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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2011

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

PACCAR Inc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   91-0351110

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification number)

 

777-106th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, Washington 98004, (425) 468-7400

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

David C. Anderson

PACCAR Inc

777-106th Avenue N.E.

Bellevue, Washington 98004

(425) 468-7499

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Andrew Bor

Perkins Coie LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Ste. 4800

Seattle, Washington 98101

 

Norman D. Slonaker

Robert Mandell

 

Sidley Austin LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined in light of market conditions and other factors.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.   ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.   x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

  Amount to be
Registered*
 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price Per
Unit*

  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price*
  Amount of
Registration Fee*

Senior Debt Securities

               

 

 

* An unspecified and indeterminate initial offering price and number or amount of the securities of the class specified is being registered as may from time to time be sold at indeterminate prices. In accordance with Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act, the registrant is electing to pay all of the registration fee on a deferred basis.

 

 

 


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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

(To prospectus dated December 19, 2011)

LOGO

PACCAR Inc

Medium-Term Notes, Series B

TERMS OF SALE

The following terms may apply to the notes which PACCAR Inc may sell at one or more times. The final terms for each note will be included in a Pricing Supplement.

 

•    Fixed or floating interest rate or indexed notes or zero-coupon or other original issue discount notes. The floating interest rate may be based on:

 

•    Commercial Paper Rate

 

•    Prime Rate

 

•    CD Rate

 

•    Federal Funds Rate

 

•    LIBOR

 

•    EURIBOR

 

•    Treasury Rate

 

•    CMT Rate

 

•    Any other rate specified by us in a Pricing Supplement

 

•    Any combination of rates specified in a Pricing Supplement

  

•    Senior unsecured debt securities of PACCAR Inc

 

•    Mature 9 months or more from date of issue

 

•    Certificated or book-entry form

 

•    Subject to redemption and repurchase at option of PACCAR Inc or the holder

 

•    Not convertible or subject to a sinking fund

 

•    Interest paid on fixed rate notes semi-annually

 

•    Interest paid on floating rate notes daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually

 

•    Minimum denominations of $1,000 increased in multiples of $1,000

 

•    May be foreign currency denominated

Investing in the notes involves risks that are described in the “ Risk Factors ” section beginning on page S-3 of this prospectus supplement and page 3 of the accompanying prospectus.

 

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable pricing supplement, the notes will be offered at a public offering price of 100% and, depending upon the maturity of the notes, the Agent’s discount or commission will equal between 0.200% and 0.875%, and proceeds before expenses to PACCAR Inc will equal between 99.125% and 99.800%.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any pricing supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

PACCAR Inc may sell the notes directly to or through one or more agents or dealers, including the agents listed below, for resale at varying or fixed offering prices. The agents are not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of the notes, but they will use their reasonable efforts to sell the notes offered.

 

 

 

Citigroup   Barclays Capital   BofA Merrill Lynch

 

 

Prospectus Supplement dated December 19, 2011


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prospectus Supplement

 

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Risk Factors

     S-3   

Description of the Notes

     S-5   

Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency Notes

     S-27   

United States Federal Income Taxation

     S-30   

Plan of Distribution

     S-40   

Validity of the Notes

     S-41   

Prospectus

 

     Page  

About This Prospectus

     i   

PACCAR Inc

     2   

Risk Factors

     3   

Use of Proceeds

     4   

Description of Securities

     5   

Plan of Distribution

     13   

Forward-Looking Statements

     14   

Where You Can Find More Information

     14   

Incorporation of Information We File with the SEC

     14   

Experts

     15   

References in this prospectus supplement to “PACCAR”, “we”, “us” and “our” are to PACCAR Inc.

 

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any pricing supplement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or additional information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any pricing supplement is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of the applicable document.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this document. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus supplement, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the previously filed information. Please see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Information We File with the SEC” in the accompanying prospectus for information on the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Your investment in the notes involves certain risks. You should carefully consider and evaluate the following risk factors and the information included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the business and industry risk factors and the political, regulatory and economic risk factors incorporated by reference from our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as updated by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other filings we make with the SEC. Our business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. These risks are not intended as, and should not be construed as, an exhaustive list of relevant risk factors. There may be other risks that a prospective investor should consider that are relevant to the investor’s own particular circumstances or to investors generally. The notes are not an appropriate investment for you if you are unsophisticated with respect to the significant components of the notes and their relationships.

Structure Risks of Notes Indexed to Interest Rates, Currencies or Other Indices or Formulas

If you invest in notes indexed to one or more interest rates, currencies or other indices or formulas, there will be significant risks not associated with a conventional fixed rate or floating rate debt security. These risks include fluctuation of the indices or formulas that may cause you to receive a lower, or no, amount of principal, premium or interest and to receive these amounts at different times than you expected. We have no control over a number of matters, including economic, financial and political events, that are important in determining the existence, magnitude and longevity of these risks and their results. In addition, if an index or formula used to determine any amounts payable in respect of the notes contains a multiplier or leverage factor, the effect of any change in that index or formula will be magnified. In recent years, values of certain indices and formulas have been volatile and volatility in those and other indices and formulas may be expected in the future. However, past experience is not necessarily indicative of what may occur in the future.

Foreign Currency Risks

If you invest in notes that are denominated or provide for payments in a currency other than United States dollars, there will be significant risks that are not associated with a similar investment in a debt security denominated in United States dollars. These risks include the possibility of significant changes in the rate of exchange between the United States dollar and the specified currency and the possibility of the imposition or modification of foreign exchange controls by either the United States or foreign governments. We have no control over these risks, which depend on economic, financial and political events and the supply and demand for the relevant currencies. In addition, if the formula used to determine any amount payable with respect to foreign currency notes contains a multiplier or leverage factor, the effect of any change in the relevant currencies will be magnified. In recent years, rates of exchange between the United States dollar and certain foreign currencies have been highly volatile and such volatility may be expected to continue in the future. However, past experience in the fluctuation of exchange rates is not necessarily indicative of fluctuations in the rates that may occur during the term of any foreign currency note.

Governments may impose or revise exchange controls which could affect the availability of the specified currency at the maturity of a foreign currency note. Even if there are no exchange controls, it is possible that the specified currency for any particular foreign currency note would not be available on any interest payment date or at maturity due to other circumstances beyond our control. In that event, we will pay any amounts due under the note in United States dollars based on the most recently available exchange rate.

Redemption May Adversely Affect Your Return on the Notes

If your notes are redeemable at our option or are otherwise subject to mandatory redemption, we may, in the case of optional redemption, or must, in the case of mandatory redemption, choose to redeem your notes at times when prevailing interest rates may be relatively low. As a result, you generally will not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security at an effective interest rate as high as that of the notes.

 

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There May Not Be Any Trading Market for Your Notes; Many Factors Affect the Trading Value of Your Notes

We cannot assure you a trading market for your notes will ever develop or be maintained. Many factors independent of our creditworthiness may affect the trading market for your notes. These factors include:

 

   

the complexity and volatility of the index or formula applicable to the notes,

 

   

the method of calculating the principal, premium and interest in respect of the notes,

 

   

the time remaining to the maturity of the notes,

 

   

the outstanding amount of the notes,

 

   

the redemption features of the notes,

 

   

the amount of other securities linked to the index or formula applicable to the notes, and

 

   

the level, direction and volatility of market interest rates generally.

In addition, because some notes were designed for specific investment objectives or strategies, these notes may have a more limited trading market and may experience more price volatility. There may be a limited number of buyers for these notes. This may affect the price you receive for these notes or your ability to sell these notes at all. You should not purchase notes unless you understand the investment risks and know you can bear them.

The Credit Rating May Not Reflect All Risks of an Investment in the Notes

The credit rating of the notes is an assessment of our ability to pay the notes. Consequently, real or anticipated changes in our credit ratings will generally affect the market value of your notes. Our credit ratings, however, may not reflect the potential impact of risks related to structure, market or other factors discussed above on the value of your notes.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

The notes will be issued as a single series of debt securities under an indenture, dated as of December 19, 2011, between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”). The term “senior debt securities,” as used in this prospectus supplement, refers to all securities issued and issuable from time to time under the Indenture and includes the notes. The senior debt securities and the Indenture are more fully described in the accompanying prospectus. The following summary of the material provisions of the notes and of the Indenture is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are a part.

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF NOTES WILL APPLY UNLESS

OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN AN APPLICABLE PRICING SUPPLEMENT.

Terms of the Notes

All senior debt securities, including the notes, issued and to be issued under the Indenture will be unsecured general obligations of PACCAR and will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of PACCAR from time to time outstanding.

The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of senior debt securities or the amount of notes which PACCAR may issue. PACCAR may issue an unlimited amount of notes, as authorized by our Board of Directors from time to time. PACCAR may, from time to time, without the consent of the holders of the notes, provide for the issuance of other senior debt securities under the Indenture in addition to the notes offered by this prospectus supplement.

The notes will be offered on a continuing basis and will mature on a day nine months or more from the date of issue, as selected by the purchaser and agreed to by PACCAR. Interest-bearing notes will bear interest at either fixed or floating rates as specified in the applicable pricing supplement. Notes may be issued at significant discounts from their principal amount payable at stated maturity, or on any date before the stated maturity date on which the principal or an installment of principal of a note becomes due and payable, whether by the declaration of acceleration, call for redemption at the option of PACCAR, repayment at the option of the holder or otherwise (the stated maturity date or such prior date, as the case may be, is referred to as, a “Maturity”). Some notes may not bear interest.

Unless otherwise indicated in a note and in the applicable pricing supplement, the notes will be denominated in, and payments of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest on such notes will be made in, United States dollars. PACCAR may also issue notes (“foreign currency notes”) that are denominated in, and payments of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest on such notes will be made in, a currency other than United States dollars (a “specified currency”). The terms of and any considerations relating to any foreign currency notes will be described in the applicable notes and in the applicable pricing supplement. See “Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency Notes.”

The terms of the notes provide that PACCAR may at any time, including more than one year prior to the stated maturity of the notes, be discharged from its obligations on the notes by providing for payment when due of the principal of, and interest on, the notes and by satisfying certain other conditions, all as described under “Description of Securities—Provisions of the Indenture—Satisfaction and Discharge” in the accompanying prospectus.

Until the notes are paid or payment of the notes is provided for, PACCAR will, at all times maintain a paying agent in The City of New York capable of performing the duties described in this prospectus supplement to be performed by the paying agent. PACCAR initially has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon as paying

 

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agent, acting through its corporate trust office at 101 Barclay Street, 8 West, New York, New York 10286. The notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange at the corporate trust office of the paying agent, provided that notes in book-entry form will be exchangeable only in the manner and to the extent set forth in “Description of the Notes—Book-Entry Notes” in this prospectus supplement and “Description of Securities—Global Securities” in the accompanying prospectus. PACCAR will notify the holders of the notes in accordance with the Indenture of any change in the paying agent or its address. There will be no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange of notes, but PACCAR or the paying agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with any transfer or exchange, other than exchanges pursuant to the Indenture not involving any transfer.

Interest rates, interest rate formulae and other variable terms of the notes are subject to change by PACCAR from time to time, but no change will affect any note already issued or as to which PACCAR has accepted an offer to purchase.

Each note will be issued in fully registered book-entry form or certificated form, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The authorized denominations of foreign currency notes will be indicated in the applicable pricing supplement.

PACCAR will make payments of principal, and premium and interest, if any, on notes in book-entry form through the paying agent to the depository or its nominee. See “Description of the Notes—Book-Entry Notes” in this prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, a beneficial owner of notes in book-entry form that are denominated in a specified currency electing to receive payments of principal or any premium or interest in that specified currency must notify the participant of the depository through which its interest is held on or before the applicable regular record date, in the case of a payment of interest, and on or before the sixteenth day, whether or not a Business Day, as defined below, before its stated maturity date, in the case of principal or premium, of the beneficial owner’s election to receive all or a portion of any payment in a specified currency. The participant must notify the depositary of any election on or before the third Business Day after the regular record date. The depositary will notify the paying agent of the election on or before the fifth Business Day after the regular record date. If complete instructions are received by the participant and forwarded to the depositary, and forwarded by the depositary to the paying agent, on or before the relevant dates, the beneficial owner of the notes in book-entry form will receive payments in the specified currency. For special payment terms applicable to foreign currency notes, see “Special Provisions Relating to Foreign Currency Notes” in this prospectus supplement.

In the case of notes in certificated form, PACCAR will make United States dollar payments of interest, other than interest payable at Maturity, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to such interest payment as shown on the note register. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, a holder of $1,000,000, or the equivalent amount in a specified currency, or more in aggregate principal amount of notes in certificated form, whether having identical or different terms and provisions, will be entitled to receive interest payments, if any, other than interest payable at Maturity, by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the paying agent not less than fifteen days before the applicable interest payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the paying agent shall remain in effect until revoked by the holder. United States dollar payments of principal and interest at Maturity will be made in immediately available funds against presentation and surrender of the note at the office or agency of the paying agent designated for such purpose, provided the note is presented in time for the paying agent to make the payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

Each note will be denominated in the currency that is specified on the face of the applicable note and in the applicable pricing supplement. Purchasers will be required to pay for foreign currency notes in the specified currency. If requested on or before the fifth Business Day, as defined below, preceding the date of delivery of the notes, or by such other day as determined by the agent who presented the offer to purchase notes to PACCAR, such agent may be prepared to arrange for the conversion of United States dollars into the specified currency to enable the purchasers to pay for the notes. If agreed to by the agent, each conversion will be made by the agent

 

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on terms and subject to conditions, limitations and charges as the agent may from time to time establish in accordance with its regular foreign exchange practices. All costs of exchange will be borne by the purchasers of the applicable foreign currency notes.

“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that, with respect to foreign currency notes, the day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center, as defined below, of the country issuing the specified currency or, if the specified currency is Euro, the day is also a TARGET business day. A “TARGET business day” is any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System or any successor thereto, is open; provided, further, that, with respect to notes as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, as specified in an applicable pricing supplement, the day is also a London Banking Day. “London Banking Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business, including dealings in the Designated LIBOR Currency, as defined below, in London.

“Principal Financial Center” means, unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement,

 

  (1) the capital city of the country issuing the specified currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively, or

 

  (2) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency relates, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Euros, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

Transaction Amount

Interest rates offered by PACCAR with respect to the notes may differ depending upon, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of notes purchased in any transaction. PACCAR may offer notes with similar variable terms but different interest rates concurrently at any time. PACCAR may also concurrently offer notes having different variable terms to different investors.

