UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 4, 2009

 

 

LOGO

BB&T Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission file number : 1-10853

 

North Carolina   56-0939887

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

200 West Second Street  
Winston-Salem, North Carolina   27101
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(336) 733-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

Establishment of Medium-Term Note Program

On May 4, 2009, BB&T Corporation (the “Company”) established a Medium-Term Note Program (the “Medium-Term Note Program”), under which the Company may issue from time to time Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior) (the “Series A Notes”), and Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated) (the “Series B Notes,” and together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”). The Series A Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Senior Note Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as senior note trustee, and pursuant to the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Series A Notes. The Series B Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004 and by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Subordinated Note Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as subordinated note trustee, and pursuant to the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order, dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Series B Notes. The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-152543, filed July 25, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”).

In anticipation of establishing the Medium-Term Note Program, the Company entered into a Distribution Agreement, dated April 27, 2009, with Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC (the “Distribution Agreement”), which agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and pursuant to which the Notes will be sold. The Senior Note Indenture, Subordinated Note Indenture, Officers’ Certificates and Company Orders and forms of Notes are filed as Exhibits 4.1 through 4.9 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Issuance and Sale of 5.70% Senior Notes due 2014 and 6.85% Senior Notes due 2019

On May 4, 2009, the Company issued $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at maturity of its 5.70% Senior Notes due April 30, 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at maturity of its 6.85% Senior Notes due April 30, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) under the Medium-Term Note Program. The 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes are each Series A Notes that were issued under the Senior Note Indenture. The offerings of the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes were made pursuant to the Registration Statement, and the terms of the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes are described in the Company’s Prospectus dated July 25, 2008, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated April 27, 2009, as further supplemented by the Pricing Supplement dated April 27, 2009. The 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes are not guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.


The 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes were sold pursuant to a Syndicated Terms Agreement, dated April 27, 2009 (the “Terms Agreement”), among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC, as agents, entered into in accordance with the Distribution Agreement. The Terms Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company received proceeds, after underwriter commissions or discounts but before deducting other offering expenses, of approximately $398,396,000 from the sale of the 2014 Notes and approximately $397,548,000 from the sale of the 2019 Notes.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1

   Distribution Agreement, dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC.

1.2

   Syndicated Terms Agreement, dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC.

4.1

   Indenture Regarding Senior Securities between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor in interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee, dated as of May 24, 1996, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-02899).

4.2

   First Supplemental Indenture dated May 4, 2009, to the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association.

4.3

   Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor in interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee, dated as of May 24, 1996, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-02899).

4.4

   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2003, to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 23, 2003.

4.5

   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2004, to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 27, 2004.

4.6

   Third Supplemental Indenture, dated May 4, 2009, to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association.


4.7    Officers’ Certificate and Company Order, dated May 4, 2009, to establish the Series A Notes.
4.8    Officers’ Certificate and Company Order, dated May 4, 2009, to establish the Series B Notes.
4.9    Forms of Notes:
   (a) Series A (Senior) Form of Global Fixed Rate Note;
   (b) Series A (Senior) Form of Global Floating Rate Note;
   (c) Series A (Senior) Form of Global OID Zero Coupon Note;
   (d) Series A (Senior) Form of Global OID Fixed Rate Note;
   (e) Series A (Senior) Form of Master Global Note;
   (f) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global Fixed Rate Note;
   (g) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global Floating Rate Note;
   (h) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global OID Zero Coupon Note;
   (i) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global OID Fixed Rate Note; and
   (j) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Master Global Note.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

BB&T CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:  

/S/    EDWARD D. VEST

  Edward D. Vest
  Executive Vice President and Controller
  (Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: May 4, 2009


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1

   Distribution Agreement, dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC.

1.2

   Syndicated Terms Agreement, dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC.

4.1

   Indenture Regarding Senior Securities between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor in interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee, dated as of May 24, 1996, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-02899).

4.2

   First Supplemental Indenture dated May 4, 2009, to the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association.

4.3

   Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor in interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee, dated as of May 24, 1996, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-02899).

4.4

   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2003, to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 23, 2003.

4.5

   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2004, to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 27, 2004.

4.6

   Third Supplemental Indenture, dated May 4, 2009, to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association.

4.7

   Officers’ Certificate and Company Order, dated May 4, 2009, to establish the Series A Notes.

4.8

   Officers’ Certificate and Company Order, dated May 4, 2009, to establish the Series B Notes.


4.9    Forms of Notes:
   (a) Series A (Senior) Form of Global Fixed Rate Note;
   (b) Series A (Senior) Form of Global Floating Rate Note;
   (c) Series A (Senior) Form of Global OID Zero Coupon Note;
   (d) Series A (Senior) Form of Global OID Fixed Rate Note;
   (e) Series A (Senior) Form of Master Global Note;
   (f) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global Fixed Rate Note;
   (g) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global Floating Rate Note;
   (h) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global OID Zero Coupon Note;
   (i) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Global OID Fixed Rate Note; and
   (j) Series B (Subordinated) Form of Master Global Note.

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION COPY

BB&T Corporation

(a North Carolina corporation)

Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)

Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated)

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

April 27, 2009

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of

    Scott & Stringfellow, LLC

909 E. Main Street, 8th Floor South

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Ladies and Gentlemen:

BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “ Company ”), confirms its agreement with you (you and each other person executing a Distribution Agreement substantially similar to this Agreement being hereinafter referred to as an “ Agent ”) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior) (the “ Senior Notes ”) and Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated) (the “ Subordinated Notes ”) due nine (9) months or more from date of issue (the “ Securities ”). The Senior Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 24, 1996, as the same may be amended from time to time (as so amended, the “ Senior Note Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Senior Note Trustee ”) and an Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities and any applicable Authentication Certificate supplemental to the Officers’ Certificate. The Subordinated Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 24, 1996, as the same may be amended from time to time (as so amended, the “ Subordinated Note Indenture ”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Subordinated Note Trustee ”) and an Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities and any applicable Authentication Certificate supplemental to the Officers’ Certificate. The Senior Note Indenture and the Subordinated Note Indenture are collectively referred to herein as the “ Indentures .” It is understood that the Company may from time to time authorize the issuance of additional Securities and that such additional Securities may be sold through or to the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as though the issuance of such Securities were authorized as of the date hereof.


Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, the Company hereby (i) appoints you as an agent of the Company for the purpose of soliciting purchases of the Securities from the Company by others and (ii) agrees that whenever the Company determines to sell Securities directly to you as principal for resale to others, it will enter into a terms agreement (which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and which may take the form of an oral agreement confirmed in writing or any exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication between you and the Company), a syndicated terms agreement (which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto) or other separate agreement to which you and the Company shall otherwise agree, relating to such sale in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof (any such terms agreement, syndicated terms agreement or other separate agreement to which you and the Company shall otherwise agree shall hereinafter be referred to as a “ Terms Agreement ”).

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties .

(a) The Company represents and warrants to you as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time and each Settlement Date hereinafter referred to, and as of the times referred to in Sections 6(a) and 6(b) hereof (in each case the “ Representation Date ”), as follows:

(i) An “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”)) on Form S-3 in respect of the Securities (File No. 333-152543) (A) has been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act, and the rules and regulations (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) thereunder, (B) has been filed with the Commission under the 1933 Act not earlier than the date that is three years prior to the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2 hereof) and (C) upon its filing with the Commission, automatically became and is effective under the 1933 Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto (excluding exhibits to such registration statement and all documents which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR (defined below) and incorporated by reference in each prospectus contained therein) have been delivered or made available by the Company to the Agents; and no other document with respect to such registration statement or any such document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission.

Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the rules and regulations under the 1933 Act, is herein called the “ Registration Statement .” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “ Original Registration Statement .” Any information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f) is referred to as the “ Rule 430B Information .”

 

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No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Agents; no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus (as defined below) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) has been issued by the Commission; the Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 and has not been notified by the Commission of any objection to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3.

The Company has been, and continues to be, a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations) and has not been, and continues not to be, an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations), in each case at all times relevant under the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the specified meanings:

The term “ Applicable Time ” means the time and date set forth in the Terms Agreement relating to an issue of Securities or, when not otherwise agreed to between the Company and the applicable Agents, the time and date when an Agent first conveys to purchasers the pricing terms of an issue of Securities set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement (or a Term Sheet (as defined in Section 3(d)), if any, prepared prior to the Pricing Supplement), for such issue of Securities.

The term “ Basic Prospectus ” means the base prospectus relating to the Securities included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective.

The term “ Prospectus ” means the prospectus relating to the Securities, including the Basic Prospectus and the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities heretofore filed with the Commission (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) and any pricing supplement related to any issue of Securities (the “ Pricing Supplement ”), in the form furnished to the Agents for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act.

As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” and “Prospectus” shall include in each case the material, if any, incorporated by reference therein as of its effective time, in the case of the Registration Statement and the Basic Prospectus, and as of the date of such prospectus, in the case of any Prospectus. Any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus or Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference after the date of such Basic Prospectus or any Prospectus, as the case may be. Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any document incorporated by reference after the effective time of such Registration Statement.

The term “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act (“ Rule 433 ”), prepared in connection with an issue of Securities.

 

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The term “ Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by it being specified in a schedule to the Terms Agreement (for offerings pursuant to Section 2(b)), including, without limitation, any Term Sheet (as defined in Section 3(d) hereof), or as otherwise identified by the parties hereto.

The term “ Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

All references herein to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“ EDGAR ”).

(ii) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ 1934 Act ”) and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”), and when read together and with the other information in the Prospectus, (A) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (B) at the earlier of the time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of the Securities and (C) as of the Closing Date, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to any statements or omissions made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by you expressly for use therein.

(iii) At the respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to an Agent pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ 1939 Act ”) and the rules and regulations thereunder, and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued, at the Closing Time and at each Settlement Date (as defined below), included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and the Prospectus complied when filed with the Commission in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and the Prospectus delivered to the Agents for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T; and, with respect to any issue of Securities, as of the

 

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Applicable Time for such issue of Securities, neither (x) the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the applicable Pricing Supplement (if no Term Sheet has been prepared for such issue of Securities) and the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es), all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of any such issue of Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Agents, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified; provided , however , that the representations and warranties in this Section 1(a)(iii) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Agent expressly for use therein or to that part of the Registration Statement constituting the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act (Form T-1) of any trustee.

(iv) The accountants who audited and reviewed the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(v) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; and said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.

(vi) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein or contemplated thereby, (A) there has been no Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), (B) there has been no material decrease in the capital stock or any material increase in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and (C) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those in the ordinary course of business. “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or

 

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in the earnings, income, affairs or business prospects of the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company considered as one enterprise.

(vii) The Company (A) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, (B) is duly registered as a bank holding company and is qualified as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Act of 1956, as amended, and (C) has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(viii) Branch Banking and Trust Company, the Company’s principal banking subsidiary (the “ Principal Banking Subsidiary ”), has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a state-chartered commercial bank in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Principal Banking Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable; and 100% of the capital stock of the Principal Banking Subsidiary is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

(ix) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as of the date or dates specified therein, and the shares of issued and outstanding capital stock set forth therein have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

(x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its organizational documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of them or their properties or assets may be bound, except for such violations or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Securities, the Indentures and each applicable Terms Agreement, if any, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except

 

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where such breach or default would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court order or decree; and no consent, approval, authorization, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1939 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, all of which have been obtained, or such as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Agents.

(xi) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the issuance of the offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 1940 Act ”).

(xii) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or have obtained all material governmental licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations necessary to lease or own, as the case may be, and to operate their respective properties and to carry on their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to own, possess or maintain such governmental licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess all material trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any trademarks, service marks or trade names which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(xiv) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which may reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or which may reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and there are no material contracts or documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations which have not been so filed.

(xv) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.

 

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(xvi) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and of the Indentures against payment of the consideration therefor specified herein, the Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any Securities payable in a foreign or composite currency (or a foreign or composite currency judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law or by governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States. The Securities will be substantially in a form previously certified to the Agents and contemplated by the Indentures; and each holder of Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indentures. The Securities and the Indentures conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xvii) Each of this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(xviii) The Indentures have been duly qualified under the 1939 Act and have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are the valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(xix) To the best knowledge of the Company, the operations of the Company are currently in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and any instances of non-compliance have been resolved with the applicable governmental agency and no formal action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is threatened.

(xx) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other

 

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unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (D) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment, except where any of the activities set forth in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(xxi) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a–15(f)) that complies with the requirements of the 1934 Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.

(xxii) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxiii) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a–15(e)) that comply with the requirements of the 1934 Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(xxiv) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to you or to your counsel in connection with an offering of Securities, or the sale of Securities to you pursuant to any applicable Terms Agreement, contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to you as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate and at each Representation Date referred to in Section 1(a) hereof subsequent thereto relating to such offering or sale.

 

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SECTION 2. Solicitations as Agent; Purchases as Principal .

(a) Solicitations as Agent . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to use your reasonable efforts, as agent for the Company, to solicit offers to purchase the Securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. You are not authorized to appoint sub-agents with respect to Securities sold through you as agent. All securities sold through you as agent will be sold at 100% of their principal amount, unless otherwise agreed upon by you and the Company.

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend solicitation of purchases of the Securities commencing at any time for any period of time or permanently. Upon receipt of instructions from the Company, you will forthwith suspend solicitation of purchases from the Company until advised by the Company that such solicitation may be resumed.

The Company agrees to pay you a commission equal to a specified percentage, as agreed between the Company and you, of the principal amount (or, in the case of original issue discount Securities, the principal amount payable at the stated maturity thereof) of each Security sold by the Company, as a result of a solicitation made or offer to purchase received by you, as agent for the Company.

You, in your capacity as agent for the Company, are authorized to solicit orders for the Securities with terms specified to you from time to time by the Company. You shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each offer to purchase Securities received by you as agent that in your judgment should be considered by the Company. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase the Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in part. You shall have the right to reject any offer to purchase the Securities received by you in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of your agreement contained herein.

(b) Purchases as Principal . Each sale of Securities to you as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (unless the Company and you shall otherwise agree) a Terms Agreement which will provide for the sale of such Securities to, and the purchase and reoffering thereof by, you. Your commitment to purchase Securities pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth; provided , however , that for purposes of any Terms Agreement all references in this Agreement to “you” or “the Agents” shall be deemed to refer only to the Agent or Agents that are a party to such Terms Agreement. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the principal amount of Securities to be purchased by you pursuant thereto, the price to be paid to the Company for such Securities, the initial public offering price, if any, at which the Securities are proposed to be reoffered, and the time of delivery of and payment for such Securities and such other provisions as may be mutually agreed upon. Such Terms Agreement shall also specify any requirements for officers’ certificates, opinions of counsel and letters from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 hereof. Each purchase of the Securities shall be (i) at a discount from the principal amount of such Securities as agreed

 

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between the Company and such Agent or (ii) as otherwise agreed between the Company and such Agent.

For each sale of Securities to an Agent as principal that is not made pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of such Securities and payment therefor shall be as set forth in the Procedures (as defined below) unless the Company and the relevant Agent(s) shall otherwise agree.

Subject to the provisions of any applicable Terms Agreement, Securities purchased by an Agent as principal may be resold by such Agent to one or more investors or other purchasers at fixed offering prices or at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of such resale, as determined by such Agent. In addition, such Agent may offer the Securities it has purchased as principal to other dealers.

If the Company and two or more Agents enter into an agreement pursuant to which such Agents agree to purchase Securities from the Company as principal and one or more of such Agents shall fail at the Settlement Date to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase (the “ Defaulted Securities ”), then the nondefaulting Agents shall have the right, within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one of them or one or more other Agents or underwriters to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; provided , however , that if such arrangements shall not have been completed within such twenty-four (24) hour period, then:

(i) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be so purchased by all of such Agents on the Settlement Date, the nondefaulting Agents shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective initial purchase obligations bear to the purchase obligations of all nondefaulting Agents; or

(ii) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be so purchased by all of such Agents on the Settlement Date, such agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any nondefaulting Agent.

No action taken pursuant to this paragraph shall relieve any defaulting Agent from liability in respect of its default. In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of such agreement, either the nondefaulting Agents or the Company shall have the rights to postpone the Settlement Date for a period not exceeding seven (7) days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.

(c) Procedures; Settlement . Administrative procedures with respect to the sale of Securities shall be set forth in an exhibit to the Officers’ Certificate and the Company Order to be delivered by the Company as of the Settlement Date (as defined below), as agreed to between the Company and the Agents (the “ Procedures ”). You and the Company agree to

 

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perform on and after the Closing Time the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by each of them herein and in the Procedures. The time of delivery of and payment for Securities, whether pursuant to a Terms Agreement or other agreement to purchase Securities as principal or pursuant to another purchaser’s offer to purchase Securities solicited by you in your capacity as agent for the Company, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Settlement Date ” for such Securities.

(d) Solicitations as Agent . You agree, with respect to any Security denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, as agent, directly or indirectly, not to solicit offers to purchase, and as principal under any Terms Agreement or otherwise, directly or indirectly, not to offer, sell or deliver such Security in, or to residents of, the country issuing such currency (or, if such Security is denominated in a composite currency, in any country issuing a currency comprising a portion of such composite currency), except as permitted by applicable law.

(e) Delivery . The documents initially required to be delivered by Section 5 hereof shall be delivered at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022-6069 on the date hereof, or at such other time as you and the Company may agree upon in writing (the “ Closing Time ”).

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with you as follows:

(a) If at any time when the Prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the counsel for the Agents or counsel for the Company, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of either such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, or if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, prompt notice thereof shall be given, and confirmed in writing, to you to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities in your capacity as agent for the Company and to cease sales of any Securities you may then own as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement or otherwise, and, if requested by you, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement, omission or conflict or to make the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus comply with such requirements.

 

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(b) On the date on which there shall be released to the general public interim financial statement information related to the Company with respect to each of the first three (3) quarters of any fiscal year or preliminary financial statement information with respect to any fiscal year, the Company shall post to its website or furnish such information to you, confirmed in writing upon request, and shall cause the Prospectus to be amended or supplemented to include or incorporate by reference summary financial information with respect to the results of operations of the Company for the period between the end of the preceding fiscal year and the end of such quarter or for such fiscal year, as the case may be, and corresponding information for the comparable period of the preceding fiscal year, as well as such other information and explanations as shall be necessary for an understanding of such amounts or as shall be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations; provided , however , that if on the date of such release you shall have suspended solicitation of purchases of the Securities in your capacity as agent for the Company pursuant to a request from the Company, and shall not then hold any Securities as principal, the Company shall not be obligated so to amend or supplement the Prospectus until such time as the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of the Securities should be resumed or shall subsequently enter into a new Terms Agreement with you.

(c) On the date on which there shall be released to the general public financial information included in or derived from the audited financial statements of the Company for the preceding fiscal year, the Company shall cause the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to be amended, pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, to include or incorporate by reference such audited financial statements and the report or reports, and consent or consents to such inclusion or incorporation by reference, of the independent accountants with respect thereto, as well as such other information and explanations as shall be necessary for an understanding of such financial statements or as shall be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations; provided , however , that if on the date of such release you shall have suspended solicitation of purchases of the Securities in your capacity as agent for the Company pursuant to a request from the Company, and shall not then hold any Securities as principal, the Company shall not be obligated so to amend or supplement the Prospectus until such time as the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of the Securities should be resumed or shall subsequently enter into a new Terms Agreement with you.

(d) The Company will: (i) prepare the Pricing Supplement in relation to the applicable Securities in a form approved by the Agents and file such Pricing Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); (ii) if agreed between the Company and the Agents, prepare a final term sheet (a “ Term Sheet ”), containing solely a description of the offered Securities, in a form approved by you and to file such Term Sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time period specified therein; (iii) file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d); and (iv) make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus after the date referred to in Section 6(a) hereof relating to such offered Securities and prior to the applicable Settlement Date for such offered Securities which is not consented to by the Agents after reasonable notice thereof (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

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consent of the Company and the other Agents, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to any issue of Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, provided that consent shall have been deemed to have been given with respect to a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the Term Sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 3(d) hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Agents is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company and the Agents consent to the use by the Agents of one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing either the information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering or the information included in the applicable Pricing Supplement (or a Term Sheet (as defined in Section 3(d)) and other customary information that is not “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, provided that such term sheet shall not be treated as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders (as defined in Rule 158), as soon as practicable, but not later than forty-five (45) days after the close of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, earnings statements (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve (12) month period beginning not later than the first day of the fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement, provided that the Company may make such earnings statements generally available by filing quarterly and annual reports with the Commission as may be required by the Exchange Act.

(g) The Company will give you notice of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (other than an amendment to the Registration Statement or prospectus supplement not relating to the Securities or an amendment or supplement providing solely for the interests rates, redemption provisions, maturities or other terms of the Securities or other information contemplated by the Prospectus or required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations to be filed in a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or supplement effected by the filing of a document with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act). The Company will furnish you with copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents proposed to be filed a reasonable time in advance of filing, will not file any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which you or your counsel shall reasonably object and, if requested, will furnish you with copies of documents filed pursuant to the 1934 Act promptly upon request; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than the Prospectus) to you to the extent such document is available on EDGAR.

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interests rates, redemption provisions, maturities or other terms of the Securities or other information contemplated by the Prospectus or required by the 1933 Act or 1933 Act Regulations to be filed in a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or supplement effected by the filing of a document with the commission pursuant to the 1934 Act), (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any document filed pursuant to the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threat of initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or (v) of the suspension of qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order or suspension of qualification and, if any stop order or suspension of qualification is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(i) The Company will deliver to you, in printed, electronic or such other format as may be agreed, as many signed and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) as you may reasonably request. The Company will furnish to you as many copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented), in printed, electronic or such other format as may be agreed, as you shall reasonably request so long as you are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Securities.

(j) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with you, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Agents may designate, and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Securities; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. The Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been qualified as above provided.

(k) The Company, during the period in which the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

(l) Between the date of any Terms Agreement to which you are a party and the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld) of each Agent that is a party to such Terms Agreement (or, in the case of a syndicated issue, the book-running lead manager(s)), offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of the Company with terms otherwise substantially similar to those of the Securities which are the subject of such Terms Agreement (other than such Securities), except as may otherwise be provided in any such Terms Agreement. Between (i) the date the Company accepts an offer by any Agent to purchase Securities as principal not pursuant to a Terms Agreement and confirms

 

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in writing its agreement to comply with this Section 3(l) with respect to such Securities, and (ii) the Settlement Date with respect to such Securities, the Company will not, without the prior consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld) of such Agent, offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of the Company with terms otherwise substantially similar to those of the Securities purchased by such Agent as principal (other than such Securities), except as may otherwise be provided in the Company’s written confirmation to such Agent.

(m) The Company will suspend solicitation of purchases of the Securities, and will advise the Agents of such suspension, upon receiving notice from a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the 1933 Act, of the downgrading of any rating assigned to any debt securities of the Company, or upon receiving notice of any intended or potential downgrading or any review with possible negative implications; it being understood that as of the date hereof, the Agents acknowledge the Company’s current assigned ratings and status thereof, as disclosed in the Pricing Supplement, dated the date hereof, under the caption “Recent Developments.”

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement (whether or not any sale of Securities is consummated), including: (a) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, (b) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (c) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its counsel, (d) the qualification of the Securities under securities or “blue sky” laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(j), including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any “blue sky” memorandum, any “blue sky” survey and any legal investment survey, (e) the printing and delivery to you in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (f) the printing and delivery to you of copies of the Indentures and any “blue sky” memorandum, “blue sky” survey or any legal investment survey, and (g) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities.

