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Exhibit 4.2

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 10, 2010 (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), between Albemarle Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), whose principal office is located at 451 Florida Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801 and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as successor to The Bank of New York (the “Original Trustee”), as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company and the Original Trustee have duly executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2005 (the “Indenture”), providing for the authentication, issuance, delivery and administration of unsecured notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series by the Company (herein called a “Security” or the “Securities”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a series of Securities (the “Notes”) to be issued under the Indenture in an initial aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, which may be authenticated and delivered as provided in the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend and supplement the provisions of the Indenture to issue the Notes under the terms of the Indenture as supplemented hereby; and

WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Indenture expressly permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purposes, inter alia, of establishing the forms and terms of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, and permits the execution of such supplemental indentures without the consent of the Holders of any Securities then outstanding; and

WHEREAS, for the purposes recited above, and pursuant to due corporate action, the Company has duly determined to execute and deliver to the Trustee this Second Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 All terms contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall, except as specifically provided herein or except as the context may otherwise require, have the meanings given to such terms in the Indenture.


1.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or any other depositary from time to time specified with respect to the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

“Global Note Legend” means the legend for the Global Securities substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

“Global Notes” mean Notes constituting Global Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

“Notes” shall have the meaning given such term in the second recital of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES.

There is hereby authorized the following series of Notes:

2.1 4.50% Senior Notes due 2020.

(a) A new series of senior unsecured Notes is hereby authorized and designated as the “4.50% Senior Notes due 2020”.

(b) The 4.50% Senior Notes due 2020 shall be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, subject to adjustment as described in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 4.50% per annum, shall mature on December 15, 2020 and shall be subject to optional redemption at any time by the Company pursuant to the terms set forth in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(c) The Company shall be permitted to amend this Second Supplemental Indenture in order to increase the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued hereunder without the consent of the Holders of the Notes or the Securities of any series so affected. Any such additional Notes will have the same terms as the Notes and will rank equal to the Notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of the additional Notes or except in certain circumstances for the first payment of interest following the issue) so that the additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single series of Securities with the Notes and have the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Notes that are the subject of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

2.2 Form of Global Notes. The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of Global Notes (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect any redemptions and be increased to reflect the issuance of any additional Notes. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any decrease or increase in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee, as custodian of the Global Notes.

 

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2.3 Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar for the Notes and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointments.

2.4 Security Register and Office or Agency. Pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture, the Company shall maintain the Security Register in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, at the office or agency designated from time to time by the Trustee, which will initially be the office or agency of the Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, and which shall also be the office or agency designated in accordance with Section 10.02 of the Indenture.

2.5 Procedures Regarding Optional Redemption. Under and pursuant to the Notes, the Company has been granted the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time at a Redemption Price specified in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. If the Company exercises its option to redeem the Notes (other than in respect of a Three Month Par Call (as defined in the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A)), it hereby agrees to (i) appoint an Independent Investment Banker (as defined in the Notes), (ii) provide to the Trustee the Company Order and notice specified by Section 11.02 of the Indenture, (iii) cause the Independent Investment Banker to obtain from each of the required Reference Treasury Dealers (as defined in the Notes) the Referenced Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined in the Notes), and (iv) upon receiving from the Independent Investment Banker the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined in the Notes), provide to the Trustee on or before the first Business Day preceding such Redemption Date the calculation of the Redemption Price to be paid on the Notes being redeemed. In that regard, the Independent Investment Banker shall, as a condition to its appointment by the Company, agree to furnish to the Company on or before the second Business Day preceding the Redemption Date the Comparable Treasury Price.

2.6 Procedures Regarding Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Events.

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right under and pursuant to the Notes to redeem all of the Notes, each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer (as defined below). In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but not including the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due and owing on the relevant interest payment date. Unless the Company has exercised its right under and pursuant to the Notes to redeem all of the Notes, within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice (the “Change of Control Offer Notice”) to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on a date no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (such date, the “Change of Control Payment Date” and such offer to repurchase, the “Change of Control Offer”). The Change of Control Offer Notice shall be sent

 

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by first class mail and in accordance with the other procedures specified in Section 1.07 of the Indenture and shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The Change of Control Offer Notice, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of the Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture relating to such Change of Control Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations in this Section 2.6(a) by virtue of any such conflict.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept or cause a third party to accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit or cause a third party to deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.

(c) The Change of Control Offer Notice shall state that Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased.

(d) The Change of Control Offer Notice shall state that the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to each Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided, however, that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any greater amount in multiples of $1,000.

(e) Notwithstanding this Section 2.6, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all the Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

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(f) Notwithstanding this Section 2.6, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a Default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment on the Change of Control Payment Date.