Redemption at the Option of PACCAR

The notes will not be subject to any sinking fund. PACCAR may redeem the notes at its option before their stated maturity only if an initial redemption date is specified in the applicable notes and in the applicable pricing supplement. If so indicated in the applicable notes and the applicable pricing supplement, PACCAR may redeem the notes at its option on any date on and after the applicable initial redemption date specified in the applicable notes and the applicable pricing supplement. On and after the initial redemption date, if any, PACCAR may redeem the related note at any time in whole or from time to time in part at its option at the applicable redemption price referred to below together with interest on the principal of the applicable note payable to the redemption date, on written notice given, unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days before the redemption date. PACCAR will redeem the notes in increments of $1,000 or any other integral multiple of the authorized denomination of the applicable note, provided that any remaining principal amount will be at least $1,000 or the minimum authorized denomination of the note. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, the redemption price with respect to a note will initially mean a percentage, the initial redemption percentage, of the principal amount of the note specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement which shall decline at each anniversary of the initial redemption date by the percentage of the principal amount of the note to be redeemed specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement until the redemption price is 100% of the principal amount.

 

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Repayment at the Option of the Holder

If so indicated in the applicable notes and the applicable pricing supplement, PACCAR will repay the notes in whole or in part at the option of the holders of the notes on any optional repayment date specified in the applicable notes and the applicable pricing supplement. If no optional repayment date is indicated with respect to a note, it will not be repayable at the option of the holder before its stated maturity. Any repayment in part will be in an amount equal to $1,000 or any other integral multiple of the authorized denomination of the applicable note, provided that any remaining principal amount will be at least $1,000 or the minimum authorized denomination of the note. The repurchase price for any note so repurchased will be 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with interest on the principal of the applicable note payable to the date of repayment. For any note to be repaid, the paying agent must receive, at its corporate trust office located at 101 Barclay Street, 8 West, New York, New York 10286, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days before the optional repayment date:

 

   

in the case of a note in certificated form, the note and the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed, or

 

   

in the case of a note in book-entry form, instructions to that effect from the applicable beneficial owner of the notes to the depository and forwarded by the depository.

Notices of elections to exercise the repayment option with respect to notes in book-entry form must be received by the paying agent by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the last day for giving such notice.

Only the depository may exercise the repayment option in respect of global securities representing notes in book-entry form. Accordingly, beneficial owners of global securities that desire to have all or any portion of the notes in book-entry form represented by global securities repaid must instruct the participant through which they own their interest to direct the depository to exercise the repayment option on their behalf by forwarding the repayment instructions to the paying agent as discussed above. In order to ensure that the instructions are received by the paying agent on a particular day, the applicable beneficial owner must so instruct the participant through which it owns its interest before that participant’s deadline for accepting instructions for that day. Different firms may have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, beneficial owners of notes in book-entry form should consult the participants through which they own their interest for the respective deadlines. All instructions given to participants from beneficial owners of notes in book-entry form relating to the option to elect repayment will be irrevocable. In addition, at the time instructions are given, each beneficial owner will cause the participant through which it owns its interest to transfer its interest in the global security or securities representing the related notes in book-entry form, on the depository’s records, to the paying agent.

Exercise of the repayment option by the holder of a note will be irrevocable.

If applicable, PACCAR will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with any repayment at the option of the holder.

PACCAR may at any time purchase notes at any price or prices in the open market or otherwise. Notes so purchased by PACCAR may, at the discretion of PACCAR, be held, resold or surrendered to the paying agent for cancellation.

Interest

Each note will bear interest from the date of issue at the rate per annum, in the case of a fixed rate note or, in the case of a floating rate note, pursuant to the interest rate formula, in each case as stated in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement until the principal of the note is paid or made available for payment. Interest will be payable in arrears on each interest payment date specified in the applicable note and the

 

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applicable pricing supplement on which an installment of interest is due and payable and at Maturity. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, interest payable on an interest payment date will be payable to the person in whose name the applicable note is registered at the close of business on (a) March 1 or September 1, whether or not a Business Day, next preceding the interest payment date in the case of a fixed rate note, or (b) the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, next preceding the interest payment date in the case of a floating rate note (in each case, the “record date”); provided, however, that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. The first payment of interest on any note originally issued between a record date and the related interest payment date will be made on the interest payment date immediately following the next succeeding record date to the registered holder on the next succeeding record date.

Fixed Rate Notes

Each fixed rate note will bear interest from, and including, the date of issue, at the rate per annum specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement until the principal amount of the note is paid or made available for payment. Interest payments on fixed rate notes will equal the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding interest payment date in respect of which interest has been paid or from and including the date of issue, if no interest has been paid with respect to the applicable fixed rate notes, to, but excluding, the related interest payment date or Maturity, as the case may be. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, interest on fixed rate notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, interest on fixed rate notes will be payable semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year and at Maturity. If any interest payment date or the Maturity of a fixed rate note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date the applicable payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount payable for the period from and after the interest payment date or the Maturity, as the case may be.

Floating Rate Notes

Interest on floating rate notes will be determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases, which may be one or more of:

 

   

the CD Rate,

 

   

the CMT Rate,

 

   

the Commercial Paper Rate,

 

   

the Federal Funds Rate,

 

   

LIBOR,

 

   

EURIBOR,

 

   

the Prime Rate,

 

   

the Treasury Rate, or

 

   

any other Interest Rate Basis or interest rate formula that is specified in the applicable pricing supplement.

A floating rate note may bear interest with respect to two or more Interest Rate Bases.

 

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Terms. Each applicable pricing supplement will specify certain terms of the floating rate note being delivered, including:

 

   

whether the floating rate note is

 

   

a “Regular Floating Rate Note”,

 

   

an “Inverse Floating Rate Note”, or

 

   

a “Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note”,

 

   

the Interest Rate Basis or Bases,

 

   

the Initial Interest Rate,

 

   

the Interest Reset Dates,

 

   

the interest payment dates,

 

   

the period to maturity of the instrument or obligation with respect to which the Interest Rate Basis or Bases will be calculated (the “Index Maturity”),

 

   

the Maximum Interest Rate and Minimum Interest Rate, if any,

 

   

the number of basis points to be added to or subtracted from the related Interest Rate Basis or Bases (the “Spread”),

 

   

the percentage of the related Interest Rate Basis or Bases by which the Interest Rate Basis or Bases will be multiplied to determine the applicable interest rate (the “Spread Multiplier”),

 

   

if one or more of the specified Interest Rate Bases is LIBOR, the Designated LIBOR Currency, the Index Maturity and the Designated LIBOR Page, and

 

   

if one or more of the specified Interest Rate Bases is the CMT Rate, the applicable CMT Reuters page, the weekly average or the monthly average and the Index Maturity.

The interest rate borne by the floating rate notes will be determined as follows:

Regular Floating Rate Notes.   Unless a floating rate note is designated as a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note, an Inverse Floating Rate Note or as having an Addendum attached or as having “Other Provisions” apply relating to a different interest rate formula, it will be a “Regular Floating Rate Note” and will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases:

 

   

plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or

 

   

multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any.

Commencing on the first Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on the Regular Floating Rate Note will be payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Notes.   If a floating rate note is designated as a “Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note”, it will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases:

 

   

plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or

 

   

multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any.

Commencing on the first Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on the applicable Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note will be payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that:

 

   

the interest rate in effect for the period from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate, and

 

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the interest rate in effect commencing on, and including, the date on which interest begins to accrue on a fixed rate basis to Maturity will be the Fixed Interest Rate, if the rate is specified in the applicable pricing supplement, or if no Fixed Interest Rate is specified, the interest rate in effect on the Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note on the day immediately preceding the date on which interest begins to accrue on a fixed rate basis.

Inverse Floating Rate Notes .  If a floating rate note is designated as an “Inverse Floating Rate Note”, except as described below, it will bear interest equal to the Fixed Interest Rate specified in the note and the related pricing supplement minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases:

 

   

plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or

 

   

multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any;

provided, however, the interest rate on the applicable Inverse Floating Rate Note will not be less than zero percent. Commencing on the first Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on the applicable Inverse Floating Rate Note is payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Each Interest Rate Basis shall be the rate determined in accordance with the applicable provisions below. Except as set forth above, the interest rate in effect on each day will be based on:

 

   

if the day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date, as defined below, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date, or

 

   

if the day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date.

Interest Reset Dates .  The applicable floating rate note and the applicable pricing supplement will specify the dates on which the interest rate on the related floating rate note will be reset (each, an “Interest Reset Date”). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, the Interest Reset Date will be, in the case of floating rate notes which reset:

 

   

daily—each Business Day;

 

   

weekly—the Wednesday of each week, with the exception of weekly reset floating rate notes as to which the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, which will reset the Tuesday of each week, except as described below;

 

   

monthly—the third Wednesday of each month;

 

   

quarterly—the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year;

 

   

semiannually—the third Wednesday of the two months specified in the applicable pricing supplement; or

 

   

annually—the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable pricing supplement;

provided, however, that with respect to Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Notes, the rate of interest will not reset after the applicable date on which interest on a fixed rate basis begins to accrue.

If any Interest Reset Date for any floating rate note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the applicable Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day. However, in the case of a floating rate note as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, if the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then the Interest Reset Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. In addition, in the case of a floating rate note for which the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, if the Interest Determination Date would otherwise fall on an Interest Reset Date, then the applicable Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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Maximum and Minimum Interest Rates.   A floating rate note may also have either or both of the following:

 

   

a maximum numerical limitation, or ceiling, on the rate at which interest may accrue during any interest period (a “Maximum Interest Rate”), and

 

   

a minimum numerical limitation, or floor, on the rate at which interest may accrue during any period (a “Minimum Interest Rate”).

The Indenture and any senior debt securities issued under the Indenture, including the notes, are and will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Under present New York law, the maximum rate of interest, with certain exceptions, is 25% per annum on a simple interest basis. This limit may not apply to securities in which $2,500,000 or more has been invested. While PACCAR believes that New York law would be given effect by a state or federal court sitting outside of New York, state laws frequently regulate the amount of interest that may be charged to and paid by a borrower, including, in some cases, corporate borrowers. It is suggested that prospective investors consult their personal advisors with respect to the applicability of these laws.

Interest Payments.   Each applicable pricing supplement will specify the dates on which interest will be payable. Each floating rate note will bear interest from the date of issue at the rates specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement until the principal of the note is paid or otherwise made available for payment. Except as provided below, the interest payment dates with respect to floating rate notes will be, in the case of floating rate notes which reset:

 

   

daily, weekly or monthly—the third Wednesday of each month or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year, as specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement;

 

   

quarterly—the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year;

 

   

semiannually—the third Wednesday of each of the two months of each year specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement;

 

   

annually—the third Wednesday of the month of each year specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement; and

 

   

at Maturity.

If any interest payment date for any floating rate note, other than an interest payment date on the Maturity, would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day and interest thereon will continue to accrue. However, in the case of a floating rate note as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, if the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the applicable interest payment date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity of a floating rate note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Maturity.

All percentages resulting from any calculation on floating rate notes will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards. For example, 9.876545%, or 0.09876545, would be rounded to 9.87655%, or 0.0987655. All dollar amounts used in or resulting from any calculation on floating rate notes will be rounded to the nearest cent with one-half cent being rounded upward.

Interest payments on floating rate notes will equal the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding interest payment date in respect of which interest has been paid or from and including the date of issue, if no interest has been paid with respect to the applicable floating rate note, to, but excluding, the related interest payment date or Maturity, as the case may be.

 

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With respect to each floating rate note, accrued interest is calculated by multiplying its principal amount by an accrued interest factor. The accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day in the period for which accrued interest is being calculated.

 

   

In the case of notes for which the CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR or the Prime Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, the interest factor for each day will be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to each day by 360.

 

   

In the case of notes for which the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, the interest factor for each day will be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to each day by the actual number of days in the year.

 

   

The interest factor for notes for which the interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only one of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied.

Interest Determination Dates.   The interest rate applicable to each interest reset period commencing on the Interest Reset Date with respect to that interest reset period will be the rate determined as of the applicable “Interest Determination Date.”

 

   

The Interest Determination Date with respect to notes for which the CD Rate, the CMT Rate or the Commercial Paper Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis will be the second Business Day preceding each Interest Reset Date.

 

   

The Interest Determination Date with respect to notes for which the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis will be the Interest Reset Date.

 

   

The Interest Determination Date with respect to notes for which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis will be the second London Banking Day preceding each Interest Reset Date.

 

   

The Interest Determination Date with respect to EURIBOR will be the second TARGET business day preceding the related Interest Reset Date.

 

   

The Interest Determination Date with respect to notes for which the Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis will be the day in the week in which the related Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable pricing supplement are normally auctioned. Treasury Bills are normally sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that the auction may be held on the preceding Friday; provided, however, that if an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding the related Interest Reset Date, the related Interest Determination Date will be the preceding Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction falls on any Interest Reset Date, then the related Interest Reset Date will instead be the first Business Day following the auction.

 

   

The Interest Determination Date pertaining to a note the interest rate of which is determined with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days before the applicable Interest Reset Date for the applicable note on which each Interest Reset Basis is determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis will be determined on the Interest Determination Date, and the applicable interest rate will take effect on the related Interest Reset Date.

Calculation Date.   The Bank of New York Mellon will be the calculation agent with respect to the floating rate notes unless it notifies PACCAR that it is unable to calculate the rate applicable to a series of floating rate notes. In such a case, PACCAR will appoint another party to serve as calculation agent for such series of notes. The calculation agent will notify PACCAR and the paying agent of each determination of the interest rate applicable to any floating rate note promptly after the determination is made. The paying agent will, upon the request of the holder of any floating rate note, provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined and notified to the paying agent, the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a determination made

 

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with respect to the most recent Interest Determination Date with respect to that note. The paying agent will not be responsible for determining the interest rate applicable to any floating rate note. The calculation date, if applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination Date will be the earlier of:

 

   

the tenth calendar day after the applicable Interest Determination Date, or, if the tenth calendar day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, or

 

   

the Business Day preceding the applicable interest payment date or Maturity, as the case may be.

CD Rate.   CD Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to the CD Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable CD Rate Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“CD Rate” means:

 

  (1) the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CD Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”, or

 

  (2) if the rate referred to in clause (1) above is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CD Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”, or

 

  (3) if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York, which may include the agents or their affiliates, selected by the calculation agent for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CD Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time, or

 

  (4) if the dealers selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3) above, the CD Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

“H.15(519)” means the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and available on their website via http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/h15 or any successor site or publication.