The Company shall reimburse you for the reasonable fees and disbursements of your counsel in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the program contemplated by this Agreement, but not any subsequent issuance of Securities. The Company shall also reimburse you for any advertising and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred with the prior approval of the Company.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Obligation . Your obligation to solicit offers to purchase the Securities in your capacity as agent of the Company and your obligation to purchase Securities as principal pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise and the obligations of purchasers to purchase Securities pursuant to purchase offers solicited by you and accepted by the Company will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company’s officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed (in the case of an Agent’s obligation to solicit offers to purchase Securities, at the time of such

 

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solicitation, and, in the case of an Agent’s or any other purchaser’s obligation to purchase Securities, at the time the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Securities and at the applicable Settlement Date) and (in each case) to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) At Closing Time and at each Settlement Date with respect to any applicable Terms Agreement to which you are a party, if called for by such Terms Agreement, you shall have received:

(1) The opinion or opinions (including the 10b-5 letter), dated as of such time, of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., counsel to the Company (which, as appropriate, may rely upon the opinion or opinions of the Company’s General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel), in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

(i) The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company and is qualified as a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

(ii) This Agreement (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof on account of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(iii) Each of the Senior Note Indenture and the Subordinated Note Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming each such Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Senior Note Trustee or the Subordinated Note Trustee, as applicable) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject (A) to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect, (B) to the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (C) to requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in U.S. dollars (or a foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency judgment in respect of such claim) would be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law, and (D) to governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in a foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency, and the Indentures are duly qualified under the 1939 Act.

(iv) The Securities have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when executed and authenticated as specified in the applicable Indenture and delivered against payment of the consideration therefore in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject (A) to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without

 

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limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect, (B) to the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (C) to requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in U.S. dollars (or a foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency judgment in respect of such claim) would be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law, and (D) to governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in a foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency.

(v) The statements in the General Disclosure Package (if applicable) and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Notes”, insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair summaries of the matters referred to therein.

(vi) The statements in the General Disclosure Package (if applicable) and the Prospectus with respect to the Securities under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, are accurate, complete and fair summaries of the matters described therein.

(vii) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge and information, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other agreements or instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct.

(viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the 1933 Act; any required filing of each prospectus relating to the offered Securities (including the Prospectus) pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); any required filing of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d); and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.

(ix) At the time the Registration Statement, including without limitation the Rule 430B Information, became effective or is deemed effective, and as of the date hereof, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and at the time they were filed, each document incorporated by reference therein (except

 

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for financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto and the audit reports thereon, or any other statistical data or information of a financial or accounting nature set forth or referred to in the Registration Statement or in any document incorporated therein by reference or any exhibits thereto, including the Statements of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 filed as an exhibit, as to which no opinion need be rendered), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1939 Act and the regulations under each of those Acts; and such counsel has no reason to believe that (other than the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto and the audit reports thereon, or any other statistical data or information of a financial or accounting nature set forth or referred to in the Registration Statement or in any document incorporated therein by reference or any exhibits thereto, including the Statements of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 filed as an exhibit, as to which no opinion need be rendered): (A) the Registration Statement, including without limitation the Rule 430B Information, as of its effective date and each deemed effective date, or if an amendment to the Registration Statement or to any document incorporated by reference therein has been filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, then at the time of the most recent such filing, and at the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at Closing Time or the Settlement Date, as the case may be, as of its date, at Closing Time and the Settlement Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C) that the General Disclosure Package (if applicable) as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(x) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or agency of the United States or the State of New York is required in connection with the sale of the Securities, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, all of which have been obtained, or such as may be required under state securities laws.

(xi) The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act, and in respect of each Settlement Date with respect to any applicable Terms Agreement which calls for an opinion to be delivered pursuant hereto, the Company, after giving effect to the application of proceeds from the offering of the Securities as contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

 

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(2) The opinion or opinions, dated as of such time, of the Company’s General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package (if applicable) and the Prospectus.

(ii) The Principal Banking Subsidiary is validly existing as state-chartered commercial bank in good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package (if applicable) and the Prospectus.

(iii) There are no pending or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, overtly threatened lawsuits or claims against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company that are required to be disclosed in the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement that are not disclosed as required.

(iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof on account of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement), the Securities and the Indentures and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein will not (A) conflict with or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) result in a violation of any law or administrative regulation or administrative or court decree of any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company known to such counsel and applicable to the Company which may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company.

(3) The opinion or opinions of your counsel, relating to the validity of the Securities, the Indentures, this Agreement, such other matters as the Agent or Agents receiving such opinion may request and the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package (if applicable) and the Prospectus.

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received a certificate of the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Senior Executive Vice President, any Executive Vice President, or any Senior Vice President of the Company, dated as of Closing Time and, if called for by such Terms Agreement, dated as of the Settlement Date for such transaction, in each case to the effect (i) that there has been no downgrading, nor any notice given of any potential or intended downgrading, or of a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization since the date of the Terms Agreement (if such certificate is called for by such Terms Agreement), (ii) that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the date of such certificate, (iii) that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date of such certificate, (iv) that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and (v) that the Company, and, to the best of its knowledge, its officers and directors, are in compliance with applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(c) At Closing Time, at the date of any Terms Agreement and on the applicable Settlement Date with respect to any such Terms Agreement to which you are a party, if called for by such Terms Agreement, you shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (or another nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants), a letter, dated as of the Closing Time or the date of the Terms Agreement, and a bring-down letter, dated as of such Settlement Date, as applicable, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

(i) They are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(ii) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements and schedules audited by them and included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(iii) They have made a review of any unaudited consolidated financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(iv) On the basis of the review referred to in (iii) and a reading of the latest available interim financial information of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and such subsidiaries since the date of the balance sheet included in the Company’s most recent audited financial statements, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures,

 

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nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations or that the unaudited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are not presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with that of the audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(v) They have performed specified procedures, not constituting an audit, including a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, a reading of the minute books of the Company and such subsidiaries since the date of the balance sheet included in the Company’s most recent audited financial statements, inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, and on the basis of such inquiries and procedures nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

(A) at the date of the latest available consolidated balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than three (3) business days prior to the date of delivery of such letter, there was any change in certain balance sheet items including the capital stock of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, any increase in long-term debt of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or any decreases in consolidated common shareholders’ equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the most recent consolidated balance sheet included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; or

(B) for the period from the date of the latest income statement included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to the date not more than three (3) business days prior to the delivery of such letter, there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in certain income statement items including consolidated net income or consolidated net interest income, except for decreases which the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter.

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the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Company’s accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter, and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.

All financial statements and schedules included in materials incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.

(d) At Closing Time and at each Settlement Date with respect to any Terms Agreement to which you are a party, if called for by such Terms Agreement, the counsel for the Agents shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agents and their counsel; provided that if such actions are not reasonably satisfactory to the Agents or their counsel, the Company shall have a reasonable opportunity to cure such actions.

Your obligation to solicit offers to purchase the Securities in your capacity as Agent for the Company, your obligation to purchase Securities as principal pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise and the obligations of purchasers to purchase Securities pursuant to purchase offers solicited by you and accepted by the Company will be subject to the following further conditions: (i) there shall not have been, since the date of such Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, other than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at the time of such solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase was made, and (ii) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any material change in financial markets or other calamity or crisis (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism) the effect of which is such as to make it, in your judgment (or, in the case of a syndicated issue, in the judgment of the book-running lead manager(s)), impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, and (iii) trading in securities of the Company shall not have been suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange, nor shall trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading of securities generally have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities (other than trading limits currently in effect and other similar trading limits) have been required, or trading otherwise materially limited, by either of said exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared by the relevant authorities in the country or countries of origin of any foreign

 

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currency or currencies in which the Securities are denominated or payable, and (iv) there shall not have been a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, and (v) the rating assigned by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization to any debt securities of the Company as of the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or the date that the applicable purchase offer was presented to the Company, as the case may be, shall not have been downgraded from that date to the applicable Settlement Date nor shall any notice have been given by any such nationally recognized statistical rating organization of any intended or potential downgrading or any review for possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change in such rating and (vi) the Prospectus, at the time it was required to be delivered to a purchaser of the Securities, shall not have contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at such time, not misleading.

If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled, any Terms Agreement to which you are a party and any agreement to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to a purchase offer solicited by you as Agent may be terminated insofar as it applies to you (or, if terminated by the book-running lead manager of a syndicated issue, as it applies to all Agents party thereto) or to a prospective purchaser, in the case of a solicited purchase offer, by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time or applicable Settlement Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that the covenants set forth in Section 3(f) hereof, the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreement set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 10 and 13 hereof shall remain in effect.

SECTION 6. Additional Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees that:

(a) Each acceptance by it of an offer for the purchase of Securities, and each sale of Securities to you (whether to you as principal or through you as agent), shall be deemed to be an affirmation that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in any certificate theretofore delivered to you pursuant hereto are true and correct at the time of such acceptance or sale, as the case may be, and an undertaking that such representations and warranties will be true and correct at the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent, or you, as the case may be, of the relevant Securities, as though made at and as of each such time (and it is understood that such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to each such time);

(b) Each time that the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement relating solely to the terms of the Securities or a change in the principal amount of Securities remaining to be sold or similar changes) or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than by an amendment or supplement relating solely to the terms of the Securities or a change in the principal amount of the Securities remaining to be sold or similar changes) or if the Company sells Securities to you pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement so provides, the Company shall, if so requested by you or if so required by such Terms Agreement, furnish or

 

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cause to be furnished to you (or, if such certificate is being furnished pursuant to a Terms Agreement, to the Agent or Agents party thereto) forthwith a certificate in form satisfactory to you (or, if such certificate is being furnished pursuant to a Terms Agreement, to the Agent or Agents party thereto) to the effect that the statements contained in the certificates referred to in Section 5(b) hereof which were last furnished to you are true and correct at the time of such amendment or supplement or filing or sale, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, certificates of the same tenor as the certificates referred to in said Section 5(b), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificates;

(c) If the Company sells Securities to you pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement so provides, the Company shall, if so required by such Terms Agreement, furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to you (or, if such certificate is being furnished pursuant to a Terms Agreement, to the Agent or Agents party thereto) and the counsel for the Agents, written opinions of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., counsel to the Company, or other counsel satisfactory to the Agents receiving such opinion, and the General Counsel of the Company, each dated the date of delivery of such opinion, in form satisfactory to the Agents receiving such opinion, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Sections 5(a)(1) and 5(a)(2), respectively, hereof but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinions or, in lieu of such opinions, counsel last furnishing each such opinion to the Agents shall furnish to the Agent or Agents entitled to receive such opinion a letter to the effect that such Agent or Agents may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it was dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such last opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance); and

(d) If the Company sells Securities to you pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement so provides, the Company shall, if so required by such Terms Agreement, cause PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (or another nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants) forthwith to furnish you (or, if such letter is being furnished pursuant to a Terms Agreement, to the Agent or Agents party thereto) a letter, dated the date of filing of such amendment, supplement or document with the Commission, or the date of such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to the Agent or Agents entitled to receive such letter, of the same tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 5(c) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter, and of the same general tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of said Section 5(c) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the Company; provided , however , that if the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial

 

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statements included in such amendment or supplement unless any other information included therein of an accounting, financial or statistical nature is of such a nature that, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent or Agents entitled to receive such letter, such letter should cover such other information.

SECTION 7. Indemnification .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each person, if any, who controls such Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Supplement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, unless such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Supplement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (except as made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished by such Agent as aforesaid) if such settlement is effected with the prior written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by such Agent), as incurred, reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (except as made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished by such Agent as aforesaid), to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above.

 

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(b) Each Agent severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 7, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Supplement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Supplement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the applicable Agent(s) and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances; provided , however , that when more than one of the Agents is an indemnified party each such Agent shall be entitled to separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in each such jurisdiction to the extent such Agent may have interests conflicting with those of the other Agent or Agents because of the participation of one Agent in a transaction hereunder in which the other Agent or Agents did not participate. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

SECTION 8. Contribution . In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Section 7 is for any reason held to be unavailable in accordance with its terms, the Company and the applicable Agents shall

 

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contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the applicable Agents with respect to the Securities that were the subject of the claim for indemnification in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the applicable Agents on the other. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the applicable Agents on the other shall be deemed to be in such proportion represented by the percentage that the total commissions and underwriting discounts received by the applicable Agents from such Securities bears to the total net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from such Securities, and the Company is responsible for the balance. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the applicable Agents failed to give the notice required under Section 7(c) hereof, then the Company and the applicable Agents shall contribute to such aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the applicable Agents in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such liabilities, claims, damages and expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the applicable Agents and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the applicable Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8 were determined pro rata (even if the Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, the applicable Agents shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities referred to in the second sentence of this Section 8 that were offered and sold to the public through the applicable Agents exceeds the amount of any damages that the applicable Agents have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled under this Section 8 to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls the applicable Agents within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the applicable Agents, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. In addition, in connection with an offering of Securities purchased from the Company by two or more Agents as principal, the respective obligations of such Agents to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several, and not joint, in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Securities that each such Agent has agreed to purchase from the Company.

SECTION 9. Status of the Agents . In acting under this Agreement and in connection with the sale of any Securities by the Company (other than Securities sold to you as principal), you are acting solely as agent of the Company and do not assume any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with any purchaser of Securities. You will make reasonable

 

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efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Securities from the Company has been solicited by you and accepted by the Company but you shall not have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. If the Company shall default in its obligations to deliver Securities to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall hold you harmless against any loss, claim, damage or liability arising from or as a result of such default and shall, in particular, pay to you the commission you would have received had such sale been consummated.

SECTION 10. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations, warranties and indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement or any Terms Agreement or other agreement to purchase Securities as principal to which you are a party, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto or thereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any such Terms Agreement or any such other agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agents or any controlling person referred to in Section 7, or by or on behalf of the Company or any controlling person referred to in Section 7, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Securities.

SECTION 11. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the participation of any party hereto for any reason at any time by such party upon the giving of thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of such termination to the other parties hereto. Any Terms Agreement or other agreement to purchase securities as principal to which you are a party shall be subject to termination pursuant to the terms set forth or incorporated by reference therein, but the termination of this Agreement shall not automatically cause the termination of any such Terms Agreement or such other agreement.

In the event of any such termination of this Agreement by any other party hereto, no other party will have any liability to such party and such party will not have any liability to any other party hereto, except that (i) you shall be entitled to any commissions earned in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 2(a) hereof, (ii) if at the time of termination (A) you shall own any of the Securities with the intention of reselling them or (B) an offer to purchase any of the Securities has been accepted by the Company but the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent of the Securities or Securities relating thereto has not occurred, the covenants set forth in Sections 3, 5 and 6 hereof shall remain in effect until such Securities are so resold or delivered, as the case may be and (iii) the covenant set forth in Section 3(f) hereof, the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof shall remain in effect.

SECTION 12. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective upon receipt and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to any or all of the Agents shall be directed to the applicable address set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at BB&T Corporation, 200 West Second Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101, Attention: Treasurer and Corporate Funding Manager.

Each Agent hereby notifies the Company that in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,

 

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2001)), the Agents are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Agents to properly identify their respective clients.

SECTION 13. Nature of Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent(s), on the other hand, (b) in connection with any offering of the Securities and the process leading to such transactions the Agent(s) is and has been acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or its respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) the Agent(s) has not assumed and will not assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any offering of the Securities contemplated in this Agreement or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Agent(s) has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and the Agent(s) has no obligation to the Company with respect to any offering of the Securities contemplated in this Agreement, except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Agent(s) and its affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e) the Agent(s) has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any offering of the Securities contemplated in this Agreement, and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 14. Parties . This Agreement and any Terms Agreement to which you are a party shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon you (or, in the case of a Terms Agreement, the Agent or Agents which are a party thereto) and the Company and their respective successors and, to the extent provided in Section 5 hereof, shall inure to the benefit of any person who has agreed to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to a purchase offer solicited by you. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement or any Terms Agreement to which you are a party is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and, to the extent provided in Section 5 hereof, any person who has agreed to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to a purchase offer solicited by you, and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any such Terms Agreement or any provision herein or therein contained. This Agreement and any such Terms Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof and thereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and, to the extent provided in Section 5 hereof, any person who has agreed to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to a purchase offer solicited by you, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 15. Governing Law . This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties created hereby shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between you and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

/s/    Hal S. Johnson

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

Distribution Agreement


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:

 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
By:  

/s/    Nyagaka Ongeri

Name:   Nyagaka Ongeri
Title:   Managing Director

Distribution Agreement


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
By:  

/s/    Maria Sramek

Name:   Maria Sramek
Title:   Executive Director

Distribution Agreement


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:

 

BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF
    SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, LLC
By:  

/s/    William E. Hardy

Name:   William E. Hardy
Title:   Senior Managing Director

Distribution Agreement


SCHEDULE A

 

Agent    Address for notices :
Barclays Capital Inc.   

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

Attention: MTN Trading

Telephone: (212) 412-2663

Facsimile: (212) 412-7305

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.   

270 Park Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, New York 10017

Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk

Telephone: (212) 834-4533

Facsimile: (212) 834-6081

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott &

    Stringfellow, LLC

  

909 E. Main Street, 8th Floor South

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Attention: William E. Hardy

Telephone: (804) 649-3952

Facsimile: (804) 225-9687


EXHIBIT A

BB&T Corporation

(A North Carolina corporation)

[Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)]

[Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated)]

TERMS AGREEMENT

[Date]

Attention: [                      ]

 

  Re: Distribution Agreement dated April 27, 2009

The undersigned agrees to purchase the following principal amount of Securities:

$             

Initial Public Offering Price:

[Initial]* Interest Rate:

[Index Maturity:]*

[Interest Rate Basis:]*

[Maximum Interest Rate:]*

[Minimum Interest Rate:]*

[Interest Determination Dates:]*

[Interest Reset Dates:]*

[Interest Payment Dates:]*

[Maturity Date:]

[Spread:]*

[Spread Multiplier:]*

[Interest Period:]*

[Regular Record Date (if other

    than the fifteenth calendar day

    preceding each Interest Payment Date):]*

Purchase Price:      %

Settlement Date and Time:

Redemption Provisions, if any:

[Currency of denomination:]**

[Denominations:]**

[Currency of payment:]**

[Original Issue Discount Note:]

[Other provisions:]

 

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The provisions of Sections 1, 2(b) and 2(c), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 through 14 of the Distribution Agreement and the related definitions are hereby incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if set forth in full herein.

Exceptions, if any, to Section 3(l) of the Distribution Agreement:

The Applicable Time means              [a.m./p.m.] (Eastern time) on              .

[Documents to be delivered: The following documents referred to in the Distribution Agreement shall be delivered:

[(1) The certificate referred to in Sections 5(b) and 6(b);]

[(2) The opinions referred to in Sections 5(a)(1), 5(a)(2), [5(a)(3)] and 6(c);]

[(3) The accountants’ letter referred to in Sections 5(c) and 6(d).]]

 

 

* Applicable to Floating Rate Notes only.
** Applicable to Foreign Currency Notes Only.

 

[AGENT]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Accepted: [Date]
BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SYNDICATED TERMS AGREEMENT

[Date]

 

To: The Purchasing Agents Listed on Annex 1 Hereto

 

c/o                                                                          

(the “ Lead Agents ”)

 

  Re: Distribution Agreement dated April 27, 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Distribution Agreement, dated April 27, 2009 (the “ Distribution Agreement ”), among BB&T Corporation and the agents listed on Schedule A thereto concerning the sale of Securities to be issued by the Issuer, as amended or supplemented, the agents named in Annex 1 hereto (the “ Purchasing Agents ”, and together with the agents listed on Schedule A to the Distribution Agreement, the “ Agents ”) agree to purchase on a syndicated basis the                                          Securities due                      of the Issuer (the “ Securities ”), described in the [Pricing Supplement/Term Sheet] attached as Annex 2 hereto, on the terms set out in such [Pricing Supplement/Term Sheet] and on the terms set out below. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein have the meanings given to them in the Distribution Agreement.

 

  1. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Distribution Agreement and this Agreement, the Issuer hereby agrees to issue the Securities, and the Purchasing Agents severally agree to purchase the Securities at the purchase price of                      per Security (being equal to the issue price of      % of the principal amount less a management and underwriting fee of      % of the principal amount and a selling concession of      % of the principal amount).

 

  2. The Applicable Time means              [a.m./p.m.] (Eastern time) on                      .

 

  3. The purchase price specified above will be paid by the book-running lead manager(s)                      (the “ Lead Agent(s) ”) on behalf of the Purchasing Agents by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the Issuer at                      (                      time) on                      ,                      or at such other time and/or date as the Issuer and the Lead Agent(s) on behalf of the Agents may agree (the “ Settlement Time ”) against delivery of the Securities to or upon your order in the manner contemplated in the Distribution Agreement.

 

  4.

The Purchasing Agents’ obligations hereunder are conditional on (a) the receipt of: [(i) opinions of counsel described in Section 5(a) of the Distribution

 

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Agreement, dated as of the Settlement Time,] (ii) the officer’s certificate described in Section 5(b) of the Distribution Agreement, dated as of the Settlement Time; [(iii) a “comfort letter” described in Section 5(c) of the Distribution Agreement, dated as of the Settlement Time,]; (b) since the date of this Agreement, there having not occurred, in the reasonable opinion of the Agents, a change in international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would be likely to prejudice materially the sale by the Purchasing Agents of the Securities; and (c) such other opinions, certificates and documents as may be agreed by the Issuer and the Agents on or prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

  5. The Issuer hereby appoints each Purchasing Agent party hereto which is not a party to the Distribution Agreement (each a “ New Agent ”) as an Agent under the Distribution Agreement solely for the purposes of the issue of the Securities (the “ Issue ”), pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. Each such New Agent shall be vested, in relation to the Issue, with all authority, rights, powers, duties and obligations of an Agent purchasing Securities pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, as if originally named as an Agent under the Distribution Agreement.

In consideration of the Issuer appointing each New Agent as an Agent with respect to the Issue, each New Agent hereby undertakes for the benefit of the Issuer and each of the other Purchasing Agents, that, in relation to the Issue it will perform and comply with all of the duties and obligations expressed to be assumed by an Agent under the Distribution Agreement, a copy of which it acknowledges it has received.

Each New Agent acknowledges that such appointment is limited to the Issue and is not for any other issue of Securities of the Issuer pursuant to the Distribution Agreement and that such appointment will terminate upon issue of the Securities comprising the Issue but without prejudice to any rights, duties or obligations which have arisen prior to such termination.

For the purposes hereof, the notice details of each New Agent are as follows (insert name, address, telephone, telecopy and attention):

[insert notice details]

6. The provisions of Section 2(b) of the Distribution Agreement related to Defaulted Securities and the related definitions are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if set forth in full herein. As used herein, the term “Agent” includes any person substituted for or added as an Agent under this Section 6 .