(g) For purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the following definitions are applicable:

(1 ) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following after the date of issuance of the Notes:

(A) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

(B) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of the Company’s Voting Stock representing a majority of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock;

(C) the Company consolidates with, or merge with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitutes, or is converted into or exchanged for, Voting Stock representing a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction;

(D) the first day on which the majority of the members of the Board of Directors cease to be Continuing Directors; or

(E) the adoption by the Company’s stockholders of a plan relating to our liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction (or series of related transactions) will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

 

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(2) “Change of Control Triggering Event” means, with respect to the Notes, (i) the rating of such Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the occurrence of a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings change), and (ii) such Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any day during the Trigger Period; provided that a Change of Control Trigger Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the trustee at our or its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change of Control.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated.

(3) “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who:

(A) was a member of the Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or

(B) was nominated for election or elected or appointed to the Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (or such lesser number comprising a majority of a nominating committee if authority for such nomination, election or appointment has been delegated to a nominating committee whose authority and composition have been approved by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time such committee was formed) either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination or otherwise.

(4) “Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company under the circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement rating agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement rating agency, in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”

(5) “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

(6) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, association, joint-stock company, joint venture, trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

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(7) “Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s and S&P; provided, that if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency; provided that the Company shall give notice of such appointment to the Trustee.

(8) “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

(9) “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS.

3.1 Ratification of Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

3.2 Governing Law. This Second Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

3.3 Counterparts. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all collectively but one and the same instrument.

3.4 The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company. All rights, privileges, protections, indemnities and benefits granted or afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture shall be deemed incorporated herein by this reference and shall be applicable to all actions taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee under this Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, as Issuer
By:  

/s/ Karen G. Narwold

Name:   Karen G. Narwold
Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Craig Kaye

Name:   Craig Kaye
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

[insert if the Note is a Global Note: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION

4.50% Senior Notes due 2020

No.

CUSIP NO. 012725 AA5

ISIN NO. US012725AA56

$350,000,000 [insert if the Note is a Global Note: , as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]

Albemarle Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [                    ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION Dollars [, if the Note is a Global Note, insert —, as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto,] on December 15, 2020 and to pay interest thereon from December 10, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing June 15, 2011, at the rate of 4.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 4.50% per annum (to the

 

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extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for (except for Defaulted Interest), on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the Regular Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

If this Note is not a Global Note, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on this Note will be made upon surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, designated from time to time by the Trustee which will initially be the office or agency of the Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 and payments of interest shall be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, however, that payments of interest shall be made by wire transfer to an account designated by Holders of this Note to the extent that the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holders is $1,000,000 or more and wire payment instructions are received by the Trustee at least 5 business days prior to the Interest Payment Date. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by the transfer of immediately available funds to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. All payments in respect of this Note shall be made in currency of the United States of America.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, all of which have the same effect for all purposes as the provisions set forth on the front.

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 or be valid or binding for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, as Issuer
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[BACK OF NOTE]

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2005, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 10, 2010 (herein, together with any additional supplements or amendments, called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

Interest payments on this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Dates or the date of Maturity (or any earlier redemption or repayment date), as the case may be. 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 date of Maturity (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 date of Maturity (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 date of Maturity (or any redemption or repayment date) to such next succeeding Business Day.

This Note and all the obligations of the Company hereunder are direct, unsecured obligations of the Company and rank without preference or priority among themselves and pari passu with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, subject to certain statutory exceptions in the event of liquidation upon insolvency.

The Notes are subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) from the Redemption Date through the date of Maturity, in each case discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time on or after September 15, 2020, the Notes will be redeemable as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed up to but not including the Redemption Date. A redemption of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph is referred to as a “Three-Month Par Call.”

For purposes of the second immediately preceding paragraph, the following defined terms shall have the meanings specified:

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States and such dealer’s affiliates.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers, and their respective successors and (2) two other Primary Treasury Dealers to be appointed by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing Primary Treasury Dealers or their affiliates shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of Notes to be redeemed. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot, or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The notice of redemption for the Notes will state, among other things, the amount of the Notes to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the manner in which the Redemption Price will be calculated and the place or places that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Notes to be redeemed.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

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The Company will pay interest to a person other than the Holder of record on the Regular Record Date if the Company elects to redeem the Notes on a date that is after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date. In this instance, the Company will pay accrued interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date to the same Person to whom the Company will pay the principal of those Notes.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, any Holder of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase as provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the indebtedness represented by the Notes or certain restrictive covenants (and related Events of Default) with respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture also contains specified Events of Default which will apply with respect to the Notes. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect prescribed in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification or waiver of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes and each other series of Securities to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and other Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and each other series of Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes and other series of affected Securities, to waive compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be waived without the written consent of each Holder affected) under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal

 

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amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Company has initially appointed the Trustee as Security Registrar for the Notes.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture, or in this Note, or because of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer, employee or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.

The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. To the extent not inconsistent herewith, the terms of the Indenture are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Assignment Form

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)  
 
and irrevocably appoint                                                               to transfer this Note on
                                                 (Print or type agent’s name)  
 
the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 
Date:  
 
Your Signature:                                                                            
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)  

Tax Identification No.:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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insert if the Note is a Global Note:

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following increases and decreases in the principal amount of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Notation

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal Amount
of this Global Note

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note

 

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note

following such

increase or decrease

 

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee

       

 

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