“H.15 Daily Update” means the daily update of H.15(519) published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and available on their website at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/default.htm, or any successor site or publication.

CMT Rate.   CMT Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to the CMT Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable CMT Rate Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“CMT Rate” means:

 

  (1) if Reuters Page FRBCMT is specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and in the applicable pricing supplement:

 

  (a)

the CMT Rate on the 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 CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15(519)

 

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  opposite the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters page FRBCMT (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”) or, if not so displayed, as displayed on the Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) service (or any successor service) on page NDX7 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Bloomberg Page NDX7”), for the applicable Interest Determination Date, or

 

  (b) if the rate referred to in clause (1)(a) does not appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX7, as the case may be, the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement and for the applicable Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury constant maturities”, or

 

  (c) if the rate referred to in clause (1)(b) does not appear in H.15(519), the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date for the period of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the calculation agent determines to be comparable to the rate which would otherwise have been published in H.15(519), or

 

  (d) if the rate referred to in clause (1)(c) is not published, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as 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 the applicable Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York (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 CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at that time, or

 

  (e) if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (1)(d) are provided as requested, the rate on the applicable 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 the quotations shall be eliminated, or

 

  (f) if fewer than three of the prices referred to in clause (1)(d) are provided as requested, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as 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 the applicable 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 CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at that time, or

 

  (g) if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (1)(f) are provided as requested, the rate on the applicable 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 the quotations will be eliminated, or

 

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  (h) if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (1)(f) are provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

For purposes of the foregoing, if two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable pricing supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to such Index Maturity specified in the applicable pricing supplement, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used.

 

  (2) if Reuters Page FEDCMT is specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement:

 

  (a) the CMT Rate on the Interest Determination Date shall be a percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury constant maturities,” as such yield is displayed on Reuters page FEDCMT (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”) or, if not so displayed, as displayed on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on Bloomberg Page NDX7, for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which the related Interest Determination Date falls, or

 

  (b) if the rate referred to in clause (2)(a) does not appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX7, as the case may be, the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement and for the week or month, as applicable, preceding the applicable Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury constant maturities”, or

 

  (c) if the rate referred to in clause (2)(b) does not appear in H.15(519), the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date shall be the one-week or one-month, as specified, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and 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 the related Interest Determination Date falls, or

 

  (d) if the rate referred to in clause 1(c) is not published, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as 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 the applicable 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 CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, a remaining term to maturity of no more than one year shorter than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at that time, or

 

  (e) if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (2)(d) are provided as requested, the rate on the applicable 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 the quotations shall be eliminated, or

 

  (f)

if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (2)(d) are provided as requested, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as a yield-to-maturity

 

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  based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the applicable 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 CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the securities in the market at that time, or

 

  (g) if fewer than five but more than two of the prices referred to in clause (2)(f) are provided as requested, the rate will be calculated by the calculation agent based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest or the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated, or

 

  (h) if fewer than three prices referred to in clause (2)(f) are provided as requested, the CMT Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable CMT Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter original remaining term to maturity will be used.

As used in this prospectus supplement, “Reuters page” means the display on the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service, or any successor service, on the page or pages specified in this prospectus supplement or the applicable pricing supplement, or any replacement page or pages on that service.

Commercial Paper Rate.   Commercial Paper Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Commercial Paper Rate Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“Commercial Paper Rate” means:

 

  (1) the Money Market Yield, as defined below, on the applicable Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Commercial Paper Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial”, or

 

  (2) if the rate described in clause (1) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the Money Market Yield of the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Commercial Paper Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial”, or

 

  (3) if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of United States dollar commercial paper in The City of New York, which may include the agents or their affiliates, selected by the calculation agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Commercial Paper Rate Note and the pricing supplement placed for industrial issuers whose bond rating is “AA”, or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or

 

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  (4) if the dealers selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3), the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

“Money Market Yield” means a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula and expressed as a percentage:

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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 applicable interest reset period.

Federal Funds Rate.   Federal Funds Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to the Federal Funds Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Federal Funds Rate Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“Federal Funds Rate” means:

 

  (1) if “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable pricing supplement:

 

  (a) the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Federal funds (effective)” as displayed on Reuters page FEDFUNDS1 (“Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1”) under the heading “EFFECT,” or

 

  (b) if the rate referred to in clause (1)(a) does not appear on Reuters page FEDFUNDS1 or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to the applicable 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 the applicable rate, under the caption “Federal funds (effective)”, or

 

  (c) if the rate referred to in clause (1)(b) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as 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 The City of New York, which may include the agents or their affiliates, selected by the calculation agent before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, or

 

  (d) if the brokers selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (1)(c), the Federal Funds Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

 

  (2) if “Federal Funds Open Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable pricing supplement:

 

  (a) the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date under the heading “Federal Funds” for the applicable Index Maturity and opposite the caption “Open” as such rate is displayed on Reuters page 5 (“Reuters Page 5”), or

 

  (b) if the rate referred to in clause (2)(a) does not appear on Reuters Page 5 or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to the applicable Interest Determination Date displayed on the FFPREBON Index Page on the Bloomberg service, which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or its successor) on Bloomberg, or

 

  (c)

if the rate referred to in clause (2) (b) does not appear on the FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg or another recognized electronic source or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States

 

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  dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in The City of New York, which may include an agent or its affiliates, selected by the calculation agent, before 9:00 A.M., New York City time on the applicable Interest Determination Date, or

 

  (d) if the brokers selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (2)(c), the Federal Funds Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

 

  (3) if “Federal Funds Target Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate in the applicable pricing supplement:

 

  (a) the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date displayed on the FDTR Index Page on Bloomberg, or

 

  (b) if the rate referred to in clause (3)(a) does not appear on the FDTR Index Page on Bloomberg or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to the applicable Interest Determination Date appearing on Reuters page USFFTARGET= (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=”), or

 

  (c) if the rate referred to in clause (3)(b) does not appear on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as 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 The City of New York, which may include an agent or its affiliates, selected by the calculation agent, before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, or

 

  (d) if the brokers selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3)(c), the Federal Funds Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date

LIBOR.   LIBOR Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to LIBOR and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable LIBOR Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“LIBOR” means:

 

  (1) the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency, as defined below, having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable LIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, or

 

  (2)

if the rate referred to in clause (1) does not appear on the Designated LIBOR Page, or is not so published by 11:00 A.M., London time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, the calculation agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include the agents or their affiliates) 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 LIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on the applicable 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 the applicable 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, on the applicable Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include the agents or their affiliates) 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

 

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  the applicable LIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the Designated LIBOR Currency in the market at that time, or

 

  (3) if the banks so selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (2), LIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

“Designated LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified in the applicable LIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement as to which LIBOR will be calculated or, if no currency is specified in the applicable LIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, United States dollars.

“Designated LIBOR Page” means the display on Reuters page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02, as specified in the applicable LIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks (which may include the agents or their affiliates) for the Designated LIBOR Currency.

EURIBOR.   EURIBOR Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to EURIBOR and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable EURIBOR Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“EURIBOR” means:

 

  (1) the rate for deposits in Euros as sponsored, calculated and published 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 those rates, having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable EURIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, that appears on Reuters page EURIBOR01 (“Reuters Page EURIBOR01”) as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date;

 

  (2) if the rate referred to in clause (1) does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, or is not so published by 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the calculation agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two quotations obtained by the calculation agent after requesting the principal Euro-zone (as defined below) offices of four major reference banks in the Euro-zone interbank market, which may include affiliates of the agents, to provide the calculation agent with its offered quotation for deposits in Euros for the period of the Index Maturity designated in the applicable EURIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than the equivalent of U.S. $1,000,000 in Euros that is representative for a single transaction in Euros in such market at such time;

 

  (3) if fewer than two quotations referred two in clause (2) are so provided, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the calculation agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date by four major banks in the Euro-zone for loans in Euros to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable EURIBOR Note and the applicable pricing supplement, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date and in principal amount not less than the equivalent of U.S. $1,000,000 in Euros that is representative for a single transaction in Euros in such market at such time; or

 

  (4) if the banks so selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3), EURIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

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Prime Rate.   Prime Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to the Prime Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Prime Rate Notes and any applicable pricing supplement.

“Prime Rate” means:

 

  (1) the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Bank Prime Loan”, or

 

  (2) if the rate referred to in clause (1) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate under the caption “Bank prime loan”, or

 

  (3) if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on Reuters page US PRIME 1 for the purpose of displaying the prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks (“Reuters Page US PRIME 1”),which may include the agents or their affiliates, as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Determination Date, or

 

  (4) if fewer than four rates described in clause (3) appear on Reuters Page US PRIME 1 by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as the arithmetic mean 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 the applicable Interest Determination Date by three major banks, which may include affiliates of the agents, in The City of New York selected by the calculation agent, or

 

  (5) if the banks selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (4), the Prime Rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

Treasury Rate.   Treasury Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates, calculated with reference to the Treasury Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, specified in the applicable Treasury Rate Notes and in any applicable pricing supplement.

“Treasury Rate” means:

 

  (1) the rate from the auction held on the applicable Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Treasury Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement as published under the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters page USAUCTION10 (“Reuters Page US AUCTION10”) or Reuters page USAUCTION11 (“Reuters Page US AUCTION11”) or, if not so displayed, as displayed on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page AUCR 18 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), or

 

  (2) if the rate described in clause (1) does not so appear by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the Bond Equivalent Yield, as defined below, of the auction rate for the applicable Treasury Bills announced by the United States Department of the Treasury, or

 

  (3) in the event that the rate referred to in clause (2) is not announced by the United States Department of the Treasury by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, or if the Auction is not held, the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Treasury Rate Note and in the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”, or

 

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  (4) if the rate referred to in clause (3) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date of the applicable Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Treasury Rate Note and in the applicable pricing supplement as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”, or

 

  (5) if the rate referred to in clause (4) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate on the applicable Interest Determination Date calculated by the calculation agent as 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 the applicable Interest Determination Date, of three 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 Treasury Rate Note and the applicable pricing supplement, or

 

  (6) if the dealers selected by the calculation agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (5), the rate in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

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

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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.

Other Provisions; Addenda

Any provisions with respect to an issue of notes, including the determination of one or more Interest Rate Bases, the specification of one or more Interest Rate Bases, the calculation of the interest rate applicable to a floating rate note, the applicable interest payment dates, the stated maturity date, any redemption or repayment provisions or any other matter relating to the applicable notes may be modified by the terms as specified under “Other Provisions” on the face of the applicable notes or in an Addendum relating to the applicable notes, if so specified on the face of the applicable notes and in the applicable pricing supplement.

Original Issue Discount Notes

PACCAR may from time to time offer notes at a price less than their redemption price at Maturity, resulting in the applicable notes being treated as if they were issued with original issue discount for federal income tax purposes (“Original Issue Discount Notes”). Original Issue Discount Notes may currently pay no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates. Additional considerations relating to any Original Issue Discount Notes will be described in the applicable pricing supplement. See “United States Federal Income Taxation—U.S. Holders—Original Issue Discount,” for a discussion of certain United States federal income tax consequences related to the purchase, ownership and disposition of Original Issue Discount Notes.

Amortizing Notes

PACCAR may from time to time offer notes (“Amortizing Notes”), with amounts of principal and interest payable in installments over the term of the notes. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, interest on each Amortizing Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Payments with respect to Amortizing Notes will be applied first to interest due and payable on the Amortizing Notes and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount of the Amortizing Notes. Further

 

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information concerning additional terms and conditions of any issue of Amortizing Notes will be provided in the applicable pricing supplement. A table setting forth repayment information in respect of each Amortizing Note will be included in the applicable Amortizing Note and the applicable pricing supplement.

Linked Notes

PACCAR may from time to time offer notes (“Linked Notes”) the principal value of which at Maturity will be determined by reference to:

 

  (a) one or more debt or equity securities, including, but not limited to, the price or yield of such securities,

 

  (b) any statistical measure of economic or financial performance, including, but not limited to, any security, currency, consumer price or mortgage index, or

 

  (c) the price or value of any security, commodity or any other item or index or any combination,

(collectively, the “Linked Securities”). The payment or delivery of any consideration on any Linked Note at Maturity will be determined by the decrease or increase, as applicable, in the price or value of the applicable Linked Securities. The terms of and any additional considerations, including any material tax consequences, relating to any Linked Notes will be described in the applicable pricing supplement.

Extendible Maturity Notes

PACCAR may from time to time offer notes (“Extendible Maturity Notes”) with the option to extend the maturity of the notes to one or more dates indicated in the notes and the applicable pricing supplement. The terms of and any additional considerations relating to any Extendible Maturity Notes will be described in the applicable pricing supplement.

Book-Entry Notes

Description of the Global Securities

Upon issuance, all notes in book-entry form having the same date of issue, stated maturity date and otherwise having identical terms and provisions will be represented by one or more fully registered global notes (the “Global Notes”). Each Global Note will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), New York, NY, as depository registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for notes in certificated form, no Global Note may be transferred except as a whole:

 

   

by DTC to a nominee of DTC, or

 

   

by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC, or

 

   

by DTC or any such nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of the successor.

DTC Procedures

The following is based on information furnished by DTC:

DTC will act as securities depository for the notes in book-entry form. The notes in book-entry form will be issued as fully registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully registered Global Note will be issued for each issue of notes in book-entry form, each in the aggregate principal amount of the issue, and will be deposited with DTC. If, however, the aggregate principal amount of any issue exceeds $500,000,000, one Global Note will be issued with respect to each $500,000,000 of principal amount and an additional Global Note will be issued with respect to any remaining principal amount of the issue.

 

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DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct participants of DTC include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of its direct participants and Members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation (NSCC, FICC, and EMCC, also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Access to DTC’s system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com and www.dtc.org.

Purchasers of notes in book-entry form under DTC’s system must be made by or through direct participants, which will receive a credit for those notes in book-entry form on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each note in book-entry form represented by a Global Note (“beneficial owner”) is, in turn, to be recorded on the records of direct participants and indirect participants. Beneficial owners of notes in book-entry form will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the direct participants or indirect participants through which the beneficial owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in a Global Note representing notes in book-entry form are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners of a Global Note representing notes in book-entry form will not receive notes in certificated form representing their ownership interests therein, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for such notes in book-entry form is discontinued.