This Agreement is a Syndicated Terms Agreement referred to in the Distribution Agreement and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

Very truly yours,

 

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[Purchasing Agents] [New Agents]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Accepted: [Date]
BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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ANNEX 1

 

AGENT   PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES
TOTAL:    


ANNEX 2

[ATTACH PRICING SUPPLEMENT/TERM SHEET]

Exhibit 1.2

EXECUTION VERSION

SYNDICATED TERMS AGREEMENT

April 27, 2009

 

To: Barclays Capital Inc.
     J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
   BB&T Capital Markets, a division of
      Scott & Stringfellow, LLC

 

Re: Distribution Agreement, dated April 27, 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Distribution Agreement, dated April 27, 2009 (the “ Distribution Agreement ”), among BB&T Corporation (the “ Issuer ”) and Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC (collectively, the “ Agents ”) concerning the sale of Securities to be issued by the Issuer, as amended or supplemented, the Agents agree to purchase on a syndicated basis $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.70% Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior), due 2014 (the “ 2014 Notes ”) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 6.85% Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior), due 2019 (the “ 2019 Notes ” and, together with the 2014 Notes, the “ Securities ”), each as described in Pricing Term Sheets attached as Annex 2 hereto, on the terms set out in such Pricing Term Sheets and on the terms set out below. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein have the meanings given to them in the Distribution Agreement.

 

  1. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Distribution Agreement and this Agreement, the Issuer hereby agrees to issue the 2014 Notes, and the Agents severally agree to purchase the respective principal amount of 2014 Notes set forth opposite their names on Annex 1 hereto at the purchase price of 99.599% of the principal amount thereof (being equal to the issue price of 99.949% of the principal amount less a management and underwriting fee of 0.35% of the principal amount).

 

  2. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Distribution Agreement and this Agreement, the Issuer hereby agrees to issue the 2019 Notes, and the Agents severally agree to purchase the respective principal amount of 2019 Notes set forth opposite their names on Annex 1 hereto at the purchase price of 99.387% of the principal amount thereof (being equal to the issue price of 99.837% of the principal amount less a management and underwriting fee of 0.45% of the principal amount).

 

  3. The Applicable Time means 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on April 27, 2009.

 

  4.

The purchase price specified above will be paid by the Agents by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the Issuer at such time on May 4, 2009 as the Issuer and the Agents may agree, or at such other time and/or date as the Issuer


 

and the Agents may agree (the “ Settlement Time ”) against delivery of the Securities to or upon your order in the manner contemplated in the Distribution Agreement.

 

  5. The Agents’ obligations hereunder are conditional on (a) the receipt of: (i) opinions of counsel described in Section 5(a) of the Distribution Agreement, dated as of the Settlement Time; provided, however, that the Agents hereby waive the right to receive the opinions of counsel described in Section 5(a) of the Distribution Agreement, on the date hereof, such date being defined as the “Closing Time” in the Distribution Agreement (it being understood that such opinions of counsel shall be delivered to the Agents at the Settlement Time, dated as of the Settlement Time), (ii) the officers’ certificate described in Section 5(b) of the Distribution Agreement, dated as of the Settlement Time; provided, however, that the Agents hereby waive the right to receive the officers’ certificate described in Section 5(b) of the Distribution Agreement at the Closing Time (it being understood that such officers’ certificate shall be delivered to the Agents at the Settlement Time, dated as of the Settlement Time), and (iii) a “comfort letter” on the date hereof and a “bring-down comfort letter” at the Settlement Time, as described in Section 5(c) of the Distribution Agreement, dated as of the date hereof and as of the Settlement Time, respectively; (b) since the date of this Agreement, there having not occurred, in the reasonable opinion of the Agents, a change in international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would be likely to prejudice materially the sale by the Agents of the Securities; and (c) such other opinions, certificates and documents as may be agreed by the Issuer and the Agents on or prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

  6. The provisions of Section 2(b) of the Distribution Agreement related to Defaulted Securities and the related definitions are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if set forth in full herein. As used herein, the term “Agent” includes any person substituted for or added as an Agent under this Section 6 .

This Agreement is a Syndicated Terms Agreement referred to in the Distribution Agreement and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

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Very truly yours,
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
By:  

/s/    Nyagaka Onger

Name:   Nyagaka Onger
Title:   Managing Director
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF
    SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Terms Agreement


Very truly yours,
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
By:  

/s/    Maria Sramek

Name:   Maria Sramek
Title:   Executive Director
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF
    SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, LLC
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Terms Agreement


Very truly yours,
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF
    SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, LLC
By:  

/s/    William E. Hardy

Name:   William E. Hardy
Title:   Senior Managing Director

Terms Agreement


Accepted: April 27, 2009
BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

/s/    Hal S. Johnson

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

Terms Agreement


ANNEX 1

 

Agent:

   Principal Amount of
5.70% Senior Notes:
   Principal Amount of
6.85% Senior Notes:

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 160,000,000    $ 160,000,000

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

   $ 160,000,000    $ 160,000,000

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC

   $ 80,000,000    $ 80,000,000

Total :

   $ 400,000,000    $ 400,000,000


ANNEX 2

[PRICING TERM SHEETS ATTACHED]


April 27, 2009

LOGO

BB&T Corporation

Pricing Term Sheet

Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)

5.70% Senior Notes due 2014

 

Issuer:  

BB&T Corporation

Security:  

5.70% Notes due 2014

Ratings of this series of Notes:  

A1 (Moody’s)/A+ (S&P)/AA-(Fitch)

Currency:  

USD

Size:  

$400,000,000

Security Type:   SEC Registered Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior). This debt is not guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.
Maturity Date:  

April 30, 2014

Coupon:  

5.70%

Payment Frequency:  

Semi-Annually

Day Count Convention:  

30/360

Benchmark Treasury:  

1.750% US Treasury due 03/14

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:  

+385 bps

Benchmark Treasury Spot and Yield:  

99-15  1 / 4 ; 1.862%

Price to Public:  

99.949% of face amount

Yield to maturity:  

5.712%

Proceeds (Before Expenses) to Issuer:  

$398,396,000 (99.599%)

Interest Payment Dates:  

April 30 and October 30 of each year, commencing October 30, 2009

Trade Date:  

April 27, 2009

Settlement Date:  

May 4, 2009 (T+5)

Minimum Denominations:  

$1,000 x $1,000

CUSIP:  

05531FAA1

Joint Bookrunners:  

Barclays Capital Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and should be evaluated independently of any other rating. A rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a pricing supplement, a prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication


relates. Before you invest, you should read those documents and the other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any agent or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the pricing supplement, the prospectus supplement and the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at 1-888-227-2275 (ext. 2663), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at 1-212-834-4533 or BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC at 804-787-8221.


April 27, 2009

LOGO

BB&T Corporation

Pricing Term Sheet

Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)

6.85% Senior Notes due 2019

 

Issuer:   BB&T Corporation
Security:   6.85% Notes due 2019
Ratings of this series of Notes:   A1 (Moody’s)/A+ (S&P)/AA- (Fitch)
Currency:   USD
Size:   $400,000,000
Security Type:   SEC Registered Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior). This debt is not guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.
Maturity Date:   April 30, 2019
Coupon:   6.85%
Payment Frequency:   Semi-Annually
Day Count Convention:   30/360
Benchmark Treasury:   2.750% US Treasury due 02/19
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:   +395 bps
Benchmark Treasury Spot and Yield:   98-17; 2.923%
Price to Public:   99.837% of face amount
Yield to maturity:   6.873%
Proceeds (Before Expenses) to Issuer:   $397,548,000 (99.387%)
Interest Payment Dates:  

April 30 and October 30 of each year,
commencing October 30, 2009

Trade Date:   April 27, 2009
Settlement Date:   May 4, 2009 (T+5)
Minimum Denominations:   $1,000 x $1,000
CUSIP:   05531FAB9
Joint Bookrunners:  

Barclays Capital Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott &
Stringfellow, LLC

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and should be evaluated independently of any other rating. A rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a pricing supplement, a prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read those documents and the other documents the


issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any agent or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the pricing supplement, the prospectus supplement and the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at 1-888-227-2275 (ext. 2663), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at 1-212-834-4533 or BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC at 804-787-8221.

Exhibit 4.2

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF MAY 4, 2009

To Indenture Regarding Senior Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996,

by and between

BB&T CORPORATION

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 4, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), is made and entered into by and between BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation formerly known as Southern National Corporation (“BB&T”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, by and between BB&T and the Trustee (the “Indenture”).

Recitals

WHEREAS, BB&T and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture which provides, pursuant to Section 2.01 and subject to compliance with other terms of the Indenture, for the issuance of an unlimited amount of Securities;

WHEREAS, BB&T desires to issue and sell, from time to time, medium-term notes pursuant to the Indenture (the “Medium-Term Notes”), which Medium-Term Notes shall represent a single series of Securities under the Indenture (such series being referred to herein as the “Medium-Term Notes Series”);

WHEREAS, BB&T desires to make certain modifications to the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, among other reasons, in order to facilitate the issuance of the Medium-Term Notes;

WHEREAS, Section 8.01 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that BB&T and the Trustee may amend the Indenture without the consent of the holders of any Securities to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to


matters or questions arising under the Indenture that shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Securities of any series or any related coupons;

WHEREAS, BB&T desires to amend the Indenture to modify Sections 1.01, 2.01, 9.01 and 15.10 of the Indenture with respect to all series of Securities, including without limitation the Medium-Term Notes Series, issued on or after the date hereof as further described herein;

WHEREAS, each of BB&T’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, any Senior Executive Vice President and any other person designated by any of them in writing (each, an “Authorized Officer”) is duly authorized, acting singly, to act in the name of and on behalf of BB&T with respect to this First Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, an Authorized Officer so acting has determined that the actions and other matters set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture do not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Securities, has approved the actions and other matters set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture, and has duly executed and delivered this First Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, BB&T and the Trustee are executing and delivering this First Supplemental Indenture in order to effectuate the foregoing modifications and provisions.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of all holders of Securities affected or to be affected hereby:

Ratification

This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of, is supplemental to, and is entered into in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 8.01 of the Indenture and, except as modified, amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture are ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall remain in full force and effect. The Indenture, as amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects acknowledged, ratified and confirmed. All provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of the Indenture, and the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Amendments to Indenture

1. Amendments to Section 1.01. Section 1.01 (Definitions) of the Indenture is hereby amended with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture by deleting in its entirety the definition of “Business Day” contained therein and replacing it with the following:

““Business Day”, with respect to each series of Securities, means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close in either The City of New York or, with respect to Registered Securities that will bear interest based on a specified

 

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percentage of London interbank offered quotations (“LIBOR”), in London, England, or, in the case of Bearer Securities, in any Place of Payment, or shall have the meaning otherwise specified in the Securities of such series or otherwise established by the Company in the manner provided in Section 2.01 in connection with establishing such series of Securities.”

Except as provided in this Section 1 of the First Supplemental Indenture, all other definitions set forth in Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and are not affected by this First Supplemental Indenture.

2. Amendments to Section 2.01 . Section 2.01 (Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series) of the Indenture is hereby amended with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture by:

 

  (a) Deleting the following language (the second paragraph of Section 2.01) in its entirety:

“The terms and conditions listed below, as applicable, of any series of Securities shall be established either in an indenture supplemental hereto or in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors:”

And replacing such language with the following language (which shall become such second paragraph of Section 2.01):

“The terms and conditions listed below, as applicable, of any series of Securities shall be established either in or pursuant to authority granted by one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors and, subject to Section 2.04, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate or Company Order, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:”

 

  (b) Deleting the following language (the last sentence of Section 2.01) in its entirety:

“All Securities of the same series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided either in an indenture supplemental hereto or a resolution of the Board of Directors.”

And replacing such language with the following language (which shall become the last two sentences of Section 2.01):

“All Securities of the same series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution(s) of the Board of Directors (subject to Section 2.04) and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or Company Order or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of a series need not be issued at the same time, and with respect to Securities of a series that may not be originally issued at one

 

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time, such resolution of the Board of Directors and Officers’ Certificate or Company Order or indenture supplemental hereto may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series, and the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a resolution of the Board of Directors, an Officers’ Certificate or Company Order, an indenture supplemental hereto or in any other manner permitted or contemplated by Section 2.04(g).”

The text of Section 2.01 of the Indenture other than the second paragraph of Section 2.01 and the last sentence of Section 2.01 shall remain in full force and effect and is not affected by this First Supplemental Indenture.

3. Amendments to Section 9.01(1) . Section 9.01 (Limitation on Certain Dispositions and on Merger and Sale of Assets) of the Indenture is hereby amended with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture by deleting Section 9.01(1) in its entirety and replacing Section 9.01(1) with the following:

“(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer or which leases the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety expressly shall assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities, according to their terms, and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture and in such series on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;”

The text of Section 9.01 of the Indenture other than Section 9.01(1) shall remain in full force and effect and is not affected by this First Supplemental Indenture.

4. Amendments to Section 15.10. Section 15.10 (Payments to Be Made in U.S. Dollars), with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, is hereby amended by deleting such Section 15.10 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 15.10. Currency for Payments. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, any payments on or relating to any Security or related coupon shall be made in U.S. dollars; except that , if a Security specifies, permits or contemplates a currency other than U.S. dollars to be used for payments on or relating to the Security or related coupon, or if the use of a currency other than U.S. dollars is otherwise specified, permitted or contemplated by the Company in the manner provided in Section 2.01 with respect to the series under which such Security is issued, then payments on or relating to the Security or related coupon shall be made in such other specified currency or may be made in such other permitted or contemplated currency, as applicable.”

5. No Further Amendment. This First Supplemental Indenture shall in no way amend or otherwise alter or affect the terms and provisions of any series of Securities issued prior to the date of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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General

1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture have the respective meanings assigned to them therein, except to the extent such terms are otherwise defined in this First Supplemental Indenture or the context clearly requires otherwise.

2. Trustee Makes No Representations . The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of BB&T and not of the Trustee.

3. Effectiveness . This First Supplemental Indenture is effective as of May 4, 2009.

4. Provisions Binding on Successors . All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this First Supplemental Indenture by BB&T shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

6. Trust Indenture Act to Control . If and to the extent that any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof or with the Indenture which is required to be included in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, such required provision shall control.

7. Effect of Headings . The titles and headings of the articles and sections of this First Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture.

8. Execution in Counterparts . This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

/s/    Hal S. Johnson

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

 

Attest:
By:  

/s/    Frances B. Jones

Name:   Frances B. Jones
Title:   Executive Vice President,
  General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
  and Chief Corporate Governance Officer

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Attest:
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


STATE OF North Carolina    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Forsyth                    )

On the 1st day of May, 2009 before me personally came Hal S. Johnson, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at Winston-Salem, North Carolina; that he is the EVP & Treasurer of BB&T Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/    Cathy H. Galfo

Notary Public

My commission expires May 10, 2012            

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

 

STATE OF Massachusetts    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Suffolk    )

On the      day of                      , 2009 before me personally came                              , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at                      ; that he is a                                          of U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

 

Notary Public

[NOTARIAL SEAL]


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

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

 

Attest:
By:  

 

Name:   Frances B. Jones
Title:   Executive Vice President,
  General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
  and Chief Corporate Governance Officer

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/    Patrick J. Crowley

Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
Title:   Vice President

 

Attest:
By:  

/s/    Beverly A. Freeney

Name:   Beverly A. Freeney
Title:   Vice President


STATE OF North Carolina    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF                          )

On the      day of              , 2009 before me personally came                      , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at                      ; that he is the                      of BB&T Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

 

Notary Public

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

 

STATE OF New York    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Queens    )

On the 4th day of May, 2009 before me personally came Patrick J. Crowley, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at 100 Wall Street, NY, NY 10005; that he is a Vice President of U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/    Janet P. O’Hara

Notary Public

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

Exhibit 4.6

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF MAY 4, 2009

To Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996,

as Amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003 and the

Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004, by and between

BB&T CORPORATION

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 4, 2009 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), is made and entered into by and between BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation formerly known as Southern National Corporation (“BB&T”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003 and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004, by and between BB&T and the Trustee (as so amended, the “Indenture”).

Recitals

WHEREAS, BB&T and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture which provides, pursuant to Section 2.01 and subject to compliance with other terms of the Indenture, for the issuance of an unlimited amount of Securities;

WHEREAS, BB&T desires to issue and sell, from time to time, medium-term notes pursuant to the Indenture (the “Medium-Term Notes”), which Medium-Term Notes shall represent a single series of Securities under the Indenture (such series being referred to herein as the “Medium-Term Notes Series”);

WHEREAS, BB&T desires to make certain modifications to the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, among other reasons, in order to facilitate the issuance of the Medium-Term Notes;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that BB&T and the Trustee may amend the Indenture without the consent of the holders of any Securities to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained


in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Indenture that shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Securities of any series or any related coupons;

WHEREAS, BB&T desires to amend the Indenture to modify Sections 1.01, 2.01, 10.01 and 16.10 of the Indenture with respect to all series of Securities, including without limitation the Medium-Term Notes Series, issued on or after the date hereof as further described herein;

WHEREAS, each of BB&T’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, any Senior Executive Vice President and any other person designated by any of them in writing (each, an “Authorized Officer”) is duly authorized, acting singly, to act in the name of and on behalf of BB&T with respect to this Third Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, an Authorized Officer so acting has determined that the actions and other matters set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture do not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Outstanding Securities, has approved the actions and other matters set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture, and has duly executed and delivered this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, BB&T and the Trustee are executing and delivering this Third Supplemental Indenture in order to effectuate the foregoing modifications and provisions.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of all holders of Securities affected or to be affected hereby:

Ratification

This Third Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of, is supplemental to, and is entered into in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 9.01 of the Indenture and, except as modified, amended and supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture are ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall remain in full force and effect. The Indenture, as amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects acknowledged, ratified and confirmed. All provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of the Indenture, and the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Amendments to Indenture

1. Amendments to Section 1.01. Section 1.01 (Definitions) of the Indenture is hereby amended with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture by deleting in its entirety the definition of “Business Day” contained therein and replacing it with the following:

““Business Day”, with respect to each series of Securities, means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close in either The City of New York

 

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or, with respect to Registered Securities that will bear interest based on a specified percentage of London interbank offered quotations (“LIBOR”), in London, England, or, in the case of Bearer Securities, in any Place of Payment, or shall have the meaning otherwise specified in the Securities of such series or otherwise established by the Company in the manner provided in Section 2.01 in connection with establishing such series of Securities.”

Except as provided in this Section 1 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, all other definitions set forth in Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and are not affected by this Third Supplemental Indenture.

2. Amendments to Section 2.01 . Section 2.01 (Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series) of the Indenture is hereby amended with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture by:

(a) Deleting the following language (the second paragraph of Section 2.01) in its entirety:

“The terms and conditions listed below, as applicable, of any series of Securities shall be established either in an indenture supplemental hereto or in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors:”

And replacing such language with the following language (which shall become such second paragraph of Section 2.01):

“The terms and conditions listed below, as applicable, of any series of Securities shall be established either in or pursuant to authority granted by one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors and, subject to Section 2.04, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate or Company Order, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:”

(b) Deleting the following language (the last sentence of Section 2.01) in its entirety:

“All Securities of the same series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided either in an indenture supplemental hereto or a resolution of the Board of Directors.”

And replacing such language with the following language (which shall become the last two sentences of Section 2.01):

“All Securities of the same series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution(s) of the Board of Directors (subject to Section 2.04) and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or Company Order or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of a series need not be issued at the same time,

 

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and with respect to Securities of a series that may not be originally issued at one time, such resolution of the Board of Directors and Officers’ Certificate or Company Order or indenture supplemental hereto may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series, and the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a resolution of the Board of Directors, an Officers’ Certificate or Company Order, an indenture supplemental hereto or in any other manner permitted or contemplated by Section 2.04(g).”

The text of Section 2.01 of the Indenture other than the second paragraph of Section 2.01 and the last sentence of Section 2.01 shall remain in full force and effect and is not affected by this Third Supplemental Indenture.

3. Amendments to Section 10.01(1) . Section 10.01 (Limitation on Certain Dispositions and on Merger and Sale of Assets) of the Indenture is hereby amended with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture by deleting Section 10.01(1) in its entirety and replacing Section 10.01(1) with the following:

“(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer or which leases the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety expressly shall assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities, according to their terms, and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture and in such series on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;”

The text of Section 10.01 of the Indenture other than Section 10.01(1) shall remain in full force and effect and is not affected by this Third Supplemental Indenture.

4. Amendments to Section 16.10. Section 16.10 (Payments to Be Made in U.S. Dollars), with respect to all series of Securities issued on or after the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture, is hereby amended by deleting such Section 16.10 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 16.10. Currency for Payments. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, any payments on or relating to any Security or related coupon shall be made in U.S. dollars; except that , if a Security specifies, permits or contemplates a currency other than U.S. dollars to be used for payments on or relating to the Security or related coupon, or if the use of a currency other than U.S. dollars is otherwise specified, permitted or contemplated by the Company in the manner provided in Section 2.01 with respect to the series under which such Security is issued, then payments on or relating to the Security or related coupon shall be made in such other specified currency or may be made in such other permitted or contemplated currency, as applicable.”

5. No Further Amendment. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall in no way amend or otherwise alter or affect the terms and provisions of any series of Securities issued prior to the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

 

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General

1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture have the respective meanings assigned to them therein, except to the extent such terms are otherwise defined in this Third Supplemental Indenture or the context clearly requires otherwise.

2. Trustee Makes No Representations . The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of BB&T and not of the Trustee.

3. Effectiveness . This Third Supplemental Indenture is effective as of May 4, 2009.

4. Provisions Binding on Successors . All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture by BB&T shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

6. Trust Indenture Act to Control . If and to the extent that any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof or with the Indenture which is required to be included in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, such required provision shall control.

7. Effect of Headings . The titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Third Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

8. Execution in Counterparts . This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

[Signatures appear on following page]

 

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

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

/s/    Hal S. Johnson

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

 

Attest:  
By:  

/s/    Frances B. Jones

Name:   Frances B. Jones
Title:   Executive Vice President,
  General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
  and Chief Corporate Governance Officer

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Attest:
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


STATE OF North Carolina    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Forsyth                )

On the 1st day of May, 2009 before me personally came Hal S. Johnson, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at Winston-Salem, North Carolina; that he is the EVP & Treasurer of BB&T Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/    Cathy H. Galfo

Notary Public

My commission expires May 10, 2012        

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

 

STATE OF Massachusetts    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Suffolk    )

On the      day of              , 2009 before me personally came                              , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at                                                               ; that he is a                              of U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

 

Notary Public

[NOTARIAL SEAL]


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

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

 

Attest:
By:  

 

Name:   Frances B. Jones
Title:   Executive Vice President,
  General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
  and Chief Corporate Governance Officer

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/    Patrick J. Crowley

Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
Title:   Vice President

 

Attest:
By:  

/s/    Beverly A. Freeney

Name:   Beverly A. Freeney
Title:   Vice President


STATE OF North Carolina    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF                          )

On the      day of              , 2009 before me personally came                      , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at                                          ; that he is the                              of BB&T Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

 

Notary Public

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

 

STATE OF New York    )
   ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Queens                        )

On the 4th day of May, 2009 before me personally came Patrick J. Crowley, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resides at 100 Wall Street, NY, NY 10005; that he is a Vice President of U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

 

/s/    Janet P. O’Hara

Notary Public

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

Exhibit 4.7

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)

Officers’ Certificate and Company Order

Pursuant to the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation formerly known as Southern National Corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street and Trust Company, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and to resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 22, 2008, this Officers’ Certificate and Company Order is being delivered to the Trustee to establish the terms of a series of Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture, to establish the forms of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and to establish the procedures for the authentication and delivery of specific Securities from time to time pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. This Officers’ Certificate and Company Order shall be treated for all purposes under the Indenture as a supplemental indenture thereto.

All conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the establishment of (i) a series of Securities, (ii) the forms of such series of Securities, and (iii) the procedures for the authentication and delivery of such series of Securities have been complied with.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. References herein to the “Agents” are to the Agents as defined in that certain Distribution Agreement dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and such Agents, pursuant to which the Notes (as defined herein) may be sold, and such other persons who may from time to time act as Agents with respect to the Notes.

