DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The following is a description of the material terms of the Notes offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement. This description supplements, and to the extent inconsistent, modifies the description of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities that is set forth in the accompanying prospectus under “Description of Securities.” To the extent the description in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with the description contained in the accompanying prospectus, you should rely on the description in this prospectus supplement.
The Notes will be issued under the indenture, dated as of May 16, 2017 (the “base indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “trustee”), as supplemented by the seventh supplemental indenture, to be dated as of March 5, 2024 (the “seventh supplemental indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the trustee. In this section, we refer to the indenture, together with the seventh supplemental indenture, as the “indenture.” The following statements with respect to the Notes are summaries of the provisions of the Notes and the indenture. We urge you to read such documents in their entirety because they, and not this description, will define your rights as holders of the Notes. A copy of the form of indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are a part.
General
The Issuer will issue the Notes in the principal amount of $750 million. As described under “—Further Issuances,” under the indenture the Issuer can issue additional Notes at later dates. In addition, the Issuer can issue additional series of debt securities without limitation as to aggregate principal amount under the indenture in the future.
The Notes will be issued only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount. The Notes will be represented by global certificates registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company, which we refer to in this prospectus supplement as DTC, as described under “—Book-Entry, Delivery and Form.”
The trustee, through its corporate trust office, is the Issuer’s paying agent and security registrar in respect of the Notes. The current location of such corporate trust office for such purposes is 1505 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108, Attention: CCT Administrator for Willis Towers Watson. So long as the Notes are issued in the form of global certificates, payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, will be made by the Issuer through the paying agent to DTC.
The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
Payments
The Notes will mature on March 5, 2054.
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 5 and September 5 of each year, beginning on September 5, 2024. The Issuer will pay interest to those persons who were holders of record of the Notes on February 21 or August 21 (whether or not a business day) immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. Interest on the Notes will accrue from March 5, 2024. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Further Issuances
The Issuer may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Notes, increase the principal amount of the Notes under the indenture and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion
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