To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Global Notes representing notes in book-entry form which are deposited by direct participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Global Notes with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the Global Notes representing the notes in book-entry form; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose accounts such notes in book-entry form are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants, and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners, will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Beneficial owners may wish to take certain steps to augment the transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the notes, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults, and proposed amendments to the notes. For example, beneficial owners may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the notes for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit notices to beneficial owners. In the alternative, beneficial owners may wish to provide their names and addresses to the registrar and request that copies of notices be provided directly to them.

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the Global Notes representing the notes in book-entry form unless authorized by a direct participant in accordance with DTC’s procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an omnibus proxy to PACCAR as soon as possible

 

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after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those direct participants to whose accounts the notes in book-entry form are credited on the applicable record date (identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy).

PACCAR will make principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, payments on the Global Notes representing the notes in book-entry form in immediately available funds to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit direct participants’ accounts, upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information, on the applicable payment date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name”, and will be the responsibility of the applicable participant and not of DTC, PACCAR, the paying agent or the trustee, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is the responsibility of PACCAR, the paying agent or the trustee, disbursement of payments to direct participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of payments to the beneficial owners will be the responsibility of direct participants and indirect participants.

If applicable, redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than all of the notes in book-entry form of like tenor and terms are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each direct participant in the issue to be redeemed.

A beneficial owner will give notice of any option to elect to have its notes in book-entry form repaid by PACCAR, through its participant, to the paying agent, and shall effect delivery of the applicable notes in book-entry form by causing the direct participant to transfer the participant’s interest in the Global Note notes in book-entry form, on DTC’s records, to the paying agent. The requirement for physical delivery of notes in book-entry form in connection with a demand for repayment will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the Global Note or Notes representing the notes in book-entry form are transferred by direct participants on DTC’s records and followed by a book-entry credit of the Global Note or Notes to the paying agent’s DTC account.

DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the notes in book-entry form at any time by giving reasonable notice to PACCAR or the paying agent. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained, notes in certificated form are required to be printed and delivered.

PACCAR may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC or a successor securities depository. In that event, notes in certificated form will be printed and delivered to DTC.

The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in certificated form. Such limits and laws may impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in Global Notes.

So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by the Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. Except as provided below, beneficial owners of a Global Note will not be entitled to have the notes represented by a Global Note registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the notes in certificated form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture, including for purposes of receiving any reports delivered by PACCAR, the paying agent or the trustee under the Indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a Global Note must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which that person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the Indenture. PACCAR understands that under existing industry practices, in the event that PACCAR requests any action of holders or that an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note desires to give or take any action which a holder is entitled to give or take

 

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under the Indenture, DTC would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take the desired action, and the participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through the participants to give or take the desired action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners. Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to participants, by participants to indirect participants and by participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

Exchange for Notes in Certificated Form

If:

 

  (a) DTC is at any time unwilling or unable, or no longer eligible, to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed by PACCAR within 90 days,

 

  (b) PACCAR determines that the Global Notes shall be exchangeable for notes in certificated form, or

 

  (c) an event of default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing with respect to the notes,

the Global Note or Global Notes will be exchangeable for notes in certificated form of like tenor and terms and of different authorized denominations aggregating an equal aggregate principal amount. The certificated notes will be registered in the name or names as DTC provides to the paying agent. It is expected that instructions may be based upon directions received by DTC from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in Global Notes.

The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s system has been obtained from sources that PACCAR believes to be reliable, but PACCAR takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information.

A further description of DTC’s procedures with respect to Global Notes representing book-entry notes is in the accompanying prospectus under “Description of Securities—Global Securities.” DTC has confirmed to PACCAR that it intends to follow these procedures.

 

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES

Except as specified in the applicable pricing supplement, foreign currency notes (including notes denominated in the Euro) will not be sold in or to residents of the country or economic community issuing the currency in which particular notes are denominated. The information set forth in this prospectus supplement is directed to prospective purchasers who are United States residents, and it is by necessity incomplete with respect to foreign currency notes. PACCAR and the agents disclaim any responsibility to advise prospective purchasers who are residents of countries other than the United States with respect to any matters that may affect the purchase, holding or receipt of payments of principal of and premium, if any, and any interest on foreign currency notes. Prospective purchasers of foreign currency notes should consult their own financial and legal advisors with regard to such matters.

Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest

Except as specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement, we will pay the principal, any premium and interest on foreign currency notes as set forth in this prospectus supplement in the specified currency. The Exchange Rate Agent named in the applicable pricing supplement will, unless otherwise specified below or in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement, convert the payment into United States dollars for payment to holders of the foreign currency notes. However, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement, the holder of a foreign currency note may elect to receive the payments in the specified currency, as described below.

PACCAR’s payment will be converted into United States dollars based on the highest bid quotation in The City of New York at approximately 11:00 A.M. on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date for the purchase of the specified currency for United States dollars for settlement on the applicable payment date in the aggregate amount of the specified currency payable to all holders of foreign currency notes scheduled to receive United States dollar payments and at which the applicable foreign exchange dealer commits to execute a contract. The bid quotations shall be obtained from three recognized foreign exchange dealers, one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent, selected by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by PACCAR. If the bid quotations are not available, payments will be made in the specified currency. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of the foreign currency note by deductions from such payments.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable note and the applicable pricing supplement, a holder of a foreign currency note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any payment on that note in the specified currency. Any holder desiring to receive payment in the specified currency must submit a written request to the applicable corporate trust office of the paying agent in The City of New York, on or before the applicable record date or at least fifteen calendar days before Maturity, as the case may be. The written request may be mailed, hand delivered or sent by facsimile transmission (followed by the original). A holder of a foreign currency note may elect to receive payment in the specified currency for all or a specified portion of all principal, any premium and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each payment. The election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the paying agent, but written notice of any revocation must be received by the paying agent on or before the relevant record date or at least the fifteenth calendar day before Maturity, as the case may be. Holders of foreign currency notes whose notes are to be held in the name of a broker or nominee should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether and how an election to receive payments in the specified currency may be made.

Principal, any premium and interest on a foreign currency note paid in United States dollars will be paid in the manner specified in this prospectus supplement for notes denominated in United States dollars. Interest on a foreign currency note paid in the specified currency which are to be made on an interest payment date other than at Maturity will be paid by check mailed to the address of the holder entitled to the interest payment as shown on the note register, subject to the right to receive interest payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds under the circumstances described under “Description of the Notes—Terms of the Notes”. All checks payable in

 

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a specified currency will be drawn on a bank office located outside the United States. Payments of principal, any premium and interest on foreign currency notes paid in the specified currency at Maturity will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated by the holder at least fifteen days before Maturity, provided that the bank has appropriate facilities to make the wire transfer and that the note is presented and surrendered at the corporate trust office of the paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in time for the paying agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, a beneficial owner of a note in book-entry form denominated in a specified currency may elect to receive payments of principal or any premium or interest in the specified currency instead of United States dollars. The beneficial owner must give the participant through which its interest is held written notice of its election on or before the applicable record date, in the case of a payment of interest, and on or prior to the fifteenth day prior to Maturity, in the case of principal or premium. The participant must notify the depository of such election on or before the third Business Day after the record date. The depository will notify the paying agent of the election on or before the fifth Business Day after the record date or at least ten calendar days before Maturity, as the case may be. If complete instructions are received by the participant and forwarded by the participant to the depository and by the depository to the paying agent, on or before the specified dates, the beneficial owner of the notes in book-entry form will receive payments in the specified currency.

Availability of Specified Currency

If the specified currency for a foreign currency note is not available for the payment of principal, any premium and interest due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of PACCAR, we will be entitled to satisfy our obligations on the note by making the required payment in United States dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate, computed by the Exchange Rate Agent, on the second Business Day before the applicable payment or, if the Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate, or as otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement.

The “Market Exchange Rate” for a specified currency other than United States dollars means the noon dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for the specified currency as certified for customs purposes, or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined, by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made in United States dollars under circumstances where the required payment is in a specified currency other than United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the notes.

All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holders of the foreign currency notes.

Judgments

Under current New York law, a state court in the State of New York rendering a judgment in respect of a foreign currency note would be required to render the judgment in the specified currency, and the foreign currency judgment would be converted into United States dollars at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of entry of the judgment. Accordingly, the holder of a foreign currency note would be subject to exchange rate fluctuations between the date of entry of the foreign currency judgment and the time the amount of the foreign currency judgment is paid to the holder in United States dollars and converted by the holder into the specified currency. It is not certain, however, whether a non-New York state court would follow the same rules and procedures with respect to conversions of foreign currency judgments.

 

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PACCAR will indemnify the holder of any note against any loss incurred by it as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due under the note and judgment or order requiring payment in a currency other than the specified currency, and as a result of any variation between (i) the rate of exchange at which the specified currency amount is converted into the currency in the judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which the holder of the note, on the date of payment of the judgment or order, is able to purchase the specified currency with the amount actually received under the judgment or order.

 

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UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION

Set forth below is the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP , tax counsel to the agents, as to the material United States Federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes. This opinion is based upon laws, regulations, rulings and decisions now in effect, all of which are subject to change, including changes in effective dates, or possible differing interpretations. It deals only with notes held as capital assets and does not purport to deal with persons in special tax situations, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, regulated investment companies, entities classified as partnerships, dealers in securities or currencies, persons holding notes as a hedge against currency risks or as a position in a “straddle” or as part of a “hedging” or “conversion” transaction for tax purposes, or persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. It also does not deal with holders other than original purchasers, except where otherwise specifically noted. Persons considering the purchase of the notes should consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of United States Federal income tax laws to their particular situations as well as any consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

As used in this prospectus, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is for United States Federal income tax purposes:

 

  (1) a citizen or resident of the United States,

 

  (2) a corporation or a partnership (including an entity treated as a corporation or a partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are adopted that provide otherwise),

 

  (3) an estate whose income is subject to United States Federal income tax regardless of its source,

 

  (4) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or

 

  (5) any other person whose income or gain in respect of a note is effectively connected with the conduct of a United States trade or business.

Certain trusts not described in clause (4) above in existence on August 20, 1996 that elect to be treated as a United States person will also be a U.S. Holder for purposes of the following discussion. As used herein, the term “non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is not a U.S. Holder.

U.S. Holders

Payments of Interest .  Payments of interest on a note generally will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary interest income at the time such payments are accrued or are received (in accordance with the U.S. Holder’s regular method of tax accounting).

Original Issue Discount .  The following summary is a general discussion of the United States Federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders of the purchase, ownership and disposition of notes issued with original issue discount (“Discount Notes”). The following summary is based upon final Treasury regulations (the “OID Regulations”) released by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) under the original issue discount provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

For United States Federal income tax purposes, original issue discount is the excess of the stated redemption price at maturity of a note over its issue price, if such excess equals or exceeds a de minimis amount (generally 1/4 of 1% of the note’s stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years to its maturity from its issue date or, in the case of a note providing for the payment of any amount other than qualified stated interest (as defined below) prior to maturity, multiplied by the weighted average maturity of the note). The issue price of each note of an issue of notes equals the first price at which a substantial amount of the notes has

 

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been sold (ignoring sales to bond houses, brokers, or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents, or wholesalers). The stated redemption price at maturity of a note is the sum of all payments provided by the note other than “qualified stated interest” payments. The term “qualified stated interest” generally means stated interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at least annually at a single fixed rate. In addition, under the OID Regulations, if a note bears interest for one or more accrual periods at a rate below the rate applicable for the remaining term of the note (e.g., notes with teaser rates or interest holidays), and if the greater of either the resulting foregone interest on the note or any “true” discount on the note (i.e., the excess of the note’s stated principal amount over its issue price) equals or exceeds a specified de minimis amount, then the stated interest on the note would be treated as original issue discount rather than qualified stated interest.

Payments of qualified stated interest on a note are taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary interest income at the time such payments are accrued or are received (in accordance with the U.S. Holder’s regular method of tax accounting). A U.S. Holder of a Discount Note must include original issue discount in income as ordinary interest income for United States Federal income tax purposes as it accrues under a constant yield method in advance of receipt of the cash payments attributable to such income, regardless of the U.S. Holder’s regular method of tax accounting. In general, the amount of original issue discount included in income by an initial U.S. Holder of a Discount Note is the sum of the daily portions of original issue discount with respect to the Discount Note for each day during the taxable year (or portion of the taxable year) on which the U.S. Holder held the Discount Note. The “daily portion” of original issue discount on any Discount Note is determined by allocating to each day in any accrual period a ratable portion of the original issue discount allocable to that accrual period. An “accrual period” may be of any length and the accrual periods may vary in length over the term of the Discount Note, provided that each accrual period is no longer than one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs either on the final day of an accrual period or on the first day of an accrual period. The amount of original issue discount allocable to each accrual period is generally equal to the difference between

 

   

the product of the Discount Note’s adjusted issue price at the beginning of such accrual period and its yield to maturity (determined on the basis of compounding at the close of each accrual period and appropriately adjusted to take into account the length of the particular accrual period) and

 

   

the amount of any qualified stated interest payments allocable to such accrual period.

Original issue discount allocable to a final accrual period is the difference between the amount payable at maturity (other than a payment of qualified stated interest) and the adjusted issue price at the beginning of the final accrual period. Special rules apply for calculating original issue discount for an initial short accrual period. The “adjusted issue price” of a Discount Note at the beginning of any accrual period is the sum of the issue price of the Discount Note plus the amount of original issue discount allocable to all prior accrual periods minus the amount of any prior payments on the Discount Note that were not qualified stated interest payments. Under these rules, U.S. Holders generally will have to include in income increasingly greater amounts of original issue discount in successive accrual periods.

In the case of a note issued with de minimis original issue discount, a U.S. Holder generally must include such de minimis original issue discount in income as stated principal payments on the notes are made in proportion to the stated principal amount of the note. Any amount of de minimis original issue discount that has been included in income in accordance with the foregoing rule will be treated as capital gain upon the sale, exchange, redemption or retirement of the notes.

A U.S. Holder who purchases a Discount Note for an amount that is greater than its adjusted issue price as of the purchase date and less than or equal to the sum of all amounts payable on the Discount Note after the purchase date other than payments of qualified stated interest, will be considered to have purchased the Discount Note at an “acquisition premium”. Under the acquisition premium rules, the amount of original issue discount which such U.S. Holder must include in its gross income with respect to such Discount Note for any taxable year (or portion thereof in which the U.S. Holder holds the Discount Note) will be reduced (but not below zero) by the portion of the acquisition premium properly allocable to the period.