A. Establishment of Series pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture .

There is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture a series of Securities which shall have the following terms:

(1) The Securities of such series shall bear the title “Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)” (referred to herein as the “Notes”).

(2) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series to be issued pursuant to this Officers’ Certificate is unlimited.

(3) Interest will be payable to the person in whose name a Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as


defined below) next preceding each Interest Payment Date (as defined below); provided, however , that interest payable at maturity or upon redemption will be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable.

(4) Each Note within such series shall mature on a date nine months or more from its date of issue as specified in such Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however , that no Commercial Paper Rate Note (as defined below) shall mature less than nine months and one day from its date of issue. If the Maturity Date or Redemption Date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for any Note is a day that is not a Business Day, principal will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such specified Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable.

With respect to the Notes of this series, “Business Day” has the following meanings, unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise:

 

   

Except as set forth below, a Business Day is any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

   

For LIBOR Notes issued in U.S. dollars, a Business Day, with respect to any payment, is any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, and is also a London Business Day, and with respect to an Interest Determination Date, is a London Business Day.

 

   

For Notes denominated in euro, the term Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and is also a TARGET Business Day.

 

   

For Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than euro, the term Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, and is also a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the relevant Specified Currency (if other than New York City).

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Principal Financial Center” of any country for the purpose of the foregoing definition is as provided in the 2006 ISDA Definitions, as amended and updated from time to time, published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

 

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“London Business Day” means any day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

“TARGET Business Day” means a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System is operating.

(5) Each Note within such series that bears interest will bear interest at either (a) a fixed rate (such Notes being referred to as the “Fixed Rate Notes”) or (b) a floating rate determined by reference to one or more base rates, which may be adjusted by a Spread and/or Spread Multiplier (each as defined below) (such Notes being referred to as the “Floating Rate Notes”). Notes within such series may also be issued as “Zero Coupon Notes” which do not provide for any periodic payments of interest. Notes may be issued as Original Issue Discount Notes at a discount from the principal amount thereof due at the stated maturity as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Any Floating Rate Note may also have either or both of the following as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement: (i) a maximum interest rate limitation, or ceiling, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period (a “Maximum Interest Rate”); and (ii) a minimum interest rate limitation, or floor, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period (a “Minimum Interest Rate”). The interest rate on a Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. Under present New York law, the maximum rate of interest is (on a simple interest basis) 16% for a loan of less than $250,000, 25% for a loan of at least $250,000 but less than $2,500,000, and unlimited for a loan of $2,500,000 or more. The applicable Pricing Supplement may designate any of the following base rates (“Base Rates”) as applicable to each Floating Rate Note: (a) the Commercial Paper Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Commercial Paper Rate Note”; (b) EURIBOR, in which case such Note will be a “EURIBOR Note”; (c) the Federal Funds Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Federal Funds Rate Note”; (d) LIBOR, in which case such Note will be a “LIBOR Note”; (e) the Prime Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Prime Rate Note”; (f) the CD Rate, in which case such Note will be a “CD Rate Note”; (g) the Treasury Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Treasury Rate Note”; (h) the CMT Rate, in which case such Note will be a “ CMT Rate Note”; or (i) one or more other Base Rates.

The interest rate on each Floating Rate Note for each Interest Period will be determined by reference to (i) the applicable Base Rates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for such Interest Period, plus or minus any applicable Spread and/or multiplied by any applicable Spread Multiplier. The “Spread” is the number of basis points, each one-hundredth of a percentage point, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement to be added or subtracted from the Base Rate for a Floating Rate Note. For example, if a Note bears interest at LIBOR plus one basis point, or .01%, and the Calculation Agent (as defined below) determines that LIBOR is 5.00% per annum, the Note will bear interest at 5.01% per annum until the next Interest Reset Date (as defined below). The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement to be applied to the Base Rate for a Floating Rate Note. For example, if a Note bears interest at 90% of LIBOR, and the Calculation Agent determines that LIBOR is 5.00% per annum, the Note will bear interest at 4.50% per annum until the next Interest Reset Date.

 

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Each Note that bears interest will bear interest from and including its date of issue (or other specified date on which interest begins to accrue) or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest on such Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) has been paid or duly provided for (i) at the fixed rate per annum applicable to the related Interest Period, or (ii) at a rate per annum determined pursuant to the Base Rates applicable to the related Interest Period or Interest Periods, in each case as specified therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest will be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption. The first payment of interest on any Note originally issued after a Regular Record Date and on or before an Interest Payment Date will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. Interest rates and Base Rates are subject to change by the Company from time to time but no such change will affect any Note theretofore issued or which the Company has agreed to issue. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Interest Payment Dates” and the “Regular Record Dates” for Fixed Rate Notes shall be as described below under “Fixed Rate Notes”, and the “Interest Payment Dates” and the “Regular Record Dates” for Floating Rate Notes shall be as described below under “Floating Rate Notes”.

The applicable Pricing Supplement will specify, among other things: (i) the issue price, Interest Payment Dates and Regular Record Dates; (ii) with respect to any Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate; (iii) with respect to any Floating Rate Note, the Initial Interest Rate (as defined below), the method (which may vary from Interest Period to Interest Period) of calculating the interest rate applicable to each Interest Period (including, if applicable, the fixed rate per annum applicable to one or more Interest Periods), the period to maturity of any instrument on which the Base Rate for any Interest Period is predicated (the “Index Maturity”), the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, the Interest Determination Dates (as defined below), the Interest Reset Dates and any Minimum Interest Rate or Maximum Interest Rate; (iv) whether such Note is an Original Issue Discount Note; and (v) any other terms related to interest on the Notes.

Fixed Rate Notes

Each Fixed Rate Note, whether or not issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, will bear interest at the annual rate specified therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Payment Dates for the Fixed Rate Notes will be on February 1 and August 1 of each year and at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption, and the Regular Record Dates for the Fixed Rate Notes will be on the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments for Fixed Rate Notes shall be the amount of interest accrued to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date. Interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any Interest Payment Date or any applicable Redemption Date on a Fixed Rate Note is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after the scheduled Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

 

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Floating Rate Notes

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and except as provided below, interest on Floating Rate Notes will be payable on the following Interest Payment Dates: in the case of Floating Rate Notes with a daily, weekly or monthly Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of each month of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes with a quarterly Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes with a semi-annual Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and in the case of Floating Rate Notes with an annual Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of the month of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Interest will also be paid at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Regular Record Dates for the Floating Rate Notes will be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date. In the event that any Interest Payment Date for any Floating Rate Note is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

The rate of interest on each Floating Rate Note will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually (such specified period, an “Interest Reset Period”, and the date on which each such reset occurs, an “Interest Reset Date”), as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Reset Date will be as follows: in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset daily, each Business Day; in the case of Floating Rate Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) which are reset weekly, the Wednesday of each week; in the case of Floating Rate Notes that are Treasury Rate Notes which are reset weekly, the Tuesday of each week (except if the auction date falls on a Tuesday, then the next Business Day); in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset semi-annually, the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset annually, the third Wednesday of the month of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

The interest rate in effect from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to a Floating Rate Note (the “Initial Interest Rate”) will be as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If any Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

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Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the next succeeding Interest Reset Date. As used herein, “Interest Determination Date” means the date as of which the interest rate for a Floating Rate Note is to be calculated, to be effective as of the following Interest Reset Date and calculated on the related Calculation Date (as defined below). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to any Interest Reset Date will be: for a Commercial Paper Rate Note, a CD Rate Note or a CMT Rate Note (the “Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date”, the “CD Rate Interest Determination Date”, and the “CMT Rate Interest Determination Date,” respectively), the second Business Day prior to such Interest Reset Date; for Federal Funds Rate Notes and Prime Rate Notes (the “Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date” and the “Prime Rate Interest Determination Date”, respectively), the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Reset Date; for EURIBOR Notes (the “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”), the second TARGET Business Day before the Interest Reset Date; for LIBOR Notes (the “LIBOR Interest Determination Date”), the second London Business Day before the Interest Reset Date; and for a Treasury Rate Note (the “Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date”) will be the Business Day (other than the Interest Reset Date) on which Treasury Bills (as defined below) would normally be auctioned in the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls. Treasury Bills are usually sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is usually held on the following Tuesday, although it may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If an auction date shall fall on any Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note, then such Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business Day immediately following such auction date. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to a Floating Rate Note the interest rate of which is determined by reference to two or more Base Rates will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to such Interest Reset Date for such Floating Rate Note on which each such Base Rate is determinable.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments on an Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate Note will include interest accrued from, and including, the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, from, and including, the date of issue, or any date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the date on which interest begins to accrue, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to such Floating Rate Note). Interest will accrue to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date (each such interest accrual period, an “Interest Period”), or if earlier the date on which the principal is paid or duly made available for payment. Accrued interest from the date of issue, from such other specified date on which interest begins to accrue or from the last date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to the date for which interest is being calculated shall be calculated by multiplying the face amount of a Floating Rate Note by the applicable accrued interest factor (the “Accrued Interest Factor”). The Accrued Interest Factor shall be computed by adding together the interest factors calculated for each day in the relevant Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for each such day shall be computed by dividing the per annum interest rate, expressed as a decimal, applicable to such day by 360 in the case of Commercial

 

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Paper Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, EURIBOR Notes, Prime Rate Notes, and CD Rate Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year in the case of Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes. The interest rate in effect on each day will be (i) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate with respect to the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date or (ii) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate with respect to the Interest Determination Date relating to the next preceding Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to any Maximum Interest Rate or Minimum Interest Rate referred to above or in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, U.S. Bank National Association will be the “Calculation Agent”. On or before each Calculation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the interest rate in accordance with the foregoing and as described below with respect to the applicable Base Rate and notify the Company and the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will determine the Accrued Interest Factor applicable to any such Floating Rate Note. The Paying Agent will, upon the request of the holder of any Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect and the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a determination made with respect to the most recent Interest Determination Date with respect to such Floating Rate Note. The determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding, and neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have the duty to verify determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent. The determinations of Accrued Interest Factors made by the Paying Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Calculation Date”, if applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date on a Floating Rate Note will be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day, and (ii) the Business Day before the applicable Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, all percentages resulting from any calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percentage point, with five one-millionths of one percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655) and 9.876544% (or .09876544) will be rounded to 9.87654% (or .0987654)); all calculations of the Accrued Interest Factor for any day on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-millionth, with five one-billionths rounded upward (e.g. .098765455 will be rounded to .09876546 and .098765454 will be rounded to .09876545); and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward).

Commercial Paper Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Commercial Paper Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Commercial Paper Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Commercial Paper Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

 

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Commercial Paper Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the rate on that date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in “Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates” or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“H.15 (519)”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial.”

Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, the following procedures will be followed if the Commercial Paper Rate cannot be determined as described above: (I) If the rate is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date relating to the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the rate on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as set forth in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the worldwide website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication (the “H.15 Daily Update”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial;” (II) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date the rate is not published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Commercial Paper Rate to be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however , that if the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as described above in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate in effect immediately before the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will not change and will remain the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.

“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

  Money Market Yield =            D x 360            x 100   
     360 -  (D x M)      

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper, quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the Interest Period for which the interest is being calculated.

Federal Funds Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Federal Funds Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Federal

 

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Funds Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Federal Funds Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Federal Funds Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Federal Funds Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any. The Federal Funds Rate will be calculated by reference to either the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate or the Federal Funds Target Rate, as specified in the Federal Funds Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Federal Funds Rate” means the rate determined by the Calculation Agent, with respect to any Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions:

(I) If “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate with respect to such date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective),” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page FEDFUNDS1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”) under the heading “EFFECT,” or, if such rate is not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Federal funds (effective).” If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however , that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(II) If “Federal Funds Open Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date under the heading “Federal Funds” for the relevant Index Maturity and opposite the caption “Open” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page 5 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page 5”), or, if such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for the Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”), which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or a successor) on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not displayed on

 

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FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however , that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(III) If “Federal Funds Target Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date as displayed on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day appearing on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=“). If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg or is not displayed on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

LIBOR . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is LIBOR, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “LIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be LIBOR as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the LIBOR Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. LIBOR Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, LIBOR will be determined by the Calculation Agent for each LIBOR Interest Determination Date in accordance with the following provisions:

(I) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page LIBOR01 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency) (“Reuters Page LIBOR01”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If no such rate so

 

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appears, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined in accordance with the provisions described in clause (II) below.

(II) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as specified in clause (I) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in the applicable Principal Financial Center (as defined below), on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Designated LIBOR Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time; provided, however , that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

As referenced above, “Designated LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as to which LIBOR shall be calculated or, if no such Designated LIBOR Currency is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, U.S. dollars. As used in the above provisions regarding determining LIBOR, “Principal Financial Center” means (i) the capital city of the country issuing the specified currency or (ii) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates, except, in each case, that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euro, New Zealand dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” shall be New York City, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Wellington, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

EURIBOR Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is EURIBOR, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “EURIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the EURIBOR Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the EURIBOR Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. EURIBOR Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

 

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Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, EURIBOR means with respect to any EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, a base rate equal to the interest rate for deposits in euro designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — the Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate. EURIBOR will be determined in the following manner:

(I) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euro having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, beginning on the second euro Business Day after such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, as that rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

(II) If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the euro-zone interbank market by the principal euro-zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation Agent: euro deposits having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request that the principal euro-zone office of each of these banks provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.

(III) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading euro-zone banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time on that EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the euro-zone selected by the Calculation Agent: loans of euro having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in an amount that is representative of a single transaction in euro in that market at the time.

(IV) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, EURIBOR for the new Interest Period will be EURIBOR in effect for the prior Interest Period. If the initial Base Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Period.

Prime Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Prime Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Prime Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Prime Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Prime Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Prime Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the caption “Bank prime loan” or, if not published by 3:00

 

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p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Bank prime loan.” If such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on Reuters on page USPRIME1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks) (“Reuters Page USPRIME1”) as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates so appear on the Reuters Page USPRIME1 for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however , that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.

“Reuters Page USPRIME1” means the display on the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service (or any successor service) on the “USPRIME1 Page” (or such other page as may replace the USPRIME1 Page on such service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major U.S. banks.

CD Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the CD Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “CD Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CD Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, specified in the CD Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. CD Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “CD Rate” means, with respect to any CD Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519), under the heading “CDs (Secondary Market).” If the CD Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply:

(I) If the rate described above is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the relevant Calculation Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the specified Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic sources used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (Secondary Market).”

 

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(II) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Calculation Date, that rate is not published in either H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source, the CD Rate for that CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City, which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major U.S. money market banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time.

(III) If the dealer(s) selected as described above by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as set forth above, the CD Rate for that CD interest rate determination date will be the CD Rate in effect for the immediately preceding interest reset period, or if there was no interest reset period, then the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Treasury Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Treasury Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Treasury Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Treasury Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Treasury Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Treasury Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement under the caption “INVEST RATE” on the display on Reuters page USAUCTION10 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or, if not so published at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the rate for such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High.” If such rate is not so published in the related H.15 Daily Update or another recognized source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the Auction rate of such Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that such Auction rate is not so announced by the United States Department of the Treasury on such Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. government

 

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securities/treasury bills/secondary market” or, if not yet published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. government securities/treasury bills (secondary market).” If such rate is not yet published in the H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of the three leading primary United States government securities dealers (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however , that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.

The “Bond Equivalent Yield” means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

  Bond Equivalent Yield =            D x N           x 100   
     360 -  (D x M)     

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, “N” refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Reset Period.

CMT Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the CMT Rate, such Floating Rate Note is a “CMT Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CMT Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the CMT Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. CMT Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “CMT Rate” means, with respect to any CMT Rate Interest Determination Date:

(I) If “Reuters Page FRBCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”) for such CMT Rate Interest Determination

 

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Date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate that would otherwise have been published in H.15(519). If the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury does not publish a yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”) selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two such United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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(II) If “Reuters Page FEDCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters on page FEDCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”) for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the week or month, as applicable, preceding such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not publish a one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the applicable week or month, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a remaining term to maturity of no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotation shall be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing

 

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Supplement, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however , that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate determination date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

Zero Coupon Notes

The specific terms of any Zero Coupon Notes will be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

(6) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on the Notes will be payable, and, except as described in the Prospectus Supplement, dated April 27, 2009, relating to the issuance of the Notes, and the Administrative Procedures attached hereto as Exhibit F with respect to any Global Security (as defined below) representing Book-Entry Notes (as defined below), the transfer of the Notes will be registrable and Notes will be exchangeable for Notes bearing identical terms and provisions at the corporate trust office of U.S. Bank National Association (the “Paying Agent,” unless another Paying Agent is specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement), in New York, New York, provided that payments of principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person or entity entitled thereto as it appears on the security register of the Company, except that holders of $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of similar Notes shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds, if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been given to the Trustee or Paying Agent in writing not later than ten Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, U.S. Bank National Association will be the “Security Registrar” with respect to the Notes. The Paying Agent or Security Registrar may be terminated or resign from its role as such with respect to the Notes as long as another agent is in place to serve in such role.

(7) If so specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company on the date or dates prior to maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement at the price or prices specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in such Pricing Supplement, in the case of Notes other than Zero Coupon Notes or certain interest bearing notes issued as Original Issue Discount Notes, the redemption price will be expressed as a specified percentage of the principal amount of such Note, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date of redemption stated in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,

 

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in the case of Zero Coupon Notes or certain interest bearing Notes issued as Original Issue Discount Notes (as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement), the redemption price will be a specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) of such Note (as described in paragraph (13) below), together with accrued interest, if any, to the date of redemption (or, in the case of any interest bearing Note issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as specified in Paragraph (13) below). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Company may redeem any of the Notes which are redeemable and remain outstanding either in whole or from time to time in part upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture.

(8) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase any Notes of such series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of any Holder.

(9) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes may be issued only in fully registered form. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the authorized denomination of the Notes of such series other than Foreign Currency Notes (as defined below), shall be $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Foreign Currency Notes will be issued in the denominations specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

(10) The Notes may be denominated, and payments of principal of and interest on the Notes will be made, in United States dollars or in such foreign currencies or foreign currency units as may be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (each such specified foreign currency, a “Specified Currency”). In the case of a Note having a Specified Currency (a “Foreign Currency Note”), the Company will (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) arrange to convert all payments in respect of such Foreign Currency Note into U.S. dollars. The amount of any U.S. dollar payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all Holders of the Foreign Currency Notes who are scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent for this purchase. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes on the payment date will be made in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of the Note by deductions from such payments due such Holder. If so indicated in a Foreign Currency Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Holder thereof may elect to receive all payments in respect of such Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date, and such election shall remain in effect until revoked by written notice to such Paying Agent received not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

 

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(11) Except as otherwise described in Paragraph (5) above and Paragraph (13) below, the amount of payments of principal of and any premium or interest on the Notes will not be determined with reference to an index.

(12) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Events of Default with respect to the Notes are those specified in Section 4.01 of the Indenture.

(13) The portion of the principal amount of the Notes, other than Original Issue Discount Notes (including any Zero Coupon Notes), which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof shall not be other than the principal amount thereof. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the portion of the principal amount of Zero Coupon Notes and certain interest bearing Notes issued as Original Issue Discount Notes (as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) upon any acceleration of the maturity thereof will be the Amortized Face Amount and in the case of an interest-bearing note issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, any accrued but unpaid qualified stated interest payments. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the amount payable to the holder of such Original Issue Discount Note upon any redemption thereof will be the applicable specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount thereof specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, and in the case of any interest bearing Note issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as defined in the Treasury Regulations regarding original issue discount issued by the Treasury Department (the “Regulations”)). The “Amortized Face Amount” of an Original Issue Discount Note is equal to the sum of (i) the Issue Price (as defined below) of such Original Issue Discount Note and (ii) that portion of the difference between the Issue Price and the principal amount of such original Issue Discount Note that has been amortized at the Stated Yield (as defined below) of such Original Issue Discount Note (computed in accordance with Section 1272(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.1275-1(b) of the Regulations, in each case as in effect on the issue date of such Original Issue Discount Note) at the date as of which the Amortized Face Amount is calculated. In no event can the Amortized Face Amount exceed the principal amount of such Note due at the stated maturity thereof. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “Issue Price” means the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Note due at the stated maturity thereof less the “Original Issue Discount” of such Original Issue Discount Note specified on the face thereof and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The term “Stated Yield” of such Original Issue Discount Note means the “Yield to Maturity” specified on the face of such Original Issue Discount Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the period from the Original Issue Date of such Original Issue Discount Note, as specified on the face of such Original Issue Discount Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement, to the stated maturity thereof based on its Issue Price and stated redemption price at maturity thereof.

(14) Each Note will be represented by either a master global note or a global note in fully registered form (each a “Global Note”) registered in the name of a nominee of the Depositary (each such Note represented by a Global Note being herein referred to as a “Book-Entry Note”) or a certificate issued in definitive registered form, without coupons (a “Certificated Note”), as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, The Depository Trust Company will act as Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.06 of the Indenture or in the applicable Note, Book-

 

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Entry Notes will not be issuable in certificated form and will not be exchangeable or transferable. So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered holder of any Global Note, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole Holder of the Book-Entry Note or Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes.

(15) Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the resolutions and authorization referred to in the first paragraph hereof, each Note shall have such other terms (which may be in addition to or different from the terms set forth herein and which may differ from the terms of other Notes) as are specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

(16) Section 13.05 of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes.

B. Establishment of Note Forms pursuant to Section 2.01 of Indenture .

It is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture that the Global Securities representing Book-Entry Notes shall be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibits A, B, C, D and E hereto, unless a different form is provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement or otherwise approved by an Authorized Officer.

C. Establishment of Procedures for Authentication of Notes Pursuant to Section 2.04 of Indenture .

It is hereby ordered pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture that Notes may be authenticated by the Trustee and issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedures attached hereto as Exhibit F and upon receipt by the Trustee (including by facsimile) of a Pricing Supplement (a “Pricing Supplement”) to this Officers’ Certificate and Company Order, setting forth the information specified or contemplated therein for the particular Notes to be authenticated and issued, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G hereto or in such other form as may be approved by an Authorized Officer, such approval being conclusively evidenced by the Authorized Officer’s execution or approval for filing with the Commission of the same or the Authorized Officer’s instruction to the Trustee to authenticate Notes having the terms specified in the same. If such Pricing Supplement is executed, at least one officer signing such Pricing Supplement shall be an Authorized Officer as defined in the resolutions referred to in the first paragraph hereof. If such Pricing Supplement is not executed, Notes may be authenticated by the Trustee and issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedures upon the telephonic, electronic or written order of an Authorized Officer.

D. Other Matters .

Attached as Exhibit H hereto is a true and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on April 22, 2008, such resolutions have not been further amended, modified or rescinded and remain in full force and effect; and such resolutions are the only resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors or by any Authorized Officers relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

 

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The undersigned have read the sections of the Indenture, including the related definitions contained therein, related to the establishment of (i) a series of Securities, (ii) the forms of such Securities and (iii) the procedures for authentication of such series of Securities. The undersigned have examined the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company. In the opinion of the undersigned, the undersigned have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the covenants or conditions precedent to the establishment of (i) a series of Securities, (ii) the forms of such Securities and (iii) the procedures for authentication of such series of Securities, contained in the Indenture have been complied with. In the opinion of the undersigned, such covenants and conditions have been complied with.

