beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the delivery of a notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange the Notes selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Notes selected, called or being called for redemption in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
The Indenture and the Notes may be amended or supplemented, and waivers may be obtained in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may waive any existing or past Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Those Holders may not, however, waive any Default or Event of Default in any payment on the Notes.
Any amendment, supplement or waiver to the Notes made with the consent of Holders of the Notes, shall be made with respect to the Notes only, and not any other series of Securities.
The Issuer may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior to December 3, 2049 (the date of such redemption, the “Make-Whole Redemption Date”) at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or
(ii) the sum, as determined by the Issuer based on the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined in the Officers’ Certificate), of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would have been payable in respect of such Notes to be redeemed calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes was December 3, 2049 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Make-Whole Redemption Date) discounted from the scheduled Interest Payment Dates to the Make-Whole Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a360-day year consisting of twelve30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Officers’ Certificate) plus 20 basis points,
plus, in the case of (i) or (ii), accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the Make-Whole Redemption Date.
Commencing on December 3, 2049, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the date of redemption (such date, and any Make-Whole Redemption Date, a “Redemption Date”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.
If any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the Issuer will pay the redemption price on the next Business Day without any interest or other payment due to the delay.
On or after any Redemption Date, unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. On or before any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be
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