 

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Under the OID Regulations, Floating Rate Notes and Indexed Notes (hereinafter “Variable Notes”) are subject to special rules whereby a Variable Note will qualify as a “variable rate debt instrument” if

 

   

its issue price does not exceed the total noncontingent principal payments due under the Variable Note by more than a specified de minimis amount, and

 

   

it provides for stated interest, compounded or paid at least annually, at current values of:

 

   

one or more qualified floating rates;

 

   

a single fixed rate and one or more qualified floating rates;

 

   

a single objective rate; or

 

   

a single fixed rate and a single objective rate that is a qualified inverse floating rate.

A “qualified floating rate” is any variable rate where variations in the value of such rate can reasonably be expected to measure contemporaneous variations in the cost of newly borrowed funds in the currency in which the Variable Note is denominated. Although a multiple of a qualified floating rate will generally not itself constitute a qualified floating rate, a variable rate equal to the product of a qualified floating rate and a fixed multiple that is greater than.65 but not more than 1.35 will constitute a qualified floating rate. A variable rate equal to the product of a qualified floating rate and a fixed multiple that is greater than.65 but not more than 1.35, increased or decreased by a fixed rate, will also constitute a qualified floating rate. In addition, under the OID Regulations, two or more qualified floating rates that can reasonably be expected to have approximately the same values throughout the term of the Variable Note (e.g., two or more qualified floating rates with values within 25 basis points of each other as determined on the Variable Note’s issue date) will be treated as a single qualified floating rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a variable rate that would otherwise constitute a qualified floating rate but which is subject to one or more restrictions such as a maximum numerical limitation (i.e., a cap) or a minimum numerical limitation (i.e., a floor), among other things, may, under certain circumstances, fail to be treated as a qualified floating rate under the OID Regulations unless such cap or floor is fixed throughout the term of the note or is not reasonably expected, as of the issue date, to cause the yield on the note to be either significantly more or significantly less than the expected yield determined without such restriction. An “objective rate” is a rate that is not itself a qualified floating rate but which is determined using a single fixed formula that is based on objective financial or economic information. A rate will not qualify as an objective rate if it is based on information that is within the control of the issuer (or a related party) or that is unique to the circumstances of the issuer (or a related party), such as dividends, profits, or the value of the issuer’s stock (although a rate does not fail to be an objective rate merely because it is based on the credit quality of the issuer). A “qualified inverse floating rate” is any objective rate where such rate is equal to a fixed rate minus a qualified floating rate, as long as variations in the rate can reasonably be expected to inversely reflect contemporaneous variations in the qualified floating rate. The OID Regulations also provide that if a Variable Note provides for stated interest at a fixed rate for an initial period of one year or less followed by a variable rate that is either a qualified floating rate or an objective rate and if the variable rate on the Variable Note’s issue date is intended to approximate the fixed rate (e.g., the value of the variable rate on the issue date does not differ from the value of the fixed rate by more than 25 basis points), then the fixed rate and the variable rate together will constitute either a single qualified floating rate or objective rate, as the case may be.

If a Variable Note that provides for stated interest at either a single qualified floating rate or a single objective rate throughout the term thereof qualifies as a “variable rate debt instrument” under the OID Regulations, and if the interest on a Variable Note is unconditionally payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at least annually, then all stated interest on the Variable Note will constitute qualified stated interest and will be taxed accordingly. Thus, a Variable Note that provides for stated interest at either a single qualified floating rate or a single objective rate throughout the term thereof and that qualifies as a “variable rate debt instrument” under the OID Regulations will generally not be treated as having been issued with original issue discount unless the Variable Note is issued at a “true” discount (i.e., at a price below the Variable Note’s stated principal amount) in excess of a specified de minimis amount. The amount of qualified stated interest and

 

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the amount of original issue discount, if any, that accrues during an accrual period on such a Variable Note is determined under the rules applicable to fixed rate debt instruments by assuming that the variable rate is a fixed rate equal to

 

  (1) in the case of a qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate, the value as of the issue date, of the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate, or

 

  (2) in the case of an objective rate (other than a qualified inverse floating rate), a fixed rate that reflects the yield that is reasonably expected for the Variable Note.

The qualified stated interest allocable to an accrual period is increased (or decreased) if the interest actually paid during an accrual period exceeds (or is less than) the interest assumed to be paid during the accrual period pursuant to the foregoing rules.

In general, any other Variable Note that qualifies as a “variable rate debt instrument” will be converted into an “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument for purposes of determining the amount and accrual of original issue discount and qualified stated interest on the Variable Note. The OID Regulations generally require that such a Variable Note be converted into an “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument by substituting any qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate provided for under the terms of the Variable Note with a fixed rate equal to the value of the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate, as the case may be, as of the Variable Note’s issue date. Any objective rate (other than a qualified inverse floating rate) provided for under the terms of the Variable Note is converted into a fixed rate that reflects the yield that is reasonably expected for the Variable Note. In the case of a Variable Note that qualifies as a “variable rate debt instrument” and provides for stated interest at a fixed rate in addition to either one or more qualified floating rates or a qualified inverse floating rate, the fixed rate is initially converted into a qualified floating rate (or a qualified inverse floating rate, if the Variable Note provides for a qualified inverse floating rate). Under such circumstances, the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate that replaces the fixed rate must be such that the fair market value of the Variable Note as of the Variable Note’s issue date is approximately the same as the fair market value of an otherwise identical debt instrument that provides for either the qualified floating rate or qualified inverse floating rate rather than the fixed rate. Subsequent to converting the fixed rate into either a qualified floating rate or a qualified inverse floating rate, the Variable Note is then converted into an “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument in the manner described above.

Once the Variable Note is converted into an “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument pursuant to the foregoing rules, the amount of original issue discount and qualified stated interest, if any, are determined for the “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument by applying the general original issue discount rules to the “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument and a U.S. Holder of the Variable Note will account for such original issue discount and qualified stated interest as if the U.S. Holder held the “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument. Each accrual period, appropriate adjustments will be made to the amount of qualified stated interest or original issue discount assumed to have been accrued or paid with respect to the “equivalent” fixed rate debt instrument in the event that such amounts differ from the actual amount of interest accrued or paid on the Variable Note during the accrual period.

If a Variable Note does not qualify as a “variable rate debt instrument” under the OID Regulations, then the Variable Note would likely be treated as a contingent payment debt obligation. The Treasury Department has issued regulations concerning the proper United States Federal income tax treatment of contingent payment debt instruments (the “CPDI Regulations”). In general, the CPDI Regulations would cause the timing and character of income, gain or loss reported on a contingent payment debt instrument to substantially differ from the timing and character of income, gain or loss reported on a conventional non-contingent payment debt instrument under current United States Federal income tax law. Specifically, the CPDI Regulations generally require a U.S. Holder of such an instrument to include future contingent and noncontingent interest payments in income as such interest accrues based upon a projected payment schedule. Moreover, in general, under the CPDI Regulations, any gain recognized by a U.S. Holder on the sale, exchange, or retirement of a contingent payment debt instrument will be

 

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treated as ordinary income and all or a portion of any loss realized could be treated as ordinary loss as opposed to capital loss (depending upon the circumstances). The proper United States Federal income tax treatment of Variable Notes that are treated as contingent payment debt obligations will be more fully described in the applicable pricing supplement. Furthermore, any other special United States Federal income tax considerations, not otherwise discussed herein, which are applicable to any particular issue of notes will be discussed in the applicable pricing supplement.

PACCAR may issue notes which;

 

   

may be redeemable at the option of PACCAR prior to their stated maturity (a “call option”) and/or

 

   

may be repayable at the option of the holder prior to their stated maturity (a “put option”).

Notes containing such features may be subject to rules that differ from the general rules discussed above. Investors intending to purchase notes with such features should consult their own tax advisors, since the original issue discount consequences will depend, in part, on the particular terms and features of the purchased notes.

U.S. Holders may generally, upon election, include in income all interest (including stated interest, acquisition discount, original issue discount, de minimis original issue discount, market discount, de minimis market discount, and unstated interest, as adjusted by any amortizable bond premium or acquisition premium) that accrues on a debt instrument by using the constant yield method applicable to debt instruments issued with original issue discount, subject to certain limitations and exceptions.

Short-Term Notes.   Notes that have a fixed maturity of one year or less (“Short-Term Notes”) will be treated as having been issued with original issue discount. In general, an individual or other cash method U.S. Holder is not required to accrue such original issue discount unless the U.S. Holder elects to do so. If such an election is not made, any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale, exchange or maturity of the Short-Term Note will be ordinary income to the extent of the original issue discount accrued on a straight-line basis, or upon election under the constant yield method (based on daily compounding), through the date of sale or maturity, and a portion of the deductions otherwise allowable to the U.S. Holder for interest on borrowings allocable to the Short-Term Note will be deferred until a corresponding amount of income is realized. U.S. Holders who report income for United States Federal income tax purposes under the accrual method, and certain other holders including banks and dealers in securities, are required to accrue original issue discount on a Short-Term Note on a straight-line basis unless an election is made to accrue the original issue discount under a constant yield method (based on daily compounding).

Market Discount.   If a U.S. Holder purchases a note, other than a Discount Note, for an amount that is less than its issue price (or, in the case of a subsequent purchaser, its stated redemption price at maturity) or, in the case of a Discount Note, for an amount that is less than its “revised issue price” as of the purchase date, such U.S. Holder will be treated as having purchased the note at a “market discount”, unless such market discount is less than a specified de minimis amount. For this purpose, the “revised issue price” of a note is generally equal to its issue price, increased by the amount of original issue discount that has accrued on the note and decreased by the amount of any payments previously made on the note that were not qualified stated interest payments.

Under the market discount rules, a U.S. Holder will be required to treat any partial principal payment (or, in the case of a Discount Note, any payment that does not constitute qualified stated interest) on, or any gain realized on the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of, a note as ordinary income to the extent of the lesser of:

 

   

the amount of such payment or realized gain or

 

   

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Market discount will be considered to accrue ratably during the period from the date of acquisition to the maturity date of the note, unless the U.S. Holder elects to accrue market discount on a constant yield basis.

A U.S. Holder may be required to defer the deduction of all or a portion of the interest paid or accrued on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to purchase or carry a note with market discount until the maturity of the note or certain earlier dispositions, because a current deduction is only allowed to the extent the interest expense exceeds an allocable portion of market discount. A U.S. Holder may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues (on either a ratable or constant interest rate basis), in which case the rules described above regarding the treatment as ordinary income of gain upon the disposition of the note and upon the receipt of certain cash payments and regarding the deferral of interest deductions will not apply. Generally, such currently included market discount is treated as ordinary interest for United States Federal income tax purposes. Such an election will apply to all debt instruments acquired by the U.S. Holder on or after the first day of the taxable year to which such election applies and may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS.

Premium.   If a U.S. Holder purchases a note for an amount that is greater than the sum of all amounts payable on the note after the purchase date other than payments of qualified stated interest, the U.S. Holder will be considered to have purchased the note with “amortizable bond premium” equal in amount to such excess. A U.S. Holder may elect to amortize such premium using a constant yield method over the remaining term of the note and may offset interest otherwise required to be included in respect of the note during any taxable year by the amortized amount of such excess for the taxable year. However, if the note may be optionally redeemed after the U.S. Holder acquires it at a price in excess of its stated redemption price at maturity, special rules would apply which could result in a deferral of the amortization of some bond premium until later in the term of the note. Any election to amortize bond premium applies to all taxable debt obligations then owned and thereafter acquired by the U.S. Holder and may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS.

Disposition of a Note.   Except as discussed above, upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a note, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange or retirement (other than amounts representing accrued and unpaid interest) and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in a note generally will equal the U.S. Holder’s initial investment in the note increased by any original issue discount included in income (and accrued market discount, if any, if the U.S. Holder has included such market discount in income) and decreased by the amount of any payments, other than qualified stated interest payments, received and amortizable bond premium taken with respect to the note. Such gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the note was held for more than one year. Long-term capital gains of individuals are subject to reduced capital gain rates while short-term capital gains are subject to ordinary income rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to certain limitations. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors concerning these tax law provisions.

Foreign Currency Notes.

Cash Method.   A U.S. Holder who uses the cash method of accounting for United States Federal income tax purposes and who receives a payment of interest on a note (other than original issue discount or market discount) will be required to include in income the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency payment (determined on the date such payment is received) regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted to U.S. dollars at that time, and such U.S. dollar value will be the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such foreign currency. No exchange gain or loss will be recognized with respect to the receipt of such payment.

Accrual Method.   A U.S. Holder who uses the accrual method of accounting for United States Federal income tax purposes, or who otherwise is required to accrue interest prior to receipt, will be required to include in income the U.S. dollar value of the amount of interest income (including original issue discount or market discount and reduced by amortizable bond premium to the extent applicable) that has accrued and is otherwise required to be taken into account with respect to a note during an accrual period. The U.S. dollar value of such

 

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accrued income will be determined by translating such income at the average rate of exchange for the accrual period, or with respect to an accrual period that spans two taxable years, at the average rate for the partial period within the taxable year. A U.S. Holder may elect, however, to translate such accrued interest income using the rate of exchange on the last day of the accrual period or, with respect to an accrual period that spans two taxable years, using the rate of exchange on the last day of the taxable year. If the last day of an accrual period is within five business days of the date of receipt of the accrued interest, a U.S. Holder may translate such interest using the rate of exchange on the date of receipt. The above election will apply to other debt obligations held by the U.S. Holder and may not be changed without the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder should consult a tax advisor before making the above election. A U.S. Holder will recognize exchange gain or loss (which will be treated as ordinary income or loss) with respect to accrued interest income on the date such income is received. The amount of ordinary income or loss recognized will equal the difference, if any, between the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency payment received (determined on the date such payment is received) in respect of such accrual period and the U.S. dollar value of interest income that has accrued during such accrual period (as determined above).

Purchase, Sale and Retirement of Notes.   A U.S. Holder who purchases a note with previously owned foreign currency will recognize ordinary income or loss in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the foreign currency and the U.S. dollar fair market value of the foreign currency used to purchase the note, determined on the date of purchase.