Dated: May 4, 2009

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By  

/s/    Daryl N. Bible

Name:   Daryl N. Bible
Title:   Senior Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
By  

/s/    Hal S. Johnson

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (Senior)


EXHIBIT A – GLOBAL FIXED RATE NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT B – GLOBAL FLOATING RATE NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT C – GLOBAL ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ZERO COUPON NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT D – GLOBAL ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FIXED RATE NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT E – MASTER GLOBAL NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT F – ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

[see attached]


EXHIBIT G – PRICING SUPPLEMENT

[see attached]


EXHIBIT H – BOARD RESOLUTIONS

[see attached]

Exhibit 4.8

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated)

Officers’ Certificate and Company Order

Pursuant to the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004, and the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation formerly known as Southern National Corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street and Trust Company, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and to resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 22, 2008, this Officers’ Certificate and Company Order is being delivered to the Trustee to establish the terms of a series of Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture, to establish the forms of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and to establish the procedures for the authentication and delivery of specific Securities from time to time pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. This Officers’ Certificate and Company Order shall be treated for all purposes under the Indenture as a supplemental indenture thereto.

All conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the establishment of (i) a series of Securities, (ii) the forms of such series of Securities, and (iii) the procedures for the authentication and delivery of such series of Securities have been complied with.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. References herein to the “Agents” are to the Agents as defined in that certain Distribution Agreement dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and such Agents, pursuant to which the Notes (as defined herein) may be sold, and such other persons who may from time to time act as Agents with respect to the Notes.

A. Establishment of Series pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture .

There is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture a series of Securities which shall have the following terms:

(1) The Securities of such series shall bear the title “Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated)” (referred to herein as the “Notes”).

(2) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series to be issued pursuant to this Officers’ Certificate is unlimited.


(3) Interest will be payable to the person in whose name a Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined below) next preceding each Interest Payment Date (as defined below); provided, however , that interest payable at maturity or upon redemption will be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable.

(4) Each Note within such series shall mature on a date nine months or more from its date of issue as specified in such Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however , that no Commercial Paper Rate Note (as defined below) shall mature less than nine months and one day from its date of issue. Unless otherwise authorized by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, no Series B Note will mature less than 5 years from its date of issue. If the Maturity Date or Redemption Date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for any Note is a day that is not a Business Day, principal will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such specified Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable.

With respect to the Notes of this series, “Business Day” has the following meanings, unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise:

 

   

Except as set forth below, a Business Day is any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

   

For LIBOR Notes issued in U.S. dollars, a Business Day, with respect to any payment, is any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, and is also a London Business Day, and with respect to an Interest Determination Date, is a London Business Day.

 

   

For Notes denominated in euro, the term Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and is also a TARGET Business Day.

 

   

For Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than euro, the term Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or Federal Reserve holiday and that is not a day that banking institutions in New York City or Winston-Salem, North Carolina are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, and is also a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments in the Principal Financial Center of the country of the relevant Specified Currency (if other than New York City).

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Principal Financial Center” of any country for the purpose of the foregoing definition is as provided in the 2006

 

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ISDA Definitions, as amended and updated from time to time, published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

“London Business Day” means any day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

“TARGET Business Day” means a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System is operating.

(5) Each Note within such series that bears interest will bear interest at either (a) a fixed rate (such Notes being referred to as the “Fixed Rate Notes”) or (b) a floating rate determined by reference to one or more base rates, which may be adjusted by a Spread and/or Spread Multiplier (each as defined below) (such Notes being referred to as the “Floating Rate Notes”). Notes within such series may also be issued as “Zero Coupon Notes” which do not provide for any periodic payments of interest. Notes may be issued as Original Issue Discount Notes at a discount from the principal amount thereof due at the stated maturity as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Any Floating Rate Note may also have either or both of the following as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement: (i) a maximum interest rate limitation, or ceiling, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period (a “Maximum Interest Rate”); and (ii) a minimum interest rate limitation, or floor, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period (a “Minimum Interest Rate”). The interest rate on a Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. Under present New York law, the maximum rate of interest is (on a simple interest basis) 16% for a loan of less than $250,000, 25% for a loan of at least $250,000 but less than $2,500,000, and unlimited for a loan of $2,500,000 or more. The applicable Pricing Supplement may designate any of the following base rates (“Base Rates”) as applicable to each Floating Rate Note: (a) the Commercial Paper Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Commercial Paper Rate Note”; (b) EURIBOR, in which case such Note will be a “EURIBOR Note”; (c) the Federal Funds Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Federal Funds Rate Note”; (d) LIBOR, in which case such Note will be a “LIBOR Note”; (e) the Prime Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Prime Rate Note”; (f) the CD Rate, in which case such Note will be a “CD Rate Note”; (g) the Treasury Rate, in which case such Note will be a “Treasury Rate Note”; (h) the CMT Rate, in which case such Note will be a “ CMT Rate Note”; or (i) one or more other Base Rates.

The interest rate on each Floating Rate Note for each Interest Period will be determined by reference to (i) the applicable Base Rates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for such Interest Period, plus or minus any applicable Spread and/or multiplied by any applicable Spread Multiplier. The “Spread” is the number of basis points, each one-hundredth of a percentage point, specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement to be added or subtracted from the Base Rate for a Floating Rate Note. For example, if a Note bears interest at LIBOR plus one basis point, or .01%, and the Calculation Agent (as defined below) determines that LIBOR is 5.00% per annum, the Note will bear interest at 5.01% per annum until the next Interest Reset Date (as defined below). The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement to be applied to the Base Rate for a Floating Rate Note. For example, if a Note bears interest at 90% of LIBOR, and the Calculation Agent determines that

 

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LIBOR is 5.00% per annum, the Note will bear interest at 4.50% per annum until the next Interest Reset Date.

Each Note that bears interest will bear interest from and including its date of issue (or other specified date on which interest begins to accrue) or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest on such Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) has been paid or duly provided for (i) at the fixed rate per annum applicable to the related Interest Period, or (ii) at a rate per annum determined pursuant to the Base Rates applicable to the related Interest Period or Interest Periods, in each case as specified therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest will be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption. The first payment of interest on any Note originally issued after a Regular Record Date and on or before an Interest Payment Date will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. Interest rates and Base Rates are subject to change by the Company from time to time but no such change will affect any Note theretofore issued or which the Company has agreed to issue. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Interest Payment Dates” and the “Regular Record Dates” for Fixed Rate Notes shall be as described below under “Fixed Rate Notes”, and the “Interest Payment Dates” and the “Regular Record Dates” for Floating Rate Notes shall be as described below under “Floating Rate Notes”.

The applicable Pricing Supplement will specify, among other things: (i) the issue price, Interest Payment Dates and Regular Record Dates; (ii) with respect to any Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate; (iii) with respect to any Floating Rate Note, the Initial Interest Rate (as defined below), the method (which may vary from Interest Period to Interest Period) of calculating the interest rate applicable to each Interest Period (including, if applicable, the fixed rate per annum applicable to one or more Interest Periods), the period to maturity of any instrument on which the Base Rate for any Interest Period is predicated (the “Index Maturity”), the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, the Interest Determination Dates (as defined below), the Interest Reset Dates and any Minimum Interest Rate or Maximum Interest Rate; (iv) whether such Note is an Original Issue Discount Note; and (v) any other terms related to interest on the Notes.

Fixed Rate Notes

Each Fixed Rate Note, whether or not issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, will bear interest at the annual rate specified therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Payment Dates for the Fixed Rate Notes will be on February 1 and August 1 of each year and at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption, and the Regular Record Dates for the Fixed Rate Notes will be on the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments for Fixed Rate Notes shall be the amount of interest accrued to, but excluding, the relevant Interest Payment Date. Interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any Interest Payment Date or any applicable Redemption Date on a Fixed Rate Note is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date or

 

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Redemption Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after the scheduled Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

Floating Rate Notes

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and except as provided below, interest on Floating Rate Notes will be payable on the following Interest Payment Dates: in the case of Floating Rate Notes with a daily, weekly or monthly Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of each month of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes with a quarterly Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes with a semi-annual Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and in the case of Floating Rate Notes with an annual Interest Reset Date, on the third Wednesday of the month of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Interest will also be paid at maturity or, if applicable, upon redemption. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Regular Record Dates for the Floating Rate Notes will be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date. In the event that any Interest Payment Date for any Floating Rate Note is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

The rate of interest on each Floating Rate Note will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually (such specified period, an “Interest Reset Period”, and the date on which each such reset occurs, an “Interest Reset Date”), as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Reset Date will be as follows: in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset daily, each Business Day; in the case of Floating Rate Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) which are reset weekly, the Wednesday of each week; in the case of Floating Rate Notes that are Treasury Rate Notes which are reset weekly, the Tuesday of each week (except if the auction date falls on a Tuesday, then the next Business Day); in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset semi-annually, the third Wednesday of the two months of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and in the case of Floating Rate Notes which are reset annually, the third Wednesday of the month of each year specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

The interest rate in effect from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to a Floating Rate Note (the “Initial Interest Rate”) will be as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If any Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such

 

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Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date will become effective on and as of the next succeeding Interest Reset Date. As used herein, “Interest Determination Date” means the date as of which the interest rate for a Floating Rate Note is to be calculated, to be effective as of the following Interest Reset Date and calculated on the related Calculation Date (as defined below). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to any Interest Reset Date will be: for a Commercial Paper Rate Note, a CD Rate Note or a CMT Rate Note (the “Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date”, the “CD Rate Interest Determination Date”, and the “CMT Rate Interest Determination Date,” respectively), the second Business Day prior to such Interest Reset Date; for Federal Funds Rate Notes and Prime Rate Notes (the “Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date” and the “Prime Rate Interest Determination Date”, respectively), the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Reset Date; for EURIBOR Notes (the “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”), the second TARGET Business Day before the Interest Reset Date; for LIBOR Notes (the “LIBOR Interest Determination Date”), the second London Business Day before the Interest Reset Date; and for a Treasury Rate Note (the “Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date”) will be the Business Day (other than the Interest Reset Date) on which Treasury Bills (as defined below) would normally be auctioned in the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls. Treasury Bills are usually sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is usually held on the following Tuesday, although it may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If an auction date shall fall on any Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note, then such Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business Day immediately following such auction date. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to a Floating Rate Note the interest rate of which is determined by reference to two or more Base Rates will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to such Interest Reset Date for such Floating Rate Note on which each such Base Rate is determinable.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments on an Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate Note will include interest accrued from, and including, the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, from, and including, the date of issue, or any date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the date on which interest begins to accrue, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to such Floating Rate Note). Interest will accrue to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date (each such interest accrual period, an “Interest Period”), or if earlier the date on which the principal is paid or duly made available for payment. Accrued interest from the date of issue, from such other specified date on which interest begins to accrue or from the last date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to the date for which interest is being calculated shall be calculated by multiplying the face amount of a Floating Rate Note by the applicable accrued interest factor (the “Accrued Interest Factor”). The Accrued Interest Factor shall be computed by adding together the interest factors calculated for

 

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each day in the relevant Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for each such day shall be computed by dividing the per annum interest rate, expressed as a decimal, applicable to such day by 360 in the case of Commercial Paper Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, EURIBOR Notes, Prime Rate Notes, and CD Rate Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year in the case of Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes. The interest rate in effect on each day will be (i) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate with respect to the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date or (ii) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate with respect to the Interest Determination Date relating to the next preceding Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to any Maximum Interest Rate or Minimum Interest Rate referred to above or in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, U.S. Bank National Association will be the “Calculation Agent”. On or before each Calculation Date, the Calculation Agent will determine the interest rate in accordance with the foregoing and as described below with respect to the applicable Base Rate and notify the Company and the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will determine the Accrued Interest Factor applicable to any such Floating Rate Note. The Paying Agent will, upon the request of the holder of any Floating Rate Note, provide the interest rate then in effect and the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a determination made with respect to the most recent Interest Determination Date with respect to such Floating Rate Note. The determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding, and neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have the duty to verify determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent. The determinations of Accrued Interest Factors made by the Paying Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Calculation Date”, if applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date on a Floating Rate Note will be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day, and (ii) the Business Day before the applicable Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, all percentages resulting from any calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of one percentage point, with five one-millionths of one percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655) and 9.876544% (or .09876544) will be rounded to 9.87654% (or .0987654)); all calculations of the Accrued Interest Factor for any day on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-millionth, with five one-billionths rounded upward (e.g. .098765455 will be rounded to .09876546 and .098765454 will be rounded to .09876545); and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward).

Commercial Paper Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Commercial Paper Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period

 

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shall be the Commercial Paper Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Commercial Paper Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Commercial Paper Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the rate on that date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in “Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates” or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“H.15 (519)”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial.”

Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, the following procedures will be followed if the Commercial Paper Rate cannot be determined as described above: (I) If the rate is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date relating to the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the rate on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as set forth in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the worldwide website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication (the “H.15 Daily Update”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial;” (II) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date the rate is not published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Commercial Paper Rate to be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however , that if the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as described above in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate in effect immediately before the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will not change and will remain the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.

“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

  Money Market Yield =            D x 360            x 100   
     360 -  (D x M)      

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper, quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the Interest Period for which the interest is being calculated.

 

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Federal Funds Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Federal Funds Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Federal Funds Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Federal Funds Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Federal Funds Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Federal Funds Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any. The Federal Funds Rate will be calculated by reference to either the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate or the Federal Funds Target Rate, as specified in the Federal Funds Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Federal Funds Rate” means the rate determined by the Calculation Agent, with respect to any Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions:

(I) If “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate with respect to such date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective),” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page FEDFUNDS1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”) under the heading “EFFECT,” or, if such rate is not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Federal funds (effective).” If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however , that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(II) If “Federal Funds Open Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date under the heading “Federal Funds” for the relevant Index Maturity and opposite the caption “Open” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page 5 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page 5”), or, if such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for the Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg L.P.

 

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(“Bloomberg”), which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or a successor) on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however , that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(III) If “Federal Funds Target Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date as displayed on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day appearing on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=“). If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg or is not displayed on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

LIBOR . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is LIBOR, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “LIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be LIBOR as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the LIBOR Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. LIBOR Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, LIBOR will be determined by the Calculation Agent for each LIBOR Interest Determination Date in accordance with the following provisions:

(I) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page LIBOR01 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency) (“Reuters Page LIBOR01”)

 

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as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If no such rate so appears, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined in accordance with the provisions described in clause (II) below.

(II) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as specified in clause (I) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in the applicable Principal Financial Center (as defined below), on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Designated LIBOR Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time; provided, however , that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

As referenced above, “Designated LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as to which LIBOR shall be calculated or, if no such Designated LIBOR Currency is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, U.S. dollars. As used in the above provisions regarding determining LIBOR, “Principal Financial Center” means (i) the capital city of the country issuing the specified currency or (ii) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates, except, in each case, that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euro, New Zealand dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” shall be New York City, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Wellington, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

EURIBOR Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is EURIBOR, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “EURIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the EURIBOR Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the EURIBOR Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. EURIBOR Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

 

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Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, EURIBOR means with respect to any EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, a base rate equal to the interest rate for deposits in euro designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — the Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate. EURIBOR will be determined in the following manner:

(I) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euro having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, beginning on the second euro Business Day after such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, as that rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

(II) If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the euro-zone interbank market by the principal euro-zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation Agent: euro deposits having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request that the principal euro-zone office of each of these banks provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.

(III) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading euro-zone banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time on that EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the euro-zone selected by the Calculation Agent: loans of euro having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in an amount that is representative of a single transaction in euro in that market at the time.

(IV) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, EURIBOR for the new Interest Period will be EURIBOR in effect for the prior Interest Period. If the initial Base Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Period.

Prime Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Prime Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Prime Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Prime Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Prime Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Prime Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the caption “Bank prime loan” or, if not published by 3:00

 

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p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Bank prime loan.” If such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on Reuters on page USPRIME1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks) (“Reuters Page USPRIME1”) as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates so appear on the Reuters Page USPRIME1 for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however , that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.

“Reuters Page USPRIME1” means the display on the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service (or any successor service) on the “USPRIME1 Page” (or such other page as may replace the USPRIME1 Page on such service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major U.S. banks.

CD Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the CD Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “CD Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CD Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, specified in the CD Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. CD Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “CD Rate” means, with respect to any CD Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519), under the heading “CDs (Secondary Market).” If the CD Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply:

(I) If the rate described above is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the relevant Calculation Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the specified Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic sources used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (Secondary Market).”

 

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(II) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Calculation Date, that rate is not published in either H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source, the CD Rate for that CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City, which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major U.S. money market banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time.

(III) If the dealer(s) selected as described above by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as set forth above, the CD Rate for that CD interest rate determination date will be the CD Rate in effect for the immediately preceding interest reset period, or if there was no interest reset period, then the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Treasury Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the Treasury Rate, such Floating Rate Note shall be a “Treasury Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Treasury Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the Treasury Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Treasury Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement under the caption “INVEST RATE” on the display on Reuters page USAUCTION10 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or, if not so published at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the rate for such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High.” If such rate is not so published in the related H.15 Daily Update or another recognized source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the Auction rate of such Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that such Auction rate is not so announced by the United States Department of the Treasury on such Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. government

 

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securities/treasury bills/secondary market” or, if not yet published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. government securities/treasury bills (secondary market).” If such rate is not yet published in the H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of the three leading primary United States government securities dealers (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however , that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.

The “Bond Equivalent Yield” means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

  Bond Equivalent Yield =            D x N            x 100   
     360 -  (D x M)      

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, “N” refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Reset Period.

CMT Rate . If the Base Rate specified with respect to any Interest Period for a Floating Rate Note is the CMT Rate, such Floating Rate Note is a “CMT Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to such Floating Rate Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CMT Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the CMT Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. CMT Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, “CMT Rate” means, with respect to any CMT Rate Interest Determination Date:

(I) If “Reuters Page FRBCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”) for such CMT Rate Interest Determination

 

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Date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate that would otherwise have been published in H.15(519). If the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury does not publish a yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”) selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two such United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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(II) If “Reuters Page FEDCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters on page FEDCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”) for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the week or month, as applicable, preceding such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not publish a one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, average yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the applicable week or month, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a remaining term to maturity of no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotation shall be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing

 

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Supplement, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however , that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate determination date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

Zero Coupon Notes

The specific terms of any Zero Coupon Notes will be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

(6) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (if any) on the Notes will be payable, and, except as described in the Prospectus Supplement, dated April 27, 2009, relating to the issuance of the Notes, and the Administrative Procedures attached hereto as Exhibit F with respect to any Global Security (as defined below) representing Book-Entry Notes (as defined below), the transfer of the Notes will be registrable and Notes will be exchangeable for Notes bearing identical terms and provisions at the corporate trust office of U.S. Bank National Association (the “Paying Agent,” unless another Paying Agent is specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement), in New York, New York, provided that payments of principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person or entity entitled thereto as it appears on the security register of the Company, except that holders of $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of similar Notes shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds, if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been given to the Trustee or Paying Agent in writing not later than ten Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, U.S. Bank National Association will be the “Security Registrar” with respect to the Notes. The Paying Agent or Security Registrar may be terminated or resign from its role as such with respect to the Notes as long as another agent is in place to serve in such role.

(7) If so specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company on the date or dates prior to maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement at the price or prices specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in such Pricing Supplement, in the case of Notes other than Zero Coupon Notes or certain interest bearing notes issued as Original Issue Discount Notes, the redemption price will be expressed as a specified percentage of the principal amount of such Note, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date of redemption stated in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,

 

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in the case of Zero Coupon Notes or certain interest bearing Notes issued as Original Issue Discount Notes (as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement), the redemption price will be a specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) of such Note (as described in paragraph (13) below), together with accrued interest, if any, to the date of redemption (or, in the case of any interest bearing Note issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as specified in Paragraph (13) below). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Company may redeem any of the Notes which are redeemable and remain outstanding either in whole or from time to time in part upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture.

(8) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase any Notes of such series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of any Holder.

(9) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes may be issued only in fully registered form. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the authorized denomination of the Notes of such series other than Foreign Currency Notes (as defined below), shall be $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Foreign Currency Notes will be issued in the denominations specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

(10) The Notes may be denominated, and payments of principal of and interest on the Notes will be made, in United States dollars or in such foreign currencies or foreign currency units as may be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (each such specified foreign currency, a “Specified Currency”). In the case of a Note having a Specified Currency (a “Foreign Currency Note”), the Company will (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) arrange to convert all payments in respect of such Foreign Currency Note into U.S. dollars. The amount of any U.S. dollar payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all Holders of the Foreign Currency Notes who are scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent for this purchase. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes on the payment date will be made in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of the Note by deductions from such payments due such Holder. If so indicated in a Foreign Currency Note and the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Holder thereof may elect to receive all payments in respect of such Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date, and such election shall remain in effect until revoked by written notice to such Paying Agent received not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

 

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(11) Except as otherwise described in Paragraph (5) above and Paragraph (13) below, the amount of payments of principal of and any premium or interest on the Notes will not be determined with reference to an index.

(12) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Events of Default with respect to the Notes are those specified in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the events that constitute Acceleration Events with respect to the Notes shall be those set forth as such in the Indenture.

(13) The portion of the principal amount of the Notes, other than Original Issue Discount Notes (including any Zero Coupon Notes), which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof shall not be other than the principal amount thereof. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the portion of the principal amount of Zero Coupon Notes and certain interest bearing Notes issued as Original Issue Discount Notes (as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) upon any acceleration of the maturity thereof will be the Amortized Face Amount and in the case of an interest-bearing note issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, any accrued but unpaid qualified stated interest payments. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the amount payable to the holder of such Original Issue Discount Note upon any redemption thereof will be the applicable specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount thereof specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, and in the case of any interest bearing Note issued as an Original Issue Discount Note, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as defined in the Treasury Regulations regarding original issue discount issued by the Treasury Department (the “Regulations”)). The “Amortized Face Amount” of an Original Issue Discount Note is equal to the sum of (i) the Issue Price (as defined below) of such Original Issue Discount Note and (ii) that portion of the difference between the Issue Price and the principal amount of such original Issue Discount Note that has been amortized at the Stated Yield (as defined below) of such Original Issue Discount Note (computed in accordance with Section 1272(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.1275-1(b) of the Regulations, in each case as in effect on the issue date of such Original Issue Discount Note) at the date as of which the Amortized Face Amount is calculated. In no event can the Amortized Face Amount exceed the principal amount of such Note due at the stated maturity thereof. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “Issue Price” means the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Note due at the stated maturity thereof less the “Original Issue Discount” of such Original Issue Discount Note specified on the face thereof and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The term “Stated Yield” of such Original Issue Discount Note means the “Yield to Maturity” specified on the face of such Original Issue Discount Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the period from the Original Issue Date of such Original Issue Discount Note, as specified on the face of such Original Issue Discount Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement, to the stated maturity thereof based on its Issue Price and stated redemption price at maturity thereof.

(14) Each Note will be represented by either a master global note or a global note in fully registered form (each a “Global Note”) registered in the name of a nominee of the Depositary (each such Note represented by a Global Note being herein referred to as a “Book-Entry Note”) or a certificate issued in definitive registered form, without coupons (a “Certificated Note”), as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise

 

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specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, The Depository Trust Company will act as Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.06 of the Indenture or in the applicable Note, Book-Entry Notes will not be issuable in certificated form and will not be exchangeable or transferable. So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered holder of any Global Note, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole Holder of the Book-Entry Note or Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes.

(15) The Notes shall be subject to the subordination provisions contained in Article Three of the Indenture.

(16) Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the resolutions and authorization referred to in the first paragraph hereof, each Note shall have such other terms (which may be in addition to or different from the terms set forth herein and which may differ from the terms of other Notes) as are specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

B. Establishment of Note Forms pursuant to Section 2.01 of Indenture .

It is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture that the Global Securities representing Book-Entry Notes shall be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibits A, B, C, D and E hereto, unless a different form is provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement or otherwise approved by an Authorized Officer.

