Issuer will not, however, be
required to make any payment of Additional Amounts to any such holder for or on
account of:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not
have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or
former connection between such holder (or between a fiduciary,
settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such holder, if such
holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership or a corporation) and the
United States and its possessions, including, without limitation, such
holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or
shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or
being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein
or having, or having had, a permanent establishment therein or (ii)
the presentation by the holder of this Note for payment on a date more
than 15 days after the date on which such payment became due and
payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for,
whichever occurs later;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal
property tax or any similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as a personal holding
company or foreign personal holding company or controlled foreign
corporation or passive foreign investment company with respect to the
United States or as a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid
United States federal income tax or as a private foundation or other
tax-exempt organization;
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(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable
otherwise than by withholding from payments on or in respect of this
Note;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be
withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of principal of, or
interest on, this Note, if such payment can be made without such
withholding by any other Paying Agent;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not
have been imposed but for the failure to comply with certification,
information or other reporting requirements concerning the
nationality, residence or identity of the holder or beneficial owner
of this Note, if such compliance is required by statute or by
regulation of the United States or of any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein as a precondition to relief or
exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
reason of such holder's past or present status as the actual or
constructive owner of 10% or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock entitled to vote of the Issuer or as a direct
or indirect subsidiary of the Issuer; or
(h) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment on this Note
to a United States Alien who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the
sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be
required by the laws of the United States (or any political subdivision
thereof) to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or
settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a
beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had
such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of this
Note.
The Indenture provides that (a) if an Event of Default (as defined in
the Indenture) due to the default in payment of principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on, any series of debt securities issued under the Indenture,
including the series of Global 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 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 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 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
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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.
The 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 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 (as defined below) 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 (as defined below) 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
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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 [ ],
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. If this Note is listed on
the London Stock Exchange Limited and such Exchange so requires, the Issuer
shall maintain a Paying Agent in London. The Issuer may designate other
agencies for the payment of said principal, premium and interest at such place
or places outside the United States (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 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 holder of this Note.
The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may
treat the holder of this Note 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 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,
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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.
As used herein:
(a) the term "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 in The City of London 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");
(b) the term "Market Exchange Rate" means the noon U.S. dollar
buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of the
Specified Currency indicated on the face hereof published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York;
(c) the term "Notices" refers to notices to the holders of the Notes
to be given by publication in an authorized newspaper in the English
language and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, and London or, if publication in London is not
practical, in an English language newspaper with general circulation
in Western Europe; provided that notice may be made, at the option of
the Issuer, through the customary notice provisions of the clearing
system or systems through which beneficial interests in this Note are
owned. Such Notices will be deemed to have been given on the date of
such publication (or other transmission, as applicable) or, if
published in such newspapers on different dates, on the date of the
first such publication;
(d) the term "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction; and
(e) the term "United States Alien" means any person who, for United
States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a
foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the
members of which is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien
individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or
trust.
All other terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture.
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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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EXCHANGES FOR DEFINITIVE BEARER NOTES, DEFINITIVE
REGISTERED NOTES AND FROM TEMPORARY GLOBAL BEARER NOTE,
REDEMPTIONS AND REPAYMENTS
The initial principal amount of this Note is . The following (A) exchanges of (i) portions of this Note for Definitive
Bearer Notes or Registered Notes and (ii) portions of a Temporary Global Bearer Note for an interest in this Note or (B) (x)
redemptions at the option of the Issuer or (y) repayments at the option of the holder have been made:
Remaining
Principal
Amount
Principal Principal Principal Principal Principal Outstanding
Amount Amount Amount Amount Amount Following Such Notation
Date of Exchange, Exchanged Exchanged For Exchanged for Redeemed at the Repaid at the Exchange, Made by or
Redemption or From Temporary Definitive Definitive Option of the Option of the Redemption or on Behalf of
Payment Global Notes Bearer Notes Registered Notes Issuer Holder Repayment Paying Agent
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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