For purposes of determining the amount of any gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder on the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of a note that is denominated in a foreign currency, the amount realized will be based on the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency on the date the payment is received or the note is disposed of. Such gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss (except to the extent of any accrued market discount not previously included in the U.S. Holder’s income) and will be long-term capital gain or loss if at the time of sale, exchange or retirement the note has been held by such U.S. Holder for more than one year. To the extent the amount realized represents accrued but unpaid interest, however, such amounts must be taken into account as interest income, with exchange gain or loss computed as described in ‘Accrual Method” above. In the case of a note that is denominated in foreign currency and is traded on an established securities market, a cash basis U.S. Holder (or, upon election, an accrual basis U.S. Holder) will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized by translating the foreign currency payment at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale. Such an election by an accrual basis U.S. Holder must be applied consistently from year to year and cannot be revoked without the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in a note will equal the cost of the note to such holder, increased by the amounts of any market discount or original issue discount previously included in income by the holder with respect to such note and reduced by any amortized acquisition or other premium and any principal payments received by the holder. A U.S. Holder’s tax basis in a note, and the amount of any subsequent adjustments to such holder’s tax basis will be the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency amount paid for such note, or of the foreign currency amount of the adjustment, determined on the date of such purchase or adjustment.

Gain or loss realized upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a note that is attributable to fluctuations in currency exchange rates will be ordinary income or loss which will not be treated as interest income or expense. Gain or loss attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates will equal the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency principal amount of the note, determined on the date such payment is received or the note is disposed of, and the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency principal amount of the note, determined on the date the U.S. Holder acquired the note. The foreign currency gain or loss will be recognized only to the extent of the total gain or loss realized by the U.S. Holder on the sale, exchange or retirement of the note.

Original Issue Discount.   In the case of a Discount Note or Short-Term Note, (i) original issue discount is determined in units of the foreign currency, (ii) accrued original issue discount is translated into U.S. dollars as described in “Accrual Method” above and (iii) the amount of foreign currency gain or loss on the accrued original issue discount is determined by comparing the amount of income received attributable to the discount (either upon payment, maturity or an earlier disposition), as translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange on

 

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the date of such receipt, with the amount of original issue discount accrued, as translated above. For these purposes, all receipts on a note will be viewed first, as the receipt of any qualified stated interest payments called for under the terms of the note; second, as receipts of previously accrued original issue discount (to the extent thereof), with payments considered made for the earliest accrual periods first; and third, as the receipt of principal.

Market Discount and Premium.   In the case of a note with market discount, (i) market discount is determined in units of the foreign currency, (ii) accrued market discount taken into account upon the receipt of any partial principal payment or upon the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of the note (other than accrued market discount required to be taken into account currently) is translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate on the date of such partial principal payment or such disposition date (and no part of such accrued market discount is treated as exchange gain or loss) and (iii) accrued market discount currently includible in income by a U.S. Holder for any accrual period is translated into U.S. dollars on the basis of the average exchange rate in effect during such accrual period, and the exchange gain or loss is determined upon the receipt of any partial principal payment or upon the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of the note in the manner described in “Accrual Method” above with respect to computation of exchange gain or loss on accrued interest.

With respect to a note issued with amortizable bond premium, such premium is determined in the relevant foreign currency and reduces interest income in units of the foreign currency. Although not entirely clear, a U.S. Holder should recognize exchange gain or loss equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the bond premium amortized with respect to a period, determined on the date the interest attributable to such period is received, and the U.S. dollar value of the bond premium determined on the date of the acquisition of the note.

Exchange of Foreign Currencies.   A U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in any foreign currency received as interest or on the sale, exchange or retirement of a note equal to the U.S. dollar value of such foreign currency, determined at the time the interest is received or at the time of the sale, exchange or retirement. Any gain or loss realized by a U.S. Holder on a sale or other disposition of foreign currency (including its exchange for U.S. dollars or its use to purchase notes) will be ordinary income or loss.

Tax Return Disclosure Regulations.   Pursuant to Treasury Regulations (the “Disclosure Regulations”), any taxpayer that has participated in a “reportable transaction” and who is required to file a United States Federal income tax return must generally attach a disclosure statement disclosing such taxpayer’s participation in the reportable transaction to the taxpayer’s tax return for each taxable year for which the taxpayer participates in the reportable transaction. A penalty in the amount of U.S. $10,000 in the case of a natural person and U.S. $50,000 in any other case is imposed on any taxpayer that fails to file a reportable transaction disclosure statement. The Disclosure Regulations provide that, in addition to certain other transactions, a “loss transaction” constitutes a “reportable transaction.” A “loss transaction” is any transaction resulting in the taxpayer claiming a loss under section 165 of the Code in an amount equal to or in excess of certain threshold amounts. The Disclosure Regulations specifically provide that a loss resulting from a “section 988 transaction,” such as an investment in notes denominated or on which interest is payable in a specified currency, will constitute a section 165 loss. In the case of individuals or trusts, whether or not the loss flows through from an S corporation or partnership, if the loss arises with respect to a section 988 transaction (as defined in section 988(c)(1) of the Code relating to foreign currency transactions), the applicable threshold amount is U.S. $50,000 in any single taxable year. Higher threshold amounts apply depending upon the taxpayer’s status as a corporation, partnership, or S corporation, as well as certain other factors. It is important to note, however, that the Disclosure Regulations provide that the fact that a transaction is a reportable transaction shall not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the transaction is proper. Holders should consult their own tax advisors concerning the potential application of the Disclosure Regulations to the notes.

Other Notes.   The applicable pricing supplement will contain a discussion of any special United States Federal income tax rules with respect to Amortizing Notes, Linked Notes and Extendible Maturity Notes.

 

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Net Investment Income

Recently enacted legislation generally imposes a tax of 3.8% on the “net investment income” of certain individuals, trusts and estates for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. Among other items, net investment income generally includes gross income from interest and net gain attributable to the disposition of certain property, less certain deductions. United States persons should consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this legislation in their particular circumstances.

Non-U.S. Holders

A non-U.S. Holder who is an individual or corporation (or an entity treated as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes) holding notes on its own behalf will not be subject to United States Federal income taxes on payments of principal, premium (if any) or interest (including original issue discount, if any) on a note, unless such non-U.S. Holder is a direct or indirect 10% or greater shareholder of PACCAR, a controlled foreign corporation related to PACCAR or a bank receiving interest described in section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code. To qualify for the exemption from taxation, the Withholding Agent, as defined below, must have received a statement from the individual or corporation that:

 

   

is signed under penalties of perjury by the beneficial owner of the note,

 

   

certifies that such owner is not a U.S. Holder, and

 

   

provides the beneficial owner’s name and address of the beneficial owner’s permanent residence.

A “Withholding Agent” is any person, U.S. or foreign, that has control, receipt or custody of an amount subject to withholding or who can disburse or make payments of an amount subject to withholding. Generally, the aforementioned statement is made on an IRS Form W-8BEN (“W-8BEN”), which is effective for the period starting on the date the form is signed and ending on the last day of the third succeeding calendar year, unless a change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a W-8BEN with a U.S. taxpayer identification number will remain effective until a change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect, provided that the Withholding Agent reports at least annually to the beneficial owner on IRS Form 1042-S. The beneficial owner must inform the Withholding Agent within 30 days of a change in circumstances that makes any information on the W-8BEN incorrect and must furnish a new W-8BEN. A holder of a note which is not an individual or corporation (or an entity treated as a corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes) holding the notes on its own behalf may have substantially increased reporting requirements. In particular, in the case of notes held by a foreign partnership (or certain foreign trusts) the partnership (or trust) will be required to provide the certification from each of its partners (or beneficiaries) and the partnership (or trust) will be required to provide certain additional information.

A non-U.S. Holder whose income with respect to its investment in a note is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business would generally be taxed as if the holder was a U.S. person provided the holder provides to the Withholding Agent an IRS Form W-8ECI.

Certain securities clearing organizations, and other entities who are not beneficial owners, may be able to provide a signed statement to the Withholding Agent. However, in such case, the signed statement may require a copy of the beneficial owner’s W-8BEN (or substitute form).

Generally, a non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to United States Federal income taxes on any amount which constitutes capital gain upon retirement or disposition of a note, unless such non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and such gain is derived from sources within the United States. Certain other exceptions may be applicable, and a non-U.S. Holder should consult its tax advisor in this regard.

The notes will not be includible in the estate of a non-U.S. Holder unless the individual is a direct or indirect 10% or greater shareholder of PACCAR or, at the time of such individual’s death, payments in respect of the notes would have been effectively connected with the conduct by such individual of a trade or business in the United States.

 

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Foreign Account Tax Compliance

On March 18, 2010, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (the “HIRE Act”) was signed into the law. The HIRE Act will generally impose a withholding tax of 30% on interest income (including original issue discount) from, and the gross proceeds from a disposition of, notes paid to a foreign financial institution, unless such foreign financial institution enters into an agreement with the U.S. government to collect and provide to the U.S. tax authorities substantial information regarding certain U.S. account holders of such institution (which would include certain account holders that are foreign entities with U.S. owners). In addition, the HIRE Act will generally impose a withholding tax of 30% on interest income (including original issue discount) from, and the gross proceeds from a disposition of, notes paid to a non-financial foreign entity unless such non-financial foreign entity provides the withholding agent with certain certification or information relating to U.S. ownership of the entity. Under certain circumstances, such foreign persons might be eligible for refunds or credits of such taxes. Under recently issued IRS guidance, these rules generally would apply to payments of interest (including original issue discount) made after December 31, 2013 and payments of gross proceeds from a disposition made after December 31, 2014. However, the withholding requirements under the HIRE Act will not apply to payments made on, or gross proceeds from a disposition of, any notes issued and outstanding as of March 18, 2012. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the HIRE Act.

Backup Withholding

Backup withholding of United States Federal income tax at the applicable statutory rate may apply to payments made in respect of the notes to registered owners who are not “exempt recipients” and who fail to provide certain identifying information, such as the registered owner’s taxpayer identification number, in the required manner.

Generally, individuals are not exempt recipients, whereas corporations and certain other entities generally are exempt recipients. Payments made in respect of the notes to a U.S. Holder must be reported to the IRS, unless the U.S. Holder is an exempt recipient or establishes an exemption. Compliance with the identification procedures described in the preceding section would establish an exemption from backup withholding for those non-U.S. Holders who are not exempt recipients.

In addition, upon the sale of a note to (or through) a broker, the broker must backup withhold on the entire purchase price, unless either:

 

   

the broker determines that the seller is a corporation or other exempt recipient, or

 

   

the seller provides, in the required manner, certain identifying information and, in the case of a non-U.S. Holder, certifies that such seller is a non-U.S. Holder (and certain other conditions are met).

Such a sale must also be reported by the broker to the IRS, unless either:

 

   

the broker determines that the seller is an exempt recipient, or

 

   

the seller certifies its non-U.S. status (and certain other conditions are met).

Certification of the registered owner’s non-U.S. status would normally be made on an IRS Form W-8BEN under penalties of perjury, although in certain cases it may be possible to submit other documentary evidence.

Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a beneficial owner would be allowed as a refund or a credit against such beneficial owner’s United States Federal income tax provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

PACCAR, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “agents”) have entered into a distribution agreement with respect to the notes. Subject to certain conditions, the agents have agreed to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchases of the notes. PACCAR has the right to accept offers to purchase notes and may reject any proposed purchase of the notes. The agents may also reject any offer to purchase notes. PACCAR will pay the agents a commission on any notes sold through the agents. The commission will range from 0.200% to 0.875% of the principal amount of the notes, depending on the maturity of the notes. Commissions with respect to notes with maturities less than nine months or in excess of 30 years that are sold through an agent as an agent of PACCAR will be negotiated between us and the agent at time of the sale.

PACCAR may also sell notes to the agents who will purchase the notes as principals for their own accounts. Any such sale will be made at a discount equal to the commission referred to in the preceding paragraph if no other discount is agreed. Any notes the agents purchase as principal may be resold at the market price or at other prices determined by the agents at the time of resale. PACCAR may also sell notes directly on its own behalf. No commissions will be paid on notes sold directly by PACCAR at such discount.

PACCAR may also enter into separate arrangements with firms other than the agents which allow such firms to purchase for resale to the public all or a portion of the notes. The name of any firm, the underwriting discount and the initial public offering price for such notes will be set forth on the cover page of the pricing supplement delivered in connection with the offering and the sale of the applicable notes.

The agents may resell any notes they purchase to other brokers or dealers at a discount which may include all or part of the discount the agents received from PACCAR. The agents will purchase the notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount less a discount. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, the discount will equal the applicable commission on an agency sale of notes of the same maturity. If all the notes are not sold at the initial offering price, the agents may change the offering price and the other selling terms.

In connection with the offering of notes purchased by the agents as principals on a fixed price basis, the agents are permitted to engage in certain transactions that stabilize the price of the notes. These transactions may consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the notes. If an agent creates a short position in the notes in connection with the offering, i.e., if it sells more notes than are set forth on the applicable pricing supplement, the agent may reduce that short position by purchasing notes in the open market. In general, purchases of a security for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the security or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the security. “Naked” short sales are sales in excess of the agent’s overallotment option. Because the agents have no overallotment option with respect to the notes, they would be required to close out a short position in the notes by purchasing notes in the open market.

Neither PACCAR nor any agent makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the notes. In addition, neither PACCAR nor the agents makes any representation that the agents will engage in any such transactions or that such transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

The agents, whether acting as agents or principals, may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. PACCAR has agreed to indemnify the several agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. PACCAR has agreed to reimburse the agents for certain expenses.

 

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The agents may sell to dealers who may resell to investors and the agents may pay all or part of the discount or commission they receive from PACCAR to the dealers. Such dealers may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

From time to time, PACCAR may also sell notes or other debt securities pursuant to another prospectus supplement to the accompanying prospectus.

No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the notes. The agents may from time to time purchase and sell notes in the secondary market, but the agents are not obligated to do so. There can be no assurance that there will be a secondary market for the notes or liquidity in the secondary market if one develops.

PACCAR estimates that the total expenses of the offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and SEC registration fees, will be approximately $1.53 million.

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable pricing supplement, the purchase price of the notes will be required to be paid in immediately available funds in New York, New York.

The agents and their respective affiliates have in the past performed commercial banking, investment banking and advisory services for PACCAR from time to time for which they have received customary fees and reimbursement of expenses and may, from time to time, engage in transactions with and perform services for PACCAR in the ordinary course of their business for which they may receive customary fees and reimbursement of expenses.

The agents are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the agents or their affiliates that have a lending relationship with PACCAR routinely hedge their credit exposure to PACCAR consistent with their customary risk management policies. A typical such hedging strategy would include these agents or their affiliates hedging such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in PACCAR’s securities, including potentially the notes offered hereby. Any such short positions could adversely affect future trading prices of the notes offered hereby. In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the agents and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (which may include bank loans and/or credit default swaps) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short positions in such securities and instruments. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of PACCAR or its affiliates.