C. Establishment of Procedures for Authentication of Notes Pursuant to Section 2.04 of Indenture .

It is hereby ordered pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture that Notes may be authenticated by the Trustee and issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedures attached hereto as Exhibit F and upon receipt by the Trustee (including by facsimile) of a Pricing Supplement (a “Pricing Supplement”) to this Officers’ Certificate and Company Order setting forth the information specified or contemplated therein for the particular Notes to be authenticated and issued, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G hereto or in such other form as may be approved by an Authorized Officer, such approval being conclusively evidenced by the Authorized Officer’s execution or approval for filing with the Commission of the same or the Authorized Officer’s instruction to the Trustee to authenticate Notes having the terms specified in the same. If such Pricing Supplement is executed, at least one officer signing such Pricing Supplement shall be an Authorized Officer as defined in the resolutions referred to in the first paragraph hereof. If such Pricing Supplement is not executed, Notes may be authenticated by the Trustee and issued in accordance with the Administrative Procedures upon the telephonic, electronic or written order of an Authorized Officer.

D. Other Matters .

Attached as Exhibit H hereto is a true and correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on April 22, 2008, such resolutions have not been further amended, modified or rescinded and remain in full force and effect; and such

 

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resolutions are the only resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors or by any Authorized Officers relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

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The undersigned have read the sections of the Indenture, including the related definitions contained therein, related to the establishment of (i) a series of Securities, (ii) the forms of such Securities and (iii) the procedures for authentication of such series of Securities. The undersigned have examined the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company. In the opinion of the undersigned, the undersigned have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the covenants or conditions precedent to the establishment of (i) a series of Securities, (ii) the forms of such Securities and (iii) the procedures for authentication of such series of Securities, contained in the Indenture have been complied with. In the opinion of the undersigned, such covenants and conditions have been complied with.

Dated: May 4, 2009

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By  

/s/    Daryl N. Bible

Name:   Daryl N. Bible
Title:   Senior Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
By  

/s/    Hal S. Johnson

Name:   Hal S. Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer

Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (Subordinated)


EXHIBIT A – GLOBAL FIXED RATE NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT B – GLOBAL FLOATING RATE NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT C – GLOBAL ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ZERO COUPON NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT D – GLOBAL ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FIXED RATE NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT E – MASTER GLOBAL NOTE

[see attached]


EXHIBIT F – ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

[see attached]


EXHIBIT G – PRICING SUPPLEMENT

[see attached]


EXHIBIT H – BOARD RESOLUTIONS

[see attached]

Exhibit 4.9(a)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED    

REGISTERED

No.  

BB&T Corporation

Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)

 

Principal Amount: $        

CUSIP No.            

  (Global Fixed Rate Note)  

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:    MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST RATE:    REDEMPTION TERMS:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:    OTHER TERMS:

BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($          ) on the Maturity Date shown above or, together with any premium thereon, upon any applicable Redemption Date, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on (but excluding) each February 1 and August 1 or such other dates, if any, as are specified under “Other Terms” above (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above, at the rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate shown above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however , that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified under “Other Terms” above, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however , that interest payable on the Maturity Date of this Note or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 of


which shall be given to the holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity Date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue with respect to the payment due on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation of this Note to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however , that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
     

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)

(Global Fixed Rate Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, unsurbordinated medium-term notes, Series A due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order ( the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made 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 the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the

 

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holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(b)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED    

REGISTERED

  BB&T Corporation  

Principal Amount: $        

No.   Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)  

CUSIP No.            

  (Global Floating Rate Note)  
   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:    MATURITY DATE:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:    SPREAD:
BASE RATE (and, if    SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
applicable, related Interest Periods):   

[  ]    Commercial Paper Rate

   REDEMPTION TERMS:

[  ]    Federal Funds Rate

  

[  ]    Federal Funds (Effective) Rate

  

[  ]    Federal Funds Open Rate

  

[  ]    Federal Funds Target Rate

  

[  ]    LIBOR

  

[  ]    EURIBOR

  

[  ]    Prime Rate

  

[  ]    CD Rate

  

[  ]    Treasury Rate

  

[  ]    CMT Rate

  

[  ]    Reuters Page FRBCMT

  

[  ]    Reuters Page FEDCMT

  

[  ]    One-Week [ ]One-Month

  

[  ]    Other (see “Other Terms”)

   OTHER TERMS:
INDEX MATURITY:   
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:   
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:   
INTEREST RESET DATES:   
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:   
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:   
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:   
DAY COUNT CONVENTION:   

[  ]    30/360 for the period

  

         From                     To

  

[  ]    Actual/360 for the period

  

         From                      To

  

[  ]    Actual/Actual for the period

  

         From                      To

  

 

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BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($          ) on the Maturity Date shown above or, together with any premium thereon, upon any applicable Redemption Date, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above or, except as otherwise specified below, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on each Interest Payment Date shown above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above, at the rate per annum determined in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse side hereof relating to the applicable Base Rate specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however , that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified under “Other Terms” above, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however , that interest payable on the Maturity Date of this Note or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity Date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however, that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note) are set forth above under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the registered holder of the Note.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a

 

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bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)

(Global Floating Rate Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, unsurbordinated medium-term notes, Series A due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order ( the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made 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 the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

General

The rate of interest for this Note will be determined by reference to one or more Base Rates specified on the face hereof, which may be adjusted by a Spread and/or Spread Multiplier. The “Spread” is the number of basis points, each one-hundredth of a percentage point, specified on the face hereof to be added or subtracted from the Base Rate specified on the face hereof. The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage specified on the face hereof to be applied to the Base Rate specified on the face hereof. This Note may also have either or both of the following: (i) a Maximum Interest Rate, or ceiling, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period; and (ii) a Minimum Interest Rate, or floor, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate per annum hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, specified on the face hereof. The interest rate on this Note will in no event exceed the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. Under present New York law, the maximum rate of interest is (on a simple interest basis) 16% for a loan of less than $250,000, 25% for a loan of at least $250,000 but less than $2,500,000, and unlimited for a loan of $2,500,000 or more.

Commencing with the Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof, first following the Original Issue Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which this Note bears interest will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually (such specified period, an “Interest Reset Period,” and the date on which each such reset occurs, an “Interest Reset Date”). Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Interest Reset Date will be as follows: in the case of Notes which are reset daily, each Business Day; in the case of Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) which are reset weekly, the Wednesday of each week; in the case of Treasury Rate Notes which are reset weekly, the Tuesday of each week (except if the auction date falls on a Tuesday, then the next Business Day, as provided below); in the case of Notes which are reset monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; in the case of Notes which are reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Notes which are reset semi-annually, the third Wednesday of the two months of each year as indicated on the face hereof, by the Interest Reset Dates; and in the case of Notes which are reset annually, the third Wednesday of the month of each year as indicated on the face hereof, by the Interest Reset Dates. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the interest rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date (as defined below) will become effective on the next succeeding Interest Reset Date; provided, however , that the interest rate in effect from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to this Note (the “Initial Interest Rate”) will be as set forth on the face hereof. If any Interest Reset Date for any Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the

 

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next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date the rate of interest on this Note shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

As used herein, “Interest Determination Date” is the date that the Calculation Agent will refer to when determining the new interest rate at which the interest rate on a Floating Rate Note will reset and is the date as of which the interest rate for this Note is to be calculated, to be effective as of the following Interest Reset Date and calculated on the related Calculation Date (as defined below). Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date: for a Commercial Paper Rate Note, a CD Rate Note, or a CMT Rate Note (the “Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date”, the “CD Rate Interest Determination Date”, and the “CMT Rate Interest Determination Date”, respectively) will be the second Business Day before the Interest Reset Date; for Federal Funds Rate Notes and Prime Rate Notes will be the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Reset Date (the “Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date” and the “Prime Rate Interest Determination Date”, respectively); for EURIBOR Notes will be the second TARGET Business Day before the Interest Reset Date (the “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”); for LIBOR Notes will be the second London Business Day before the Interest Reset Date (the “LIBOR Interest Determination Date”); and for a Treasury Rate Note (the “Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date”) will be the Business Day (other than the Interest Reset Date) on which Treasury Bills would normally be auctioned in the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls. Treasury Bills are usually sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is usually held on the following Tuesday, although it may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, that Friday will be the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next week. If an auction falls on a day that is an Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note, the Interest Reset Date will be the following Business Day. The Interest Determination Date for a Floating Rate Note, which interest rate is determined by two or more Base Rates, will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the Interest Reset Date for such Floating Rate Note on which each such Base Rate can be determined.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” interest payments on this Note on an Interest Payment Date will accrue from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest is paid or duly provided for, or if no interest is paid or duly provided for, the date will be from and including the Original Issue Date or any other date specified on the face hereof on which interest begins to accrue. Interest will accrue to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date, or if earlier, the date on which the principal is paid or duly made available for payment. Accrued interest is calculated by multiplying the face amount of this Note by the applicable accrued interest factor (the “Accrued Interest Factor”). This Accrued Interest Factor is the sum of the interest factors calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or any other date specified on the face hereof from which interest begins to accrue, or from the last date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the interest factor for each such day is computed by dividing the annual interest rate, expressed as a decimal, applicable to that day by 360 in the case of Commercial Paper Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, EURIBOR Notes, Prime Rate Notes, and CD Rate Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year in the case of Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes. The interest rate in effect on each day will be (i) if the day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate for the Interest Determination Date related to the Interest Reset Date or (ii) if the day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate for the Interest Determination Date related to the next preceding Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to the Maximum Interest Rate or Minimum Interest Rate referred to on the face hereof.

On or before each Calculation Date (as defined below), U.S. Bank National Association, as Calculation Agent (the “Calculation Agent”), will determine the interest rate in accordance with the foregoing with respect to the applicable Base Rate and will notify the Company and the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will determine the Accrued Interest Factor applicable to this Note. The Paying Agent will, upon the request of the holder of this Note, provide the interest rate then in effect and the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a determination made with respect to the most recent Interest Determination Date with respect to this Note. The determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding, and neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have the duty to verify determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent. The determinations of Accrued Interest Factors made by the Paying Agent shall, in the absence

 

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of manifest error, be conclusive and binding. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the “Calculation Date” means the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if that day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day, and (ii) the Business Day before the applicable Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” all percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note, will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward. For example, 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655) and 9.876544% (or .09876544) will be rounded to 9.87654% (or .0987654). All calculations of the Accrued Interest Factor for any day on the Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-millionth, with five one-billionths rounded upward (e.g., .098765455 will be rounded to .09876546 and .098765454 will be rounded to .09876545). All dollar amounts used in or resulting from any calculation on this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward.

Determination of Commercial Paper Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Commercial Paper Rate, this Note is a “Commercial Paper Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Commercial Paper Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date. Commercial Paper Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the rate on that date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in “Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates” or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“H.15 (519)”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial.”

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the following procedures will be followed if the Commercial Paper Rate cannot be determined as described above:

(1) If the rate is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date relating to the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the rate on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as set forth in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the worldwide website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication (the “H.15 Daily Update”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial.”

(2) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date the rate is not published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Commercial Paper Rate to be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however , that if the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as described above in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate in effect immediately before the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will not change and will remain the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

Money Market Yield =          D x 360          x 100
   360 - (D x M)   

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for the commercial paper, quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the Interest Period for which the interest is being calculated.

Determination of Federal Funds Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Federal Funds Rate, this Note is a “Federal Funds Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Federal Funds Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. Federal Funds Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any. The Federal Funds Rate will be calculated by reference to either the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate or the Federal Funds Target Rate, as specified on the face hereof.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Federal Funds Rate” means the rate determined by the Calculation Agent, with respect to any Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) If “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate on the face hereof, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate with respect to such date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective),” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page FEDFUNDS1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”) under the heading “EFFECT,” or, if such rate is not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Federal funds (effective).” If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(2) If “Federal Funds Open Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate on the face hereof, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date under the heading “Federal Funds” for the relevant Index Maturity and opposite the caption “Open” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page 5 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page 5”), or, if such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for the Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”), which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or a successor) on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the

 

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Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(3) If “Federal Funds Target Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate on the face hereof, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date as displayed on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day appearing on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=”). If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg or is not displayed on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

Determination of LIBOR

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is LIBOR, this Note is a “LIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be LIBOR as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable LIBOR Interest Determination Date. LIBOR Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “LIBOR” will be determined by the Calculation Agent with respect to each LIBOR Interest Determination Date in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page LIBOR01 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency) (“Reuters Page LIBOR01”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If no such rate so appears, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined in accordance with the provisions described in clause (2) below.

(2) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as specified in clause (1) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in the applicable Principal Financial Center (as defined below), on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Designated LIBOR Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence,

 

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LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

As referenced above, “Designated LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified on the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be calculated or, if no such Designated LIBOR Currency is specified on the face hereof, U.S. dollars. As used in this section regarding the determination of LIBOR, “Principal Financial Center” means (i) the capital city of the country issuing the specified currency or (ii) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates, except, in each case, that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euro, New Zealand dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” shall be New York City, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Wellington, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

Determination of EURIBOR

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is EURIBOR, this Note is a “EURIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the EURIBOR Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date. EURIBOR Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” EURIBOR means, with respect to any EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, a base rate equal to the interest rate for deposits in euro designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — the Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate. EURIBOR will be determined in the following manner:

(1) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euro having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, beginning on the second euro Business Day after such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, as that rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

(2) If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the euro-zone interbank market by the principal euro-zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation Agent: euro deposits having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request that the principal euro-zone office of each of these banks provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.

(3) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading euro-zone banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time on that EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the euro-zone selected by the Calculation Agent: loans of euro having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in an amount that is representative of a single transaction in euro in that market at the time.

(4) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, EURIBOR for the new Interest Period will be EURIBOR in effect for the prior Interest Period. If the initial Base Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Period.

 

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Determination of Prime Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Prime Rate, this Note is a “Prime Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Prime Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. Prime Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the caption “Bank prime loan” or, if not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Bank prime loan.” If such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on Reuters on page USPRIME1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks) (“Reuters Page USPRIME1”) as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates so appear on the Reuters Page USPRIME1 for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.

“Reuters Page USPRIME1” means the display on the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service (or any successor service) on the “USPRIME1 Page” (or such other page as may replace the USPRIME1 Page on such service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major U.S. banks.

Determination of the CD Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the CD Rate, this Note is a “CD Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CD Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable CD Rate Interest Determination Date. CD Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “CD Rate” means, with respect to any CD Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in H.15(519), under the heading “CDs (Secondary Market).” If the CD Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply:

(1) If the rate described above is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the relevant Calculation Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the specified Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic sources used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (Secondary Market).”

(2) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Calculation Date, that rate is not published in either H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source, the CD Rate for that CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City, which may

 

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include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with us, for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major U.S. money market banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time.

(3) If the dealer(s) selected as described above by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as set forth above, the CD Rate for that CD interest rate determination date will be the CD Rate in effect for the immediately preceding interest reset period, or if there was no interest reset period, then the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Determination of Treasury Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Treasury Rate, this Note is a “Treasury Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Treasury Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date. Treasury Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof under the caption “INVEST RATE” on the display on Reuters page USAUCTION10 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or, if not so published at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the rate for such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High.” If such rate is not so published in the related H.15 Daily Update or another recognized source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the Auction rate of such Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that such Auction rate is not so announced by the United States Department of the Treasury on such Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. government securities/treasury bills/secondary market” or, if not yet published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. government securities/treasury bills (secondary market).” If such rate is not yet published in the H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of the three leading primary United States government securities dealers (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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The “Bond Equivalent Yield” means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

                D × N              
  Bond Equivalent Yield    =    360  - (D × M)    × 100   

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, “N” refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Reset Period.

Determination of CMT Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the CMT Rate, this Note is a “CMT Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CMT Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. CMT Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” with respect to any CMT Rate Interest Determination Date:

(1) If “Reuters Page FRBCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page on the face hereof, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”) for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof and for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate for the period of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate that would otherwise have been published in H.15(519). If the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury does not publish a yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”) selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two such United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof have remaining terms to maturity

 

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equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

(2) If “Reuters Page FEDCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page on the face hereof, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters on page FEDCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”) for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof for the week or month, as applicable, preceding such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not publish a one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof for the applicable week or month, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity of no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotation shall be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate determination date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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Redemption

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to above, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

Miscellaneous Provisions

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

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Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate. References herein to “Agents” are to the Agents as defined in that certain Distribution Agreement dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and such Agents, pursuant to which the Notes may be sold.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(c)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation    Principal Amount: $        
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)    CUSIP No.            
   (Global Original Issue Discount Zero Coupon Note)   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:    MATURITY DATE:
OTHER TERMS:    REDEMPTION TERMS:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:    YIELD TO MATURITY:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:   

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS NOTE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS THE PERCENTAGE SET FORTH ABOVE.

BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($           ) on the Maturity Date shown above.

The principal of this Note shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the Maturity Date, and in such case the overdue principal of this Note shall bear interest at a rate which is equivalent to the Yield to Maturity stated above (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the Maturity Date or the date payment is due upon acceleration or redemption, as the case may be, to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable upon demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the same rate as the interest on the overdue principal (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand. In the event that any Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, such Redemption Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after that Redemption Date to such next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of


the principal of (and premium, if any) on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation of this Note to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however , that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)

(Global Original Issue Discount Zero Coupon Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, unsurbordinated medium-term notes, Series A due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order ( the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made 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 the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” expressed as percentages of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, a lesser amount than the principal amount due at the Stated Maturity may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on this Note shall terminate.

The amount due and payable on this Note in the event that the principal amount hereof is declared due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity hereof or in the event that this Note is redeemed shall, unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” be the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) of this Note or, in the case of redemption, the specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note on the date such payment is due and payable as determined by the Company, plus, in each case, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as defined in the Treasury Regulations regarding original issue discount issued by the Treasury Department (the “Regulations”)).

 

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The “Amortized Face Amount” of this Note shall be the amount equal to the sum of (i) the issue price (as defined below) of this Note and (ii) that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of this Note that has been amortized at the Stated Yield (as defined below) of this Note (computed in accordance with Section 1272(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.1275-1(b) of the Regulations, in each case as in effect on the issue date of this Note) at the date as of which the Amortized Face Amount is calculated. In no event can the Amortized Face Amount exceed the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “issue price” means the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof less the Original Issue Discount of this Note specified on the face hereof. The term “Stated Yield” of this Note means the Yield to Maturity specified on the face hereof for the period from the Original Issue Date of this Note specified on the face hereof, to the Stated Maturity hereof based on the issue price and stated redemption price at the maturity hereof.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of holders of Notes, the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Note that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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.

 

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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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(d)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation    Principal Amount: $        
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)    CUSIP No.            
   (Global Original Issue Discount Fixed Rate Note)   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:   MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST RATE:   REDEMPTION TERMS:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:   OTHER TERMS:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:   YIELD TO MATURITY:

[  ]    ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE SUBJECT TO “SPECIAL PROVISIONS” BELOW

 

[  ]    ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES ONLY

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS NOTE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS THE PERCENTAGE SET FORTH ABOVE.

BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($          ) on the Maturity Date shown above or, together with any premium thereon, upon any applicable Redemption Date (subject to the “Special Provisions” on the reverse side hereof, if applicable), and to pay interest on such principal sum from the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on (but excluding) each February 1 and August 1 or such other dates, if any, as are specified under “Other Terms” above (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above, at the rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate shown above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however , that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified under “Other Terms” above, shall be the day (whether or


not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however , that interest payable on the Maturity Date of this Note or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity Date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue with respect to the payment due on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation of this Note to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however , that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)

(Global Original Issue Discount Fixed Rate Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, unsurbordinated medium-term notes, Series A due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order ( the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made 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 the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note if this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note for federal income tax purposes only as shown on the face hereof and as percentages of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note if this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note subject to the “Special Provisions” below as shown on the face hereof) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided, however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, a lesser amount than the principal amount due at the Stated Maturity may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on this Note shall terminate.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of

 

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each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of holders of Notes, the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Note that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” if this Note is an Original Issue Discount Fixed Rate Note subject to these Special Provisions, as indicated on the face hereof, the amount due and payable on this Note in the event that the principal amount hereof is declared due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity hereof or in the event that this Note is redeemed shall be the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) of this Note or, in the case of redemption, the specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note on the date such payment is due and payable as determined by the Company, plus, in each case, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as defined in the Treasury Regulations regarding original issue discount issued by the Treasury Department (the “Regulations”)).

The “Amortized Face Amount” of this Note shall be the amount equal to the sum of (i) the issue price (as defined below) of this Note and (ii) that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of this Note that has been amortized at the Stated Yield (as defined below) of this Note (computed in accordance with Section 1272(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.1275-1(b) of the Regulations, in each case as in effect on the issue date of this Note) at the date as of which the Amortized Face Amount is calculated. In no event can the Amortized Face Amount exceed the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “issue price” means the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof less the Original Issue Discount of this Note specified on the face hereof. The term “Stated Yield” of this Note means the Yield to Maturity specified on the face hereof for the period from the Original Issue Date of this Note specified on the face hereof, to the Stated Maturity hereof based on the issue price and stated redemption price at maturity hereof.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(e)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein .

 

REGISTERED     REGISTERED
  BB&T Corporation  
No.   Medium-Term Note, Series A (Senior)  
  (Master Global Note)  

BB&T Corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns: (i) on each principal payment date, including each amortization date, redemption date, repayment date, maturity date, and extended maturity date, as applicable, of each obligation identified on the records of the Issuer (which records are maintained by U.S. Bank National Association (unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Paying Agent”) as being evidenced by this Master Global Note, the principal amount then due and payable for each such obligation, and (ii) on each interest payment date, if any, the interest then due and payable on the principal amount for each such obligation. Payment shall be made by wire transfer of United States dollars to the registered owner, or immediately available funds or the equivalent to a party as authorized by the registered owner and in the currency other than United States dollars as provided for in each such obligation, by the Paying Agent without the necessity of presentation and surrender of this Master Global Note.

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS MASTER GLOBAL NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

This Master Global Note is a valid and binding obligation of the Issuer.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:     BB&T CORPORATION
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:                                                                                             
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By:                                                                                             
Authorized Officer

 

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(Reverse Side of Note)

This Master Global Note evidences certain indebtedness (the “Debt Obligations”) of the Issuer, which shall form a part of the Issuer’s unsecured, unsubordinated medium-term notes, Series A due nine months or more from the date of issue (such series being referred to as “Series A” and such notes being referred to as the “Series A Notes”), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture Regarding Senior Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Issuer’s Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Series A Notes, reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the holders of the Debt Obligations. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Debt Obligations and other Series A Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase, or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes, including the Debt Obligations as evidenced by this Master Global Note, that the Issuer may issue under this Series A.

Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Master Global Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Master Global Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on each Debt Obligation on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Issuer.

At the request of the registered owner, the Issuer shall promptly issue and deliver one or more separate note certificates evidencing each Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note. As of the date any such note certificate or certificates are issued, the Debt Obligations which are evidenced thereby shall no longer be evidenced by this Master Global Note.

Beneficial interests in the Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note are exchangeable for definitive Series A Notes in registered form, of like tenor and terms and of an equal aggregate principal amount, only if (a) (i) The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Master Global Note, or (ii) if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in either case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after receiving notice or becoming aware the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or is no longer so registered; (b) the Issuer in its sole discretion elects to issue definitive notes; or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to a Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note, beneficial owners representing a majority in principal amount of such Debt Obligation advise the Depositary or other clearing system(s) through its participants to cease acting as depositary for such Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note. Any beneficial interests in such Debt Obligation that are exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable in whole for definitive Series A Notes in registered form, of like tenor and terms and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Such definitive notes shall be registered in the name or names of such person or persons as the Depositary shall instruct the registrar.