VALIDITY OF THE NOTES

The validity of the notes will be passed upon for PACCAR by Perkins Coie LLP. Certain legal matters have been passed upon for the agents by Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York. Certain matters related to United States Federal taxation also have been passed upon by Sidley Austin LLP.

 

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PROSPECTUS

LOGO

PACCAR Inc

Senior Debt Securities

 

 

By this prospectus, we may offer our senior debt securities from time to time.

When we offer these securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement describing the terms of the specific issue of securities including the offering price of the securities.

 

 

You should read this prospectus and the prospectus supplement relating to the specific issue of securities carefully before you invest.

Investing in the securities involves risks that are described in the “ Risk Factors ” section beginning on page 3 of this prospectus.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

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About This Prospectus

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PACCAR Inc

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Risk Factors

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Use of Proceeds

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Description of Securities

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Plan of Distribution

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Forward-Looking Statements

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Where You Can Find More Information

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Incorporation of Information We File with the SEC

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Experts

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may sell different types of securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide one or more supplements to this prospectus that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering and the securities offered by us in that offering. Any such supplement may also add, update or change information in this prospectus. You should read each of this prospectus and any such supplement together with additional information described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Information We File with the SEC.”

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed or will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

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PACCAR INC

PACCAR has two principal industry segments, (1) design, manufacture and distribution of light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks and related aftermarket distribution of parts and (2) finance and leasing services provided to customers and dealers. PACCAR’s finance and leasing activities are principally related to PACCAR products and associated equipment. Other manufactured products include industrial winches.

Commercial Vehicles

PACCAR and its subsidiaries design and manufacture high quality Class 8 heavy-duty commercial vehicles sold around the world under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. These vehicles, which are built in four plants in the United States, three in Europe and one each in Australia, Canada and Mexico, are used world-wide for over-the-road and off-highway hauling of general freight, bulk liquids, construction and other materials. We compete in the North American Class 5-7 market with medium-duty models assembled in North America and sold under the Peterbilt and Kenworth nameplates. We also manufacture Class 4-7 trucks in the United Kingdom for sale throughout the world under the DAF nameplate. Commercial trucks and related replacement parts comprise the largest segment of our business accounting for approximately 93% of total net sales and revenues for the first nine months of 2011. Substantially all trucks and related parts are sold to independent dealers.

Our trucks are custom-built products and have a reputation for the highest quality in the industry. A significant portion of our trucks’ major components, such as engines, transmissions and axles, as well as a substantial percentage of other components, are purchased from component manufacturers pursuant to our and customer design requirements. DAF, which is more vertically integrated, manufactures its own PACCAR engines and axles and a higher percentage of other components for its vehicle ranges. Kenworth and Peterbilt also install PACCAR engines in approximately 25% of their vehicles in the U.S. and Canada.

The Peterbilt, Kenworth, and DAF nameplates are recognized internationally as high quality products with leading resale value in the industry. We engage in a continuous program of trademark and trade name protection in all marketing areas of the world.

Replacement truck parts are sold and delivered to our independent dealers through our parts distribution network. Parts are both manufactured by us and purchased from various suppliers. Replacement parts inventory levels are determined largely by anticipated customer demand and the need for timely delivery.

Financial Services

In North America, Australia and 16 European countries, PACCAR provides financing and leasing arrangements, principally for our manufactured trucks, through wholly owned finance companies operating under the PACCAR Financial trade name. They provide inventory financing for our independent dealers selling our products, and retail and lease financing for new and used trucks and other transportation equipment sold principally by our independent dealers. Receivables are secured by the products financed or leased. We also offer full service leasing operations through wholly owned subsidiaries in North America and Germany under the PacLease trade name. Peterbilt and Kenworth dealers in the United States and Canada are franchised to provide full service leasing. We provide our franchisees equipment financing and administrative support. We also operate full service lease outlets on our own behalf.

Our principal executive offices are located at 777-106th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, Washington 98004; our telephone number is (425) 468-7400.

If you want to find more information about us, please see the sections entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Information We File with the SEC” in this prospectus.

References in this prospectus to “PACCAR”, “we”, “us” and “our” are to PACCAR Inc.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Our business is subject to uncertainties and risks. In addition to the risk factors set forth below, you should carefully consider and evaluate all of the information included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors incorporated by reference from our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as updated by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). It is possible that our business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks.

Business and Industry Risks

The commercial truck market demand is variable.   Demand for commercial vehicles depends on economic and other conditions in a given market and the introduction of new vehicles and technologies. The demand for commercial vehicles may increase or decrease more than overall gross domestic product in markets we serve which are principally North America and Europe. Demand may also be affected by factors impacting new truck prices such as costs of raw materials and components and cost of compliance with governmental regulations (including tariffs, engine emissions regulations, import regulations and taxes).

The financial services industry is highly competitive.   We compete with banks, other commercial finance companies and financial services firms which may have lower costs of borrowing, higher leverage or market share goals that result in a willingness to offer lower interest rates, which may lead to decreased margins, lower market share or both. A decline in our commercial truck unit sales, an increase in residual value risk due to lower used truck pricing and increased funding costs are also factors which may negatively affect our financial services operations.

The Financial Services segment is subject to credit risk.   The Financial Services segment is exposed to the risk of loss arising from the failure of a customer, dealer or counterparty to meet the terms of the loans, leases and derivative contracts with us. Although the financial assets of the Financial Services segment are secured by underlying equipment collateral, in the event a customer cannot meet its obligations to us, there is a risk that the value of the underlying collateral will not be sufficient to recover the amounts owed to us resulting in credit losses.

The Financial Services segment is subject to liquidity risk.   The Financial Services segment has been able to issue commercial paper and medium-term notes and obtain bank debt. If commercial paper, medium-term notes and bank debt do not provide the necessary liquidity in the future, the Financial Services segment may limit its financing of retail and wholesale assets. This may have a negative effect on the Financial Services segment results.

Political, Regulatory and Economic Risks

Our operations could be subject to currency and interest rate fluctuations.   Our consolidated financial statements, which are presented in U.S. dollars, are affected by foreign currency exchange fluctuations through both translation and transaction risk. We use certain derivative financial instruments and localized production of our products to reduce, but not eliminate, the effects of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

We may be adversely affected by political instabilities, fuel shortages or interruptions in transportation systems, natural calamities, wars, terrorism and labor strikes.   We are subject to various risks associated with conducting business worldwide.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We intend to use the proceeds from the sale of the securities for general corporate purposes, unless otherwise specified in an applicable supplement to this prospectus relating to a specific issue of securities. General corporate purposes may include the repayment of debt, investments in or extensions of credit to our subsidiaries, or the financing of possible acquisitions or business expansion. The net proceeds may be invested temporarily or applied to repay short-term debt until they are used for their stated purpose.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The senior debt securities will be issued under an indenture between PACCAR and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, dated as of December 19, 2011 (the “Indenture”). Securities issued under the Indenture are unsecured senior indebtedness of PACCAR and are not limited to any aggregate amount. A copy of the Indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement relating to the securities. The summary of the material provisions of the Indenture in the “Provisions of the Indenture” section below is not complete, and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions of terms.

Terms of the Securities

PACCAR may issue the securities from time to time and in one or more series, without limitation as to aggregate principal amount. PACCAR may issue the securities upon the terms fixed or established in a supplemental indenture, or in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of PACCAR and set forth in a certificate of an officer of PACCAR who has been authorized by the Board of Directors to take that kind of action. (See Section 301 of the Indenture). Any resolution or officer’s certificate approving the issuance of any issue of securities will establish the terms of that issue, including:

 

   

the title of the securities;

 

   

any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the securities;

 

   

the date or dates on which the securities will mature;

 

   

the rate or rates per annum at which the securities will bear interest, if any, or the manner in which the interest rate or rates are determined, and the date or dates from which interest, if any, will accrue;

 

   

the dates on which interest, if any, on the securities will be payable and the related record dates;

 

   

any obligation of PACCAR to redeem or purchase the securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the holder of the securities;

 

   

whether the securities are to be issued in the form of one or more global securities and the identity of the depositary for global securities;

 

   

any redemption terms;

 

   

any additional covenants for the benefit of the holders of the securities;

 

   

the currency for payment of principal and interest if other than United States dollars;

 

   

whether the amount of payments of principal, premium and interest on the securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method and the manner in which the amounts shall be determined; and

 

   

other terms, including, but not limited to, PACCAR’s ability to satisfy and discharge its obligations under the Indenture more than one year prior to the maturity or redemption of the securities. (See Sections 301 and 401 of the Indenture).

Please see the accompanying prospectus supplement you have received or will receive for the terms of the specific securities being offered.

Prospective purchasers of securities should be aware that special U.S. Federal income tax, accounting and other considerations may be applicable to the specific securities being offered. The prospectus supplement relating to an issue of securities will describe these considerations, if they apply.

Transfer of the securities will be registered at the corporate trust office of the trustee, or the paying agent on its behalf. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of the securities, but PACCAR may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable.

 

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Global Securities

PACCAR may issue series of securities in global form that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary identified in the prospectus supplement relating to that series. If any securities are issued in global form, please see the accompanying prospectus supplement you have received or will receive for the terms of the specific debt securities being offered. Unless the prospectus supplement states different terms for the securities being offered, global securities will have the following terms:

 

   

A global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee or to a successor of the depositary, unless exchanged for securities in definitive form. (See Sections 303 and 305 of the Indenture).

 

   

Only persons that have accounts with the depositary or its nominee, which we refer to as a participant, or that may hold interests through a participant may own beneficial interests in a global security. These accounts will be designated by the applicable underwriters or agents or by PACCAR if the securities are offered and sold directly by PACCAR.

 

   

Upon the issuance of a global security, the depositary will credit the principal amounts of the securities to the participants’ accounts on its book-entry registration and transfer system. Ownership and transfer of the ownership of a beneficial interest in a global security will be shown on and effected only through records maintained by the depositary or by the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons held through participants). (See Section 308 of the Indenture).

 

   

So long as the depositary is the registered owner of a global security, the depositary will be considered the sole owner of the securities represented by the global security for all purposes under the Indenture. (See Sections 303 and 308 of the Indenture). Owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by the global security registered in their names, receive physical delivery of the securities in definitive form, or be considered the owners of the global security under the Indenture.

 

   

Payments on global securities registered in the name of the depositary will be made to the depositary. The depositary will confirm to PACCAR that payments made with respect to a global security will immediately be credited to the participants’ accounts according to their interests as shown on the records of the depositary. The depositary shall be solely responsible for its records relating to beneficial ownership interests in the global security and for the allocation and distribution of payments made by PACCAR to the depositary. (See Section 308 of the Indenture).

 

   

Each participant is responsible to make payments to the owners of beneficial interests in the global security held through that participant. Participants have the same obligation with respect to securities registered in “street name” and held for the accounts of customers. The participants shall be solely responsible for their records relating to beneficial ownership interests in the global security and for the allocation and distribution of payments made by the depositary to the participants. (See Section 308 of the Indenture).

 

   

If the depositary for any global security resigns or is unable to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by PACCAR within 90 days, PACCAR will issue securities in definitive form in exchange for the global security. (See Section 305 of the Indenture).

 

   

PACCAR may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not to have the securities represented by a global security. In that event, PACCAR will issue securities of the same series in definitive form in exchange for the global security. (See Section 305 of the Indenture).

The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. This type of law may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.

 

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Provisions of the Indenture

Unless the prospectus supplement states different terms for the securities being offered, the securities will be covered by the following provisions of the Indenture:

 

   

principal and interest on the securities will be payable at the corporate trust office of the trustee, or the paying agent on its behalf, except that payment of interest may be made at the option of PACCAR by check mailed to the registered address of the person entitled to the interest. (See Sections 301 and 1002 of the Indenture).

 

   

the securities will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons. (See Section 302 of the Indenture).

 

   

the securities will be denominated in United States dollars and will be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. (See Sections 301 and 302 of the Indenture).

 

   

the transfer of the securities will be registerable at the corporate trust office of the trustee, or the paying agent on its behalf. (See Section 305 of the Indenture).

 

   

the securities may be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities, as described in the “Global Securities” section above. (See Sections 203, 301 and 305 of the Indenture).

 

   

Securities of a single series may be issued at various times, with different maturity dates and interest rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture. (See Section 301 of the Indenture).

 

   

Securities may be issued as original issue discount securities (bearing no interest or bearing interest at a rate which at the time of issue is significantly below market rates) to be sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. (See Section 301 of the Indenture). If any securities are issued as original issue discount securities, the terms will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the securities.

Limitation on Liens .  PACCAR will not permit any lien or security interest on its property or on the property of its majority owned subsidiaries, except any lien or security interest existing on the date of first issuance of any debt securities of a series or as permitted by the Indenture. (See Section 1005 of the Indenture). The Indenture allows PACCAR to incur secured debt after the first date of issuance of any debt securities of a series, if the debt securities of that series are secured equally and ratably with all other secured debt. The Indenture also permits PACCAR to incur secured debt, without providing security for the securities issued under the Indenture, in the following situations:

 

   

The aggregate amount of all secured debt (excluding secured debt permitted under any of the other exceptions listed immediately below) would not exceed 15% of PACCAR’s Consolidated Assets.

 

   

Liens or security interests on the stock or property of any corporation that existed at the time that corporation became a majority owned subsidiary of PACCAR.

 

   

Liens or security interests for debt between PACCAR and its majority owned subsidiaries or between PACCAR’s majority owned subsidiaries.

 

   

Liens or security interests in favor of any governmental body to secure progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract, statute or rule of court.

 

   

Liens or encumbrances on property repossessed by PACCAR or its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their business.

 

   

Bankers’ liens or other rights of offset.

 

   

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were created prior to or within 180 days after the acquisition of the property or the completion of construction, for the purpose of financing all or part of the purchase price of or construction on the property.

 

   

Any extension, renewal or replacement of any lien or security interest described above that is limited to the same property (plus improvements on such property) that secured the prior lien or security interest.