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

 

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name, Address, and Taxpayer Identification Number of Assignee)

the Master Global Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                      attorney to transfer said Master Global Note on the books of the Issuer with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                                                                                                                                                                               
     (Signature)
Signature(s) Guaranteed:      NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Master Global Note, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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BB&T CORPORATION

RIDER TO MASTER GLOBAL NOTE DATED              ,         

Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior)

This RIDER forms a part of and is incorporated into the Master Global Note dated              ,          , of BB&T Corporation (the “Issuer”) registered in the name of Cede & Co, or its registered assigns, evidencing the Issuer’s Debt Obligations.

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF SUCH MASTER GLOBAL NOTE (TOGETHER WITH THIS RIDER, HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THIS “MASTER GLOBAL NOTE”) SET FORTH IN THE RECORDS OF THE ISSUER MAINTAINED BY THE TRUSTEE, WHICH RECORDS CONSIST OF THE PRICING SUPPLEMENT(S) TO THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 27, 2009, AND PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 25, 2008 (EACH SUCH PRICING SUPPLEMENT, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED, A “PRICING SUPPLEMENT”) RELATING TO EACH ISSUANCE OF DEBT OBLIGATIONS, AS FILED BY THE ISSUER WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

Section 1. Defined Terms.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Master Global Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate.

Section 2. General.

This Master Global Note is a duly authorized issue of the series of Securities of the Issuer designated herein. In accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Officers’ Certificate, the Debt Obligations and other Series A Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase, or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes, including the Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note, that the Issuer may issue under this Series A.

This Master Global Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement(s) as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Master Global Note.

Section 3. Payments of Principal and Interest.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Issuer shall pay the principal of each Debt Obligation, together with any premium thereon, on the Maturity date of each Debt Obligation or upon any applicable Redemption Date, and shall pay interest thereon from the original issue date of such Debt Obligation (the “Original Issue Date”) or such other date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement or, except as otherwise specified below, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on each applicable Interest Payment Date, commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, at the applicable rate, until the principal of the Debt Obligation is paid or made available for payment; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any

 

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Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Master Global Note (or one or more predecessor Master Global Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity date of any Debt Obligation or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder of this Master Global Note on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Master Global Note (or one or more predecessor Series A Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Master Global Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Series A Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no interest will accrue for the period from and after the scheduled Interest Payment Date, provided that, for LIBOR Debt Obligations and EURIBOR Debt Obligations, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Master Global Note due on the Maturity date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, or registered assigns, as the registered owner of this Master Global Note representing the Debt Obligations; provided, however, that the Issuer may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of this Master Global Note holding $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Obligations of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date.

The principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note are payable by the Issuer in U.S. dollars, unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise. If the specified currency is other than U.S. dollars, the Issuer will (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) arrange to convert all payments in respect of the applicable Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note into U.S. dollars. The amount of any U.S. dollar payment in respect of a Debt Obligation having a specified currency other than U.S. dollars will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the specified currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the specified currency payable to the holder of this Master Global Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to the holder on the payment date will be in the specified currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Master Global Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If the specified currency is other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement) elect to receive all payments in respect of applicable Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note in the specified currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than fifteen calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than fifteen calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

 

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Section 4. Redemption.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the applicable Debt Obligations) are set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, such Debt Obligations are subject to redemption prior to the Maturity date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Master Global Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Issuer, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Issuer, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Master Global Note (or one or more predecessor Series A Notes) at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to above, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Debt Obligations with similar terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Debt Obligations to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, the Issuer will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay Debt Obligations at the option of the holder.

Section 5. Sinking Funds.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note are not subject to any sinking fund or analogous provision.

Section 6. Principal Amount For Indenture Purposes.

For the purpose of determining whether holders of the requisite amount of the Series A Notes, including the Debt Obligations as evidenced by this Master Global Note, outstanding under the Indenture have made a demand, given a notice or waiver or taken any other action, the outstanding principal amount of this Master Global Note shall be deemed to be the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Debt Obligations as evidenced by this Master Global Note.

Section 7. Modification and Waivers.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Issuer and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Series A Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Series A Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of such Series A Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Series A Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series A Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Series A Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Master Global Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Master Global Note and of any Master Global Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Master Global Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Master Global Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Master Global Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on each Debt Obligation on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Issuer.

 

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Section 8. Authorized Form and Denominations.

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Debt Obligations are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Debt Obligations are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Obligations of other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Master Global Note is registered in the Security Register as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Master Global Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 9. Registration of Transfer.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Master Global Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Issuer, upon due presentment of this Master Global Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Master Global Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Master Global Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Section 10. Events of Default.

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Series A Notes, including the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note, shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Series A Notes, including the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note, may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Section 11. Governing Law.

This Master Global Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(f)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation    Principal Amount: $        
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)    CUSIP No.            
   (Global Fixed Rate Note)   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:   MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST RATE:   REDEMPTION TERMS:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:   OTHER TERMS:

BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($           ) on the Maturity Date shown above or, together with any premium thereon, upon any applicable Redemption Date, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on (but excluding) each February 1 and August 1 or such other dates, if any, as are specified under “Other Terms” above (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above, at the rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate shown above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however , that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified under “Other Terms” above, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however , that interest payable on the Maturity Date of this Note or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be


listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity Date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue with respect to the payment due on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation of this Note to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however , that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)

(Global Fixed Rate Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, subordinated medium-term notes, Series B due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004 and by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided, however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

The Company’s obligation to make any payment of principal, premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, including this Note, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture referred to above, is subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and any premium and interest due on all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. As more specifically provided in the Indenture, upon any distribution of assets of the Company after any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness are entitled to receive payment in full of principal and any premium and interest due on Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Notes, including the holder of this Note, are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of and any premium or interest on such Notes (except that a holder of a Note may receive payment in shares of stock in a reorganization or adjustment in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture). Certain dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization events specified in the Indenture will not be deemed to be a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for this purpose. The Company may not pay principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Notes and may not acquire any Notes for cash or property other than the Company’s capital stock if (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity;

 

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and (2) such default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives written notice of such default from a representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness. If the Company receives a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a similar notice received within 360 days thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for such purpose. The Company may resume payments on the Notes, including this Note, and may acquire them when (1) such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates shall have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; or (2) if such default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, 120 days pass after the Company receives such written notice (subject to any other prohibitions in the Indenture on such payment or acquisition).

Each holder of indebtedness evidenced by this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the subordination provisions of the Indenture, including those summarized herein, and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of such indebtedness and this Note and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes as provided in the Indenture.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Acceleration Events with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Acceleration Event with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company set forth in this Note and as provided in the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as between the Company and a holder of this Note, 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 coin or currency, herein prescribed or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or shall prevent the Trustee or a holder of this Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and

 

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thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(g)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation    Principal Amount: $        
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)    CUSIP No.            
   (Global Floating Rate Note)   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:   MATURITY DATE:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:   SPREAD:
BASE RATE (and, if   SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
applicable, related Interest Periods):  

[  ]    Commercial Paper Rate

  REDEMPTION TERMS:

[  ]    Federal Funds Rate

 

[  ]    Federal Funds (Effective) Rate

 

[  ]    Federal Funds Open Rate

 

[  ]    Federal Funds Target Rate

 

[  ]    LIBOR

 

[  ]    EURIBOR

 

[  ]    Prime Rate

 

[  ]    CD Rate

 

[  ]    Treasury Rate

 

[  ]    CMT Rate

 

[  ]    Reuters Page FRBCMT

 

[  ]    Reuters Page FEDCMT

 

[  ]    One-Week [  ] One-Month

 

[  ]    Other (see “Other Terms”)

  OTHER TERMS:
INDEX MATURITY:  
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:  
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:  
INTEREST RESET DATES:  
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:  
INTEREST RESET PERIOD:  
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:  
DAY COUNT CONVENTION:  

[  ]    30/360 for the period

 

         From                      To

 

[  ]    Actual/360 for the period

 

         From                      To

 

[  ]    Actual/Actual for the period

 

         From                      To

 

 

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BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($           ) on the Maturity Date shown above or, together with any premium thereon, upon any applicable Redemption Date, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above or, except as otherwise specified below, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on each Interest Payment Date shown above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above, at the rate per annum determined in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse side hereof relating to the applicable Base Rate specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however , that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified under “Other Terms” above, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however , that interest payable on the Maturity Date of this Note or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity Date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however, that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note) are set forth above under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the registered holder of the Note.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a

 

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bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)

(Global Floating Rate Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, subordinated medium-term notes, Series B due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004 and by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

General

The rate of interest for this Note will be determined by reference to one or more Base Rates specified on the face hereof, which may be adjusted by a Spread and/or Spread Multiplier. The “Spread” is the number of basis points, each one-hundredth of a percentage point, specified on the face hereof to be added or subtracted from the Base Rate specified on the face hereof. The “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage specified on the face hereof to be applied to the Base Rate specified on the face hereof. This Note may also have either or both of the following: (i) a Maximum Interest Rate, or ceiling, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period; and (ii) a Minimum Interest Rate, or floor, on the rate at which interest will accrue during any Interest Reset Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate per annum hereon shall not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, specified on the face hereof. The interest rate on this Note will in no event exceed the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. Under present New York law, the maximum rate of interest is (on a simple interest basis) 16% for a loan of less than $250,000, 25% for a loan of at least $250,000 but less than $2,500,000, and unlimited for a loan of $2,500,000 or more.

Commencing with the Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof, first following the Original Issue Date specified on the face hereof, the rate at which this Note bears interest will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually (such specified period, an “Interest Reset Period,” and the date on which each such reset occurs, an “Interest Reset Date”). Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Interest Reset Date will be as follows: in the case of Notes which are reset daily, each Business Day; in the case of Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) which are reset weekly, the Wednesday of each week; in the case of Treasury Rate Notes which are reset weekly, the Tuesday of each week (except if the auction date falls on a Tuesday, then the next Business Day, as provided below); in the case of Notes which are reset monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; in the case of Notes which are reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of Notes which are reset semi-annually, the third Wednesday of the two months of each year as indicated on the face hereof, by the Interest Reset Dates; and in the case of Notes which are reset annually, the third Wednesday of the month of each year as indicated on the face hereof, by the Interest Reset Dates. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the interest rate determined with respect to any Interest Determination Date (as defined below) will become effective on the next succeeding Interest Reset Date; provided, however , that the interest rate in effect from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to this Note (the “Initial Interest Rate”) will be as set forth on the face hereof. If any Interest Reset Date for

 

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any Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, provided that, for LIBOR Notes and EURIBOR Notes, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date the rate of interest on this Note shall be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

As used herein, “Interest Determination Date” is the date that the Calculation Agent will refer to when determining the new interest rate at which the interest rate on a Floating Rate Note will reset and is the date as of which the interest rate for this Note is to be calculated, to be effective as of the following Interest Reset Date and calculated on the related Calculation Date (as defined below). Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date: for a Commercial Paper Rate Note, a CD Rate Note, or a CMT Rate Note (the “Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date”, the “CD Rate Interest Determination Date”, and the “CMT Rate Interest Determination Date”, respectively) will be the second Business Day before the Interest Reset Date; for Federal Funds Rate Notes and Prime Rate Notes will be the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Reset Date (the “Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date” and the “Prime Rate Interest Determination Date”, respectively); for EURIBOR Notes will be the second TARGET Business Day before the Interest Reset Date (the “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”); for LIBOR Notes will be the second London Business Day before the Interest Reset Date (the “LIBOR Interest Determination Date”); and for a Treasury Rate Note (the “Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date”) will be the Business Day (other than the Interest Reset Date) on which Treasury Bills would normally be auctioned in the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls. Treasury Bills are usually sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is usually held on the following Tuesday, although it may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, that Friday will be the Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next week. If an auction falls on a day that is an Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note, the Interest Reset Date will be the following Business Day. The Interest Determination Date for a Floating Rate Note, which interest rate is determined by two or more Base Rates, will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the Interest Reset Date for such Floating Rate Note on which each such Base Rate can be determined.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” interest payments on this Note on an Interest Payment Date will accrue from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest is paid or duly provided for, or if no interest is paid or duly provided for, the date will be from and including the Original Issue Date or any other date specified on the face hereof on which interest begins to accrue. Interest will accrue to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date, or if earlier, the date on which the principal is paid or duly made available for payment. Accrued interest is calculated by multiplying the face amount of this Note by the applicable accrued interest factor (the “Accrued Interest Factor”). This Accrued Interest Factor is the sum of the interest factors calculated for each day from the Original Issue Date or any other date specified on the face hereof from which interest begins to accrue, or from the last date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the interest factor for each such day is computed by dividing the annual interest rate, expressed as a decimal, applicable to that day by 360 in the case of Commercial Paper Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, EURIBOR Notes, Prime Rate Notes, and CD Rate Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year in the case of Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes. The interest rate in effect on each day will be (i) if the day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate for the Interest Determination Date related to the Interest Reset Date or (ii) if the day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate for the Interest Determination Date related to the next preceding Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to the Maximum Interest Rate or Minimum Interest Rate referred to on the face hereof.

On or before each Calculation Date (as defined below), U.S. Bank National Association, as Calculation Agent (the “Calculation Agent”), will determine the interest rate in accordance with the foregoing with respect to the applicable Base Rate and will notify the Company and the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will determine the Accrued Interest Factor applicable to this Note. The Paying Agent will, upon the request of the holder of this Note, provide the interest rate then in effect and the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a determination made with respect to the most recent Interest Determination Date with respect to this Note. The determinations of interest rates made by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding, and neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have the duty to verify determinations of interest rates made by the

 

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Calculation Agent. The determinations of Accrued Interest Factors made by the Paying Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the “Calculation Date” means the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date, or, if that day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day, and (ii) the Business Day before the applicable Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” all percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note, will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward. For example, 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655) and 9.876544% (or .09876544) will be rounded to 9.87654% (or .0987654). All calculations of the Accrued Interest Factor for any day on the Notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-millionth, with five one-billionths rounded upward (e.g., .098765455 will be rounded to .09876546 and .098765454 will be rounded to .09876545). All dollar amounts used in or resulting from any calculation on this Note will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward.

Determination of Commercial Paper Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Commercial Paper Rate, this Note is a “Commercial Paper Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Commercial Paper Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date. Commercial Paper Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the rate on that date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in “Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates” or any successor publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“H.15 (519)”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial.”

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the following procedures will be followed if the Commercial Paper Rate cannot be determined as described above:

(1) If the rate is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date relating to the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Money Market Yield of the rate on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as set forth in the daily update of H.15(519), available through the worldwide website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update, or any successor site or publication (the “H.15 Daily Update”) under the heading “Commercial Paper — Nonfinancial.”

(2) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date the rate is not published in either H.15(519) or the H.15 Daily Update, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Commercial Paper Rate to be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company, for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however , that if the dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as described above in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate in effect immediately before the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will not change and will remain the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on the Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.

 

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“Money Market Yield” shall be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

Money Market Yield =          D x 360          x 100
   360 - (D x M)   

where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for the commercial paper, quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the Interest Period for which the interest is being calculated.

Determination of Federal Funds Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Federal Funds Rate, this Note is a “Federal Funds Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Federal Funds Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. Federal Funds Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any. The Federal Funds Rate will be calculated by reference to either the Federal Funds (Effective) Rate, the Federal Funds Open Rate or the Federal Funds Target Rate, as specified on the face hereof.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Federal Funds Rate” means the rate determined by the Calculation Agent, with respect to any Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) If “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate on the face hereof, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate with respect to such date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective),” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page FEDFUNDS1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”) under the heading “EFFECT,” or, if such rate is not so published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Federal funds (effective).” If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate with respect to such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(2) If “Federal Funds Open Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate on the face hereof, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date under the heading “Federal Funds” for the relevant Index Maturity and opposite the caption “Open” as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page 5 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page 5”), or, if such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for the Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”), which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or a successor) on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the

 

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Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

(3) If “Federal Funds Target Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate on the face hereof, the Federal Funds Rate as of the applicable Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on such date as displayed on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day appearing on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=”). If such rate does not appear on the FDTR Index page on Bloomberg or is not displayed on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.

Determination of LIBOR

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is LIBOR, this Note is a “LIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be LIBOR as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable LIBOR Interest Determination Date. LIBOR Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “LIBOR” will be determined by the Calculation Agent with respect to each LIBOR Interest Determination Date in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as such rate is displayed on Reuters on page LIBOR01 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency) (“Reuters Page LIBOR01”) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If no such rate so appears, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be determined in accordance with the provisions described in clause (2) below.

(2) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which no rate is displayed on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as specified in clause (1) above, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency for the period of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, commencing on the related Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., in the applicable Principal Financial Center (as defined below), on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Designated LIBOR Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence,

 

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LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.

As referenced above, “Designated LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified on the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be calculated or, if no such Designated LIBOR Currency is specified on the face hereof, U.S. dollars. As used in this section regarding the determination of LIBOR, “Principal Financial Center” means (i) the capital city of the country issuing the specified currency or (ii) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency, if applicable, relates, except, in each case, that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euro, New Zealand dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” shall be New York City, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Wellington, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

Determination of EURIBOR

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is EURIBOR, this Note is a “EURIBOR Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the EURIBOR Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable EURIBOR Interest Determination Date. EURIBOR Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” EURIBOR means, with respect to any EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, a base rate equal to the interest rate for deposits in euro designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — the Financial Market Association, or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate. EURIBOR will be determined in the following manner:

(1) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euro having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, beginning on the second euro Business Day after such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, as that rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01 as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

(2) If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR 01, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the euro-zone interbank market by the principal euro-zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation Agent: euro deposits having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in a representative amount. The Calculation Agent will request that the principal euro-zone office of each of these banks provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.

(3) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading euro-zone banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time on that EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the euro-zone selected by the Calculation Agent: loans of euro having such EURIBOR Index Maturity, beginning on such EURIBOR Interest Reset Date, and in an amount that is representative of a single transaction in euro in that market at the time.

(4) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described above, EURIBOR for the new Interest Period will be EURIBOR in effect for the prior Interest Period. If the initial Base Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Period, however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest Period.

Determination of Prime Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Prime Rate, this Note is a “Prime Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any

 

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Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Prime Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. Prime Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the caption “Bank prime loan” or, if not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “Bank prime loan.” If such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on Reuters on page USPRIME1 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks) (“Reuters Page USPRIME1”) as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates so appear on the Reuters Page USPRIME1 for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean calculated by the Calculation Agent of the prime rates or base lending rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Agents) in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.

“Reuters Page USPRIME1” means the display on the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service (or any successor service) on the “USPRIME1 Page” (or such other page as may replace the USPRIME1 Page on such service) for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major U.S. banks.

Determination of the CD Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the CD Rate, this Note is a “CD Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CD Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable CD Rate Interest Determination Date. CD Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “CD Rate” means, with respect to any CD Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate on that date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in H.15(519), under the heading “CDs (Secondary Market).” If the CD Rate cannot be determined in this manner, the following procedures will apply:

(1) If the rate described above is not published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the relevant Calculation Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the specified Index Maturity as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic sources used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (Secondary Market).”

(2) If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Calculation Date, that rate is not published in either H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source, the CD Rate for that CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that CD Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City, which may include one or more of the Agents or their affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with us, for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit of major U.S. money market banks for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time.

 

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(3) If the dealer(s) selected as described above by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates as set forth above, the CD Rate for that CD interest rate determination date will be the CD Rate in effect for the immediately preceding interest reset period, or if there was no interest reset period, then the rate of interest payable will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Determination of Treasury Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the Treasury Rate, this Note is a “Treasury Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the Treasury Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date. Treasury Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof under the caption “INVEST RATE” on the display on Reuters page USAUCTION10 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) or, if not so published at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the rate for such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction High.” If such rate is not so published in the related H.15 Daily Update or another recognized source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the Auction rate of such Treasury Bills as announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that such Auction rate is not so announced by the United States Department of the Treasury on such Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. government securities/treasury bills/secondary market” or, if not yet published by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date of such Treasury Bills as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate, under the caption “U.S. government securities/treasury bills (secondary market).” If such rate is not yet published in the H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of the three leading primary United States government securities dealers (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.

The “Bond Equivalent Yield” means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

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where “D” refers to the applicable per annum rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, “N” refers to 365 or 366, as the case may be, and “M” refers to the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Reset Period.

 

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Determination of CMT Rate

If the Base Rate specified on the face hereof with respect to any Interest Period is the CMT Rate, this Note is a “CMT Rate Note” with respect to such Interest Period and the interest rate with respect to this Note for any Interest Reset Date relating to such Interest Period shall be the CMT Rate as adjusted by the Spread and/or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the face hereof, as determined on the applicable CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. CMT Rate Notes will be subject to the Minimum Interest Rate and Maximum Interest Rate, if any.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” with respect to any CMT Rate Interest Determination Date:

(1) If “Reuters Page FRBCMT” is the specified CMT Reuters Page on the face hereof, the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters (or any successor service) on page FRBCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”) for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof and for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) under the caption “Treasury constant maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate for the period of the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as may then be published by either the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate that would otherwise have been published in H.15(519). If the Federal Reserve Board or the United States Department of the Treasury does not publish a yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City (which may include the Agents or their affiliates) (each, a “Reference Dealer”) selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two such United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

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specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters on page FEDCMT (or any other page as may replace such page on such service) (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”) for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof for the week or month, as applicable, preceding such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities.” If such rate does not appear in H.15(519), the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as otherwise announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date falls. If the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not publish a one-week or one-month, as specified on the face hereof, average yield on United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof for the applicable week or month, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity equal to the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity of no more than one year shorter than such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotation shall be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield-to-maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest) for United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof, a remaining term to maturity closest to such Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such securities in such market at such time. If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity, the quotes for the Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used. If fewer than five but more than two such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date calculated by the Calculation Agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor lowest of such quotations shall be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate determination date shall be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date.

Redemption

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of

 

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business on the relevant Record Dates referred to above, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

Miscellaneous Provisions

The Company’s obligation to make any payment of principal, premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, including this Note, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture referred to above, is subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and any premium and interest due on all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. As more specifically provided in the Indenture, upon any distribution of assets of the Company after any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness are entitled to receive payment in full of principal and any premium and interest due on Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Notes, including the holder of this Note, are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of and any premium or interest on such Notes (except that a holder of a Note may receive payment in shares of stock in a reorganization or adjustment in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture). Certain dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization events specified in the Indenture will not be deemed to be a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for this purpose. The Company may not pay principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Notes and may not acquire any Notes for cash or property other than the Company’s capital stock if (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity; and (2) such default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives written notice of such default from a representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness. If the Company receives a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a similar notice received within 360 days thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for such purpose. The Company may resume payments on the Notes, including this Note, and may acquire them when (1) such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates shall have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; or (2) if such default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, 120 days pass after the Company receives such written notice (subject to any other prohibitions in the Indenture on such payment or acquisition).

Each holder of indebtedness evidenced by this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the subordination provisions of the Indenture, including those summarized herein, and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of such indebtedness and this Note and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes as provided in the Indenture.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Acceleration Events with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Acceleration Event with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a

 

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covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company set forth in this Note and as provided in the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as between the Company and a holder of this Note, 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 coin or currency, herein prescribed or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or shall prevent the Trustee or a holder of this Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate. References herein to “Agents” are to the Agents as defined in that certain Distribution Agreement dated April 27, 2009, between the Company and such Agents, pursuant to which the Notes may be sold.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(h)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation    Principal Amount: $        
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)    CUSIP No.            
   (Global Original Issue Discount Zero Coupon Note)   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:   MATURITY DATE:
OTHER TERMS:   REDEMPTION TERMS:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:   YIELD TO MATURITY:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:  

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS NOTE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS THE PERCENTAGE SET FORTH ABOVE.

BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($          ) on the Maturity Date shown above.

The principal of this Note shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the Maturity Date, and in such case the overdue principal of this Note shall bear interest at a rate which is equivalent to the Yield to Maturity stated above (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the Maturity Date or the date payment is due upon acceleration or redemption, as the case may be, to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable upon demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the same rate as the interest on the overdue principal (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand. In the event that any Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Redemption Date is not a Business Day, such Redemption Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after that Redemption Date to such next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of


the principal of (and premium, if any) on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation of this Note to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however , that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)

(Global Original Issue Discount Zero Coupon Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, subordinated medium-term notes, Series B due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities, dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004 and by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” expressed as percentages of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

The Company’s obligation to make any payment of principal, premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, including this Note, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture referred to above, is subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and any premium and interest due on all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. As more specifically provided in the Indenture, upon any distribution of assets of the Company after any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness are entitled to receive payment in full of principal and any premium and interest due on Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Notes, including the holder of this Note, are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of and any premium or interest on such Notes (except that a holder of a Note may receive payment in shares of stock in a reorganization or adjustment in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture). Certain dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization events specified in the Indenture will not be deemed to be a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for this purpose. The Company may not pay principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Notes and may not acquire any Notes for cash or property other than the Company’s capital stock if (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity; and (2) such default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives written notice of such default from a representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness. If the Company receives a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a similar notice received within 360 days thereafter relating to the same default on the

 

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same issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for such purpose. The Company may resume payments on the Notes, including this Note, and may acquire them when (1) such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates shall have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; or (2) if such default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, 120 days pass after the Company receives such written notice (subject to any other prohibitions in the Indenture on such payment or acquisition).

Each holder of indebtedness evidenced by this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the subordination provisions of the Indenture, including those summarized herein, and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of such indebtedness and this Note and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes as provided in the Indenture.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Acceleration Events with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Acceleration Event with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, a lesser amount than the principal amount due at the Stated Maturity may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on this Note shall terminate.

The amount due and payable on this Note in the event that the principal amount hereof is declared due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity hereof or in the event that this Note is redeemed shall, unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” be the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) of this Note or, in the case of redemption, the specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note on the date such payment is due and payable as determined by the Company, plus, in each case, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as defined in the Treasury Regulations regarding original issue discount issued by the Treasury Department (the “Regulations”)).

The “Amortized Face Amount” of this Note shall be the amount equal to the sum of (i) the issue price (as defined below) of this Note and (ii) that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of this Note that has been amortized at the Stated Yield (as defined below) of this Note (computed in accordance with Section 1272(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.1275-1(b) of the Regulations, in each case as in effect on the issue date of this Note) at the date as of which the Amortized Face Amount is calculated. In no event can the Amortized Face Amount exceed the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “issue price” means the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof less the Original Issue Discount of this Note specified on the face hereof. The term “Stated Yield” of this Note means the Yield to Maturity specified on the face hereof for the period from the Original Issue Date of this Note specified on the face hereof, to the Stated Maturity hereof based on the issue price and stated redemption price at the maturity hereof.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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

 

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Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of holders of Notes, the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Note that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company set forth in this Note and as provided in the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as between the Company and a holder of this Note, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or shall prevent the Trustee or a holder of this Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(i)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation    Principal Amount: $        
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)    CUSIP No.            
   (Global Original Issue Discount Fixed Rate Note)   

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:    MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST RATE:    REDEMPTION TERMS:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY:    OTHER TERMS:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:    YIELD TO MATURITY:

[  ]    ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE SUBJECT TO “SPECIAL PROVISIONS” BELOW

  

[  ]    ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES ONLY

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS NOTE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH ABOVE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS THE PERCENTAGE SET FORTH ABOVE.

BB&T CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (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                                          DOLLARS ($          ) on the Maturity Date shown above or, together with any premium thereon, upon any applicable Redemption Date (subject to the “Special Provisions” on the reverse side hereof, if applicable), and to pay interest on such principal sum from the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on (but excluding) each February 1 and August 1 or such other dates, if any, as are specified under “Other Terms” above (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date shown above, at the rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate shown above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, however , that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified under “Other Terms” above, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however , that interest


payable on the Maturity Date of this Note or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity Date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue with respect to the payment due on such Interest Payment Date for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note due on the Maturity Date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds upon presentation of this Note to The Depository Trust Company, as depositary, or its nominee or registered assigns as the registered owner of this Note; provided, however , that the Company may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable by the Company in U.S. dollars, unless a different Specified Currency is indicated on the face hereof. If the Specified Currency for this Note is other than U.S. dollars, the Company will (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof) arrange to convert all payments in respect of this Note into U.S. dollars. If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of any U.S. dollar payment will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the Specified Currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to the holder of this Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to all holders on the payment date will be in the Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If this Note has a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated on the face hereof) elect to receive all payments in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than fifteen calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse side 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 or on behalf of the Trustee referred to below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    BB&T CORPORATION
Dated:     By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By                                                                                              
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By                                                                                              
Authorized Officer

 

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[Reverse Side of Note]

BB&T CORPORATION

Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)

(Global Original Issue Discount Fixed Rate Note)

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Company’s unsecured, subordinated medium-term notes, Series B due nine months or more from the date of issue (herein called the “Notes”), issued or to be issued under the Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004 and by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Notes, reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as therein provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Company may issue.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (unless otherwise specified on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” expressed as percentages of the principal amount of this Note if this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note for federal income tax purposes only as shown on the face hereof and as percentages of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note if this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note subject to the “Special Provisions” below as shown on the face hereof) are set forth on the face hereof under “Redemption Terms”, unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Note is subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Company, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided, however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes of like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. In the event of redemption of less than all of the principal of this Note, a new Note of this series and of like tenor and terms of an authorized denomination for the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, under “Redemption Terms”, this Note is not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay this Note pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the holder.

The Company’s obligation to make any payment of principal, premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, including this Note, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture referred to above, is subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and any premium and interest due on all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. As more specifically provided in the Indenture, upon any distribution of assets of the Company after any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness are entitled to receive payment in full of principal and any premium and interest due on Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Notes, including the holder of this Note, are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of and any premium or interest on such Notes (except that a holder of a Note may receive payment in shares of stock in a reorganization or adjustment in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture). Certain dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization events specified in the Indenture will not be deemed to be a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization

 

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for this purpose. The Company may not pay principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Notes and may not acquire any Notes for cash or property other than the Company’s capital stock if (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity; and (2) such default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives written notice of such default from a representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness. If the Company receives a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a similar notice received within 360 days thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for such purpose. The Company may resume payments on the Notes, including this Note, and may acquire them when (1) such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates shall have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; or (2) if such default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, 120 days pass after the Company receives such written notice (subject to any other prohibitions in the Indenture on such payment or acquisition).

Each holder of indebtedness evidenced by this Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the subordination provisions of the Indenture, including those summarized herein, and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of such indebtedness and this Note and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes as provided in the Indenture.

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the events that constitute Acceleration Events with respect to this Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. If an Acceleration Event with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, a lesser amount than the principal amount due at the Stated Maturity may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on this Note shall terminate.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of the Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. 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 hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of holders of Notes, the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Note that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company set forth in this Note and as provided in the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as between the Company and a holder of this Note, 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 coin or currency, herein prescribed or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or shall prevent the Trustee or a

 

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holder of this Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Company.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Company, upon due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 Trustee duly executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Unless otherwise set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. 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 other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will 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 in the Security Register 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.

This Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth on the face hereof under “Other Terms” as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Unless otherwise indicated on the face hereof under “Other Terms,” if this Note is an Original Issue Discount Fixed Rate Note subject to these Special Provisions, as indicated on the face hereof, the amount due and payable on this Note in the event that the principal amount hereof is declared due and payable prior to the Stated Maturity hereof or in the event that this Note is redeemed shall be the Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) of this Note or, in the case of redemption, the specified percentage of the Amortized Face Amount of this Note on the date such payment is due and payable as determined by the Company, plus, in each case, any accrued but unpaid “qualified stated interest” payments (as defined in the Treasury Regulations regarding original issue discount issued by the Treasury Department (the “Regulations”)).

The “Amortized Face Amount” of this Note shall be the amount equal to the sum of (i) the issue price (as defined below) of this Note and (ii) that portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of this Note that has been amortized at the Stated Yield (as defined below) of this Note (computed in accordance with Section 1272(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Section 1.1275-1(b) of the Regulations, in each case as in effect on the issue date of this Note) at the date as of which the Amortized Face Amount is calculated. In no event can the Amortized Face Amount exceed the principal amount of this Note due at the Stated Maturity hereof. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “issue price” means the principal amount of this Note

 

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due at the Stated Maturity hereof less the Original Issue Discount of this Note specified on the face hereof. The term “Stated Yield” of this Note means the Yield to Maturity specified on the face hereof for the period from the Original Issue Date of this Note specified on the face hereof, to the Stated Maturity hereof based on the issue price and stated redemption price at maturity hereof.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in common

TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN—as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

UNF GIFT MIN ACT—                              Custodian                             

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)

under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

                                                         

                      (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of assignee, including zip code, must be printed or typewritten)

the within Note, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                                         

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent in New York City or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Exhibit 4.9(j)

This Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to herein and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof has an interest herein .

 

REGISTERED       REGISTERED
   BB&T Corporation   
No.    Medium-Term Note, Series B (Subordinated)   
   (Master Global Note)   

BB&T Corporation (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns: (i) on each principal payment date, including each amortization date, redemption date, repayment date, maturity date, and extended maturity date, as applicable, of each obligation identified on the records of the Issuer (which records are maintained by U.S. Bank National Association (unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the “Paying Agent”) as being evidenced by this Master Global Note, the principal amount then due and payable for each such obligation, and (ii) on each interest payment date, if any, the interest then due and payable on the principal amount for each such obligation. Payment shall be made by wire transfer of United States dollars to the registered owner, or immediately available funds or the equivalent to a party as authorized by the registered owner and in the currency other than United States dollars as provided for in each such obligation, by the Paying Agent without the necessity of presentation and surrender of this Master Global Note.

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS MASTER GLOBAL NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

This Master Global Note is a valid and binding obligation of the Issuer.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:     BB&T CORPORATION
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Attest:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities issued

under the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:                                                                                             
Authorized Signatory
Or by
                                                                                                   ,
as Authenticating Agent
By:                                                                                             
Authorized Officer

 

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(Reverse Side of Note)

This Master Global Note evidences certain indebtedness (the “Debt Obligations”) of the Issuer, which shall form a part of the Issuer’s unsecured, subordinated medium-term notes, Series B due nine months or more from the date of issue (such series being referred to as “Series B” and such notes being referred to as the “Series B Notes”), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture Regarding Subordinated Securities dated as of May 24, 1996, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 23, 2003, by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 24, 2004 and by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 4, 2009 (as so amended, and as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to the corporate trust business of State Street Bank and Trust Company), as trustee (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture, including all indentures supplemental thereto, along with the Issuer’s Officers’ Certificate and Company Order (the “Officers’ Certificate”), dated May 4, 2009, with respect to, among other things, the establishment of the Series B Notes, reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the holders of the Debt Obligations. In accordance with the Indenture and Officers’ Certificate, the Debt Obligations and other Series B Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase, or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations as evidenced by this Master Global Note, that the Issuer may issue under this Series B.

Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate.

The Issuer’s obligation to make any payment of principal, premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Series B Notes, including this Master Global Note, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture referred to above, is subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and any premium and interest due on all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, as defined in the Indenture. As more specifically provided in the Indenture, upon any distribution of assets of the Issuer after any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness are entitled to receive payment in full of principal and any premium and interest due on Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Series B Notes, including the holders of this Master Global Note and the Debt Obligations evidenced hereby, are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of and any premium or interest on such Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations (except that holders of the Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations, may receive payment in shares of stock in a reorganization or adjustment in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture). Certain dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization events specified in the Indenture will not be deemed to be a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for this purpose. The Issuer may not pay principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations, and may not acquire any Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations, for cash or property other than the Issuer’s capital stock if (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity; and (2) such default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Issuer receives written notice of such default from a representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness. If the Issuer receives a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a similar notice received within 360 days thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for such purpose. The Issuer may resume payments on the Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations, and may acquire them when (1) such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates shall have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; or (2) if such default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, 120 days pass after the Issuer receives such written notice (subject to any other prohibitions in the Indenture on such payment or acquisition).

Each holder of a Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the subordination provisions of the Indenture, including those summarized herein, and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of such Debt Obligation and this Master Global Note and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes as provided in the Indenture.

 

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Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer set forth in this Master Global Note and as provided in the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Master Global Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as between the Issuer and a holder of this Master Global Note or the Debt Obligations evidenced hereby, the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on each Debt Obligation at the times, places, and rates, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Series B Notes and creditors of the Issuer other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or shall prevent the Trustee or a holder of this Master Global Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Master Global Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Master Global Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on each Debt Obligation on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Issuer.

At the request of the registered owner, the Issuer shall promptly issue and deliver one or more separate note certificates evidencing each Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note. As of the date any such note certificate or certificates are issued, the Debt Obligations which are evidenced thereby shall no longer be evidenced by this Master Global Note.

Beneficial interests in the Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note are exchangeable for definitive Series B Notes in registered form, of like tenor and terms and of an equal aggregate principal amount, only if (a) (i) The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Master Global Note, or (ii) if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in either case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after receiving notice or becoming aware the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or is no longer so registered; (b) the Issuer in its sole discretion elects to issue definitive notes; or (c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to a Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note, beneficial owners representing a majority in principal amount of such Debt Obligation advise the Depositary or other clearing system(s) through its participants to cease acting as depositary for such Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note. Any beneficial interests in such Debt Obligation that are exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable in whole for definitive Series B Notes in registered form, of like tenor and terms and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Such definitive notes shall be registered in the name or names of such person or persons as the Depositary shall instruct the registrar.

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

 

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto

 

 

(Name, Address, and Taxpayer Identification Number of Assignee)

the Master Global Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                      attorney to transfer said Master Global Note on the books of the Issuer with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
     (Signature)
Signature(s) Guaranteed:      NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Master Global Note, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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BB&T CORPORATION

RIDER TO MASTER GLOBAL NOTE DATED              ,         

Medium-Term Notes, Series B (Subordinated)

This RIDER forms a part of and is incorporated into the Master Global Note dated              ,          , of BB&T Corporation (the “Issuer”) registered in the name of Cede & Co, or its registered assigns, evidencing the Issuer’s Debt Obligations.

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF SUCH MASTER GLOBAL NOTE (TOGETHER WITH THIS RIDER, HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THIS “MASTER GLOBAL NOTE”) SET FORTH IN THE RECORDS OF THE ISSUER MAINTAINED BY THE TRUSTEE, WHICH RECORDS CONSIST OF THE PRICING SUPPLEMENT(S) TO THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 27, 2009, AND PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 25, 2008 (EACH SUCH PRICING SUPPLEMENT, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED, A “PRICING SUPPLEMENT”) RELATING TO EACH ISSUANCE OF DEBT OBLIGATIONS, AS FILED BY THE ISSUER WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

Section 1. Defined Terms.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Master Global Note which are defined in the Indenture or Officers’ Certificate shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate.

Section 2. General.

This Master Global Note is a duly authorized issue of the series of Securities of the Issuer designated herein. In accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Officers’ Certificate, the Debt Obligations and other Series B Notes may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption and repayment provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase, or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and events of default, and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate provided or permitted. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note, that the Issuer may issue under this Series B.

This Master Global Note may have such additional or different terms as are set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement(s) as provided for or permitted in the Indenture or the Officers’ Certificate. Any terms so set forth shall be deemed to modify and/or supersede, as necessary, any other terms set forth in this Master Global Note.

The Issuer’s obligation to make any payment of principal, premium or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by this Master Global Note, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture referred to above, is subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and any premium and interest due on all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, as defined in the Indenture. As more specifically provided in the Indenture, upon any distribution of assets of the Issuer after any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness are entitled to receive payment in full of principal and any premium and interest due on Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Debt Obligations are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of and any premium or interest on such Debt Obligations (except that holders of the Debt Obligations may receive payment in shares of stock in a reorganization or adjustment in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture). Certain dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization events specified in the Indenture will not be deemed to be a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for this purpose. The Issuer may not pay principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Debt Obligations and may not acquire any Debt Obligations for cash

 

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or property other than the Issuer’s capital stock if (1) a default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity; and (2) such default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Issuer receives written notice of such default from a representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness. If the Issuer receives a notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a similar notice received within 360 days thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for such purpose. The Issuer may resume payments on the Debt Obligations and may acquire them when (1) such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates shall have been paid in full in cash or cash equivalents; or (2) if such default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, 120 days pass after the Issuer receives such written notice (subject to any other prohibitions in the Indenture on such payment or acquisition).

Each holder of a Debt Obligation evidenced by this Master Global Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the subordination provisions of the Indenture, including those summarized herein, and authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination of such Debt Obligation and this Master Global Note and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes as provided in the Indenture.

Section 3. Payments of Principal and Interest.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Issuer shall pay the principal of each Debt Obligation, together with any premium thereon, on the Maturity date of each Debt Obligation or upon any applicable Redemption Date, and shall pay interest thereon from the original issue date of such Debt Obligation (the “Original Issue Date”) or such other date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement or, except as otherwise specified below, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on each applicable Interest Payment Date, commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date or such other date specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, at the applicable rate, until the principal of the Debt Obligation is paid or made available for payment; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date is between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date, the initial interest payment will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Regular Record Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Master Global Note (or one or more predecessor Master Global Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date related to the Interest Payment Date, which, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, shall be the day (whether or not a Business Day) 15 calendar days preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity date of any Debt Obligation or any applicable Redemption Date shall be payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder of this Master Global Note on such Regular Record Date and may be paid in accordance with the Indenture (i) to the Person in whose name this Master Global Note (or one or more predecessor Series B Notes) 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 of which shall be given to the holder of this Master Global Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date; or (ii) in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Series B Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, if such manner of payment is deemed practicable by the Trustee. In the event that any Maturity date or Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the principal otherwise payable on such date will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Maturity date or Redemption Date to such next following Business Day. In the event that any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no interest will accrue for the period from and after the scheduled Interest Payment Date, provided that, for LIBOR Debt Obligations and EURIBOR Debt Obligations, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Master Global Note due on the Maturity date or any applicable Redemption Date will be made in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, or registered assigns, as the registered owner of this Master Global Note representing the Debt Obligations; provided, however, that the Issuer may, at its option, pay principal and any premium and interest with respect to any Registered Note by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to payment as it

 

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appears on the Security Register, except that a holder of this Master Global Note holding $10,000,000 (or the equivalent of $10,000,000 in a currency other than U.S. dollars) or more in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Obligations of like tenor and terms shall be entitled to receive payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or the applicable Paying Agent not later than ten Business Days prior to the applicable payment date.

The principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note are payable by the Issuer in U.S. dollars, unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise. If the specified currency is other than U.S. dollars, the Issuer will (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement) arrange to convert all payments in respect of the applicable Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note into U.S. dollars. The amount of any U.S. dollar payment in respect of a Debt Obligation having a specified currency other than U.S. dollars will be based on the bid quoted by the exchange rate agent for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the specified currency for settlement on the payment date and on the aggregate amount of the specified currency payable to the holder of this Master Global Note scheduled to receive such payments. The bid quotation will be as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second day preceding the applicable payment date on which banks are open for business in London and New York City. If this bid quotation is not available, such exchange rate agent will obtain a bid quotation from a leading foreign exchange bank in London or New York City selected by such exchange rate agent. If these bids are not available, payment of the aggregate amount due to the holder on the payment date will be in the specified currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Master Global Note by deductions from such payments due such holder.

If the specified currency is other than U.S. dollars, the holder may (if so indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement) elect to receive all payments in respect of applicable Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note in the specified currency by delivery of a written notice to the applicable Paying Agent not later than fifteen calendar days prior to the applicable payment date. That election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent received no later than fifteen calendar days prior to the applicable payment date.

Section 4. Redemption.

If possible Redemption Dates or periods within which Redemption Dates may occur and the related Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the applicable Debt Obligations) are set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, such Debt Obligations are subject to redemption prior to the Maturity date upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to the Person in whose name this Master Global Note is registered at such address as shall appear in the Security Register of the Issuer, on any Redemption Date so specified or occurring within any period so specified, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Issuer, at the applicable Redemption Price so specified, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable in the case of any such redemption to the holder of this Master Global Note (or one or more predecessor Series B Notes) at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to above, all in accordance with the terms hereof and as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Debt Obligations with similar terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Debt Obligations to be redeemed by a method that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement specifies otherwise, the Issuer will not be obligated to redeem, purchase or repay Debt Obligations at the option of the holder.

Section 5. Sinking Funds.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note are not subject to any sinking fund or analogous provision.

Section 6. Principal Amount For Indenture Purposes.

For the purpose of determining whether holders of the requisite amount of the Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations as evidenced by this Master Global Note, outstanding under the Indenture have made a demand, given a notice or waiver or taken any other action, the outstanding principal amount of this Master Global Note shall be deemed to be the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Debt Obligations as evidenced by this Master Global Note.

 

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Section 7. Modification and Waivers.

The Indenture permits the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the holders of Securities Outstanding under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected, although certain modifications cannot be made without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits the Issuer and the Trustee to modify the Indenture in certain circumstances without the consent of the holders of any Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Series B Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Series B Notes, prior to any acceleration of the principal of such Series B Notes, to waive any past default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences, except a default under a covenant that cannot be modified without the consent of each holder of a Series B Note affected thereby. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Series B Notes may waive all defaults and rescind a declaration of acceleration of the Series B Notes if certain conditions are satisfied. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Master Global Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Master Global Note and of any Master Global Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Master Global Note.

Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer set forth in this Master Global Note and as provided in the Indenture referred to above, no reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Master Global Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as between the Issuer and a holder of this Master Global Note or the Debt Obligations evidenced hereby, the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on each Debt Obligation at the times, places, and rates, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Series B Notes and creditors of the Issuer other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or shall prevent the Trustee or a holder of this Master Global Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Master Global Note or of the Indenture shall impair or affect, without the consent of a holder of this Master Global Note, the right of such holder to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on each Debt Obligation on or after the respective Stated Maturities, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Issuer.

Section 8. Authorized Form and Denominations.

Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Debt Obligations are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess of $1,000 which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Debt Obligations are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Obligations of other authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms of the same series, as requested by the holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Master Global Note is registered in the Security Register as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Master Global Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 9. Registration of Transfer.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Master Global Note is registrable in the Security Register of the Issuer, upon due presentment of this Master Global Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Issuer in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Master Global Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder hereof or his attorney duly

 

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authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Master Global Notes of this series and of like tenor and terms and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

Section 10. Events of Default; Acceleration Events.

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the events that constitute Events of Default with respect to Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, the events that constitute Acceleration Events with respect to Debt Obligations evidenced by this Master Global Note shall be as set forth in the Indenture.

If an Acceleration Event with respect to the Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note, shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Series B Notes, including the Debt Obligations under this Master Global Note, may (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Section 11. Governing Law.

This Master Global Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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