“Consolidated Assets” means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves for depreciation, amortization, unearned finance charges, allowance for credit losses and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, organization expenses and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated majority owned subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions .  Neither we nor any majority owned subsidiary can sell or transfer (except to us or a majority owned subsidiary, or both) any Principal Property we own with the intention of taking back a lease on the property, except for a lease not exceeding three years with the intent that the use of such property by us or a majority owned subsidiary will be discontinued on or before expiration of such period, with the following exceptions:

 

   

if we or a majority owned subsidiary could incur secured debt equal to the amount received on a sale or transfer secured by a mortgage on the property to be leased without equally and ratably securing the debt securities; or

 

   

if we or a majority owned subsidiary apply an amount equal to the value of the property leased to the retirement, within 120 days after the effective date of the arrangement, of indebtedness for money borrowed by us or a majority owned subsidiary recorded as long term debt as of the date of its creation and which, in the case of indebtedness of ours, is not subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment of the debt securities. The amount applied to the retirement of that indebtedness shall be reduced by (i) the principal amount of any debt securities delivered within 120 days of the effective date of the arrangement to the trustee, or the paying agent on its behalf, for retirement and cancellation, and (ii) the principal amount of the indebtedness, other than debt securities, retired by us or a majority owned subsidiary within 120 days of the effective date of the arrangement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in the second bullet above may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory prepayment provision.

“Principal Property” means any manufacturing plants or facilities of ours or any of our majority owned subsidiaries having a gross book value (without deduction for depreciation) in excess of 1% of Consolidated Assets, other than any plant or other facility our Board believes is not of material importance to our business as a whole.

For purposes of the foregoing, the term “value” means with respect to a sale and leaseback transaction, an amount equal to the greater of:

 

   

the net proceeds of the sale of the property leased pursuant to the sale and leaseback transaction; or

 

   

the fair value of the property at the time of entering into the sale and leaseback transaction, as determined by our board of directors.

In either case, the amount derived is first divided by the number of full years of the term of the lease and then multiplied by the number of full years remaining on the term of the lease at the time of determination without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease.

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substantially all of the assets of PACCAR. See “Description of Securities—Provisions of the Indenture—Mergers and Sales of Assets by PACCAR.” Unless otherwise specified with respect to the debt securities of a series in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities issued under the Indenture will provide no provisions for a right to acquire any increased interests or any other rights that would afford holders of the securities additional protection in the event of a change of control of PACCAR or a recapitalization or highly leveraged transaction.

Mergers and Sales of Assets by PACCAR .  PACCAR may consolidate or merge with any other corporation, and it may convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, if the following conditions are satisfied (See Article 8 of the Indenture):

 

   

The surviving corporation, if other than PACCAR, shall be organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the securities issued under the Indenture and the performance and observance of the Indenture;

 

   

PACCAR or the successor corporation shall not immediately after the transaction be in default under the Indenture; and

 

   

PACCAR and its property shall not become subject to a lien or security interest prohibited by the Indenture.

Except as permitted above, PACCAR has agreed to preserve its corporate existence. (See Section 1004 of the Indenture).

Satisfaction and Discharge .  PACCAR may discharge its obligations under the securities of a specific series (See Article 4 of the Indenture) when it satisfies the following requirements with respect to the securities of that series:

 

   

PACCAR irrevocably deposits with the trustee, or the paying agent on its behalf, in trust, sufficient funds to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest to maturity or redemption on the securities, or if the securities are payable in United States dollars, the amount of direct obligations of or fully guaranteed by the United States as will be sufficient to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest to maturity or redemption on the securities;

 

   

PACCAR pays all other sums payable on the securities; and

 

   

if the deposit identified above occurs more than one year prior to the maturity or redemption of the securities, notice has been given to the holders of the securities, and the trustee and the paying agent have received an opinion of recognized tax counsel to the effect that the deposit and discharge will not result in recognition by the holders of the securities of income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes other than income, gain or loss which would have been recognized in like amount and at a like time absent the deposit, satisfaction and discharge.

Upon discharge, the holders of the securities of the specific series will no longer be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, except for the purposes of registration of transfer and exchange of the securities. The holders shall be paid only from the deposited funds or obligations.

Events of Default.   The following are Events of Default under the Indenture (See Section 501 of the Indenture) with respect to the securities of any series:

 

   

a default in the payment of principal of or any premium on any security of that series when due;

 

   

a default in the payment of any interest on any security of that series when due and continuance of such default for 30 days;

 

   

a default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when due in respect of any security of that series;

 

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a default in the performance of any other covenant of PACCAR in the Indenture other than a covenant included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of securities other than that series, and continuance of that default for 90 days after written notice;

 

   

a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument evidencing indebtedness of PACCAR, including the Indenture, which has resulted in the acceleration of indebtedness in excess of $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (except that this amount shall not apply in respect to a default on securities of another series covered by the Indenture) and the acceleration shall not have been rescinded or the indebtedness discharged within a period of 30 days after written notice as provided in the Indenture;

 

   

an event of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization as defined in the Indenture (a “bankruptcy event”); and

 

   

any other event of default provided for that series of securities.

If an Event of Default with respect to the securities of any series occurs and is continuing other than as a result of a bankruptcy event, the principal amount of all the securities of that series may be declared to be due and payable immediately by written notice as provided in the Indenture. If the securities of that series are original issue discount securities, the portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series may be declared due and payable. This declaration may be made by either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series may, under the circumstances described in the Indenture, rescind and annul the acceleration. If an Event of Default with respect to the securities of any series occurs and is continuing as a result of the occurrence of a bankruptcy event, the principal amount (or, in the case of original issue discount securities, the portion thereof specified in the terms of that series) of all the securities of that series shall automatically become due and payable. (See Section 502 of the Indenture).

The trustee has the duty to act with the required standard of care during an Event of Default. The trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under, or in relation to, the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless the holders have offered to the trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. (See Section 603 of the Indenture). Subject to the provisions for the indemnification of the trustee and other conditions specified in the Indenture (See Section 512 of the Indenture), the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of:

 

   

conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or

 

   

exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee, with respect to the securities of that series.

The right of a holder of any security to institute a proceeding with respect to the Indenture is subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture. (See Section 507 of the Indenture). Each holder has an absolute right to receive payment of principal, premium and interest, if any, when due and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment. (See Section 508 of the Indenture). The Indenture provides that the trustee is required to give the holders of the securities of any series written notice of any default within 90 days after the occurrence of the default of which the trustee is aware, unless previously cured or waived. In the case of default in the payment of principal, premium or interest, or in the payment of any sinking fund or redemption installment, the trustee may withhold the notice of default if it determines it is in the interest of such holders to do so. (See Section 602 of the Indenture).

PACCAR is required to furnish to the trustee and the paying agent annually a statement as to the performance by PACCAR of its obligations under the Indenture and as to any default in its performance. (See Section 1007 of the Indenture).

 

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Modification and Waiver.   PACCAR and the trustee may amend the Indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of each series affected by the amendment. (See Section 902 of the Indenture). The Indenture may not be amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding security adversely affected if the amendment:

 

   

changes the stated maturity date of the principal or interest on any security;

 

   

reduces the principal, premium, or rate of interest on, any security;

 

   

changes the method for determination of the rate of interest on any security so as to adversely affect the interests of the holder;

 

   

changes the premium payable upon the redemption of any security;

 

   

reduces the amount of principal of an original issue discount security payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the original issue discount security;

 

   

changes the place or currency of payment of principal, premium or interest on any security;

 

   

impairs the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any security; or

 

   

reduces the percentage of holders whose consent is required for amendment of the Indenture, waiver of compliance with the Indenture or waiver of defaults under the Indenture.

The Indenture also contains provisions permitting PACCAR and the trustee, without notice to or the consent of the holders of any debt securities issued thereunder, to modify or amend the Indenture (See Section 901 of the Indenture). Such amendment may be effected, for among other reasons, in order to:

 

   

evidence the succession of another corporation to PACCAR and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of PACCAR contained in the Indenture and the securities;

 

   

add to PACCAR’s covenants for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of securities issued under the Indenture or to surrender any right or power conferred upon PACCAR with respect to all or any series of securities issued under the Indenture;

 

   

add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of securities issued under the Indenture;

 

   

secure the securities;

 

   

establish the form or terms of securities of any series;

 

   

evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor trustee with respect to the securities of one or more series and add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one trustee; or

 

   

cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision which may be inconsistent with other provisions or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of any series of securities issued thereunder.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of each series may, on behalf of all holders of securities of that series:

 

   

waive compliance by PACCAR with some restrictive provisions of the Indenture (See Section 1008 of the Indenture), and

 

   

waive any past default under the Indenture with respect to securities of that series (See Section 513 of the Indenture), except for a default in the payment of principal, premium or interest, or in respect of a covenant or condition which cannot be waived without the consent of each holder of securities of that series.

 

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Regarding the Trustee

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is the trustee under the Indenture. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. also serves as trustee under the indenture with respect to the senior debt securities of our wholly-owned subsidiary, PACCAR Financial Corp.

Governing Law

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

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

PACCAR may sell the securities:

 

   

to or through agents, or

 

   

to or through underwriters, or

 

   

directly to purchasers.

The prospectus supplement with respect to the securities describes the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

 

   

the names of the agents or underwriters,

 

   

the public offering price or purchase price for the securities,

 

   

the rate of interest or method of computing the rate of interest,

 

   

the maturity date,

 

   

other terms and conditions of the securities,

 

   

any discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to the agents, underwriters, or any dealers and any other items constituting underwriting compensation, and

 

   

any exchanges on which the securities will be listed.

Only the agents or underwriters named in the prospectus supplement will be agents or underwriters in connection with the securities being offered.

If so indicated in the prospectus supplement, PACCAR will authorize underwriters or agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from PACCAR pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on the date stated in the prospectus supplement. Each contract will be for an amount not less than, and, unless PACCAR otherwise agrees, the aggregate principal amount of securities sold pursuant to the contracts shall not be more than, the amounts stated in the prospectus supplement. Institutions with which the contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions, and other institutions.

PACCAR has agreed to indemnify the agents and the several underwriters against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or contribute to payments the agents or the underwriters may be required to make.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may affect actual results. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: global, national and local economic, political and industry conditions; changes in the levels of new business volume due to unit fluctuations in new PACCAR truck sales; changes in competitive factors; changes affecting the profitability of truck owners and operators, including fuel costs; price changes impacting equipment costs and residual values; changes in costs, credit ratings or other factors that would affect financing costs; insufficient liquidity in the capital markets and availability of other funding sources; and legislation and governmental regulation.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov and PACCAR’s website at http://www.paccar.com. The information on the SEC’s Internet site and PACCAR’s website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus or incorporated into any filings PACCAR makes with the SEC and should not be relied upon in making an investment decision with respect to the notes. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the Public Reference Room.

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC covering the securities. For further information about PACCAR and the securities, you should refer to our registration statement and its exhibits. This prospectus summarizes material provisions of contracts and other documents that we refer you to. Because the prospectus may not contain all the information that you may find important, you should review the full text of these documents. We have included copies of these documents as exhibits to our registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION WE FILE WITH THE SEC

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means:

 

   

incorporated documents are considered part of the prospectus;

 

   

we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents; and

 

   

information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this incorporated information.

We incorporate by reference the documents listed below which were filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended:

 

   

annual report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-14817) for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed on March 1, 2011,

 

   

quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-14817) for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 filed on May 6, 2011, August 8, 2011 and November 7, 2011, respectively, and

 

   

current reports on Form 8-K (File No. 001-14817) filed on April 25, 2011, May 4, 2011 and September 2, 2011.

 

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We also incorporate by reference each of the following documents that we will file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus, other than any portions of the documents that are furnished rather than filed pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of current reports on Form 8-K (including exhibits related thereto) or other applicable SEC rules, until this offering is completed:

 

   

reports filed under Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act; and

 

   

any reports filed under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

You should rely only on information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell the securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of the date of this prospectus only. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may have changed since that date.

You may request a copy of any filings referred to above, excluding exhibits not specifically incorporated by reference into the filing, at no cost, by contacting us at the following address or telephone number: PACCAR Inc, 777-106 th Avenue N. E., Bellevue, Washington 98004, Attention: Treasury, Telephone: (425) 468-7676.

EXPERTS

Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, as of December 31, 2010, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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LOGO

PACCAR Inc

Medium-Term Notes, Series B

 

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

 

 

Citigroup    Barclays Capital    BofA Merrill Lynch

 

 

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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

Estimated expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with the issuance and sale of the securities, are as follows:

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

     *   

Accounting fees and expenses

   $ 480,000   

Legal fees and expenses, including those of agents, underwriters, trustee and paying agent

     285,000   

Printing expenses

     74,050   

Trustee and paying agent’s fees

     51,000   

Rating agency fees

     637,000   

Miscellaneous

     1,200   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,528,250   
  

 

 

 

 

*  

The payment of the filing fee is deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, under certain circumstances we are permitted, and in other circumstances may be required, to indemnify our officers and directors and persons serving at our request as a director or officer of another corporation against certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and other amounts paid in connection with certain threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative actions, suits or proceedings, in which such persons were or are parties, or are threatened to be made parties, by reason of the fact that such persons were or are our directors or officers. Article Twelfth of our Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions consistent with Section 145 with respect to indemnification of our officers and directors.

Reference is made to Section 7 of the form of the distribution agreement filed as exhibit 1.1 to the registration statement for provisions regarding the indemnification of us, our directors, certain of our officers and our controlling persons against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.

We maintain directors’ and officers’ liability and corporation reimbursement insurance with limits of $175,000,000 per policy year, under which our directors and officers are insured against loss (as defined) as a result of claims brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.

 

Item 16. Exhibits.

The exhibits to the registration statement required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the accompanying index to exhibits.

 

Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total

 

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dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this Registration Statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

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(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3, and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bellevue, State of Washington, on December 19, 2011.

 

PACCAR Inc

By:

 

/s/ M. C. P IGOTT

  (M. C. Pigott,
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 19, 2011.

 

   

Signature

  

Title

(1) Principal Executive Officer   
 

/s/ M. C. P IGOTT

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  M. C. Pigott   
(2) Principal Financial Officer   
 

/s/ R. E. A RMSTRONG

   President
  R. E. Armstrong   
(3) Principal Accounting Officer   
 

/s/ M. T. B ARKLEY

   Vice President and Controller
  M. T. Barkley   
(4) A Majority of the Board of Directors   
 

/s/ M. C. P IGOTT

   Chairman of the Board of Directors
  M. C. Pigott   
 

/s/ A. J. C ARNWATH

   Director
  A. J. Carnwath   
 

/s/ J. M. F LUKE , J R .

   Director
  J. M. Fluke, Jr.   
 

/s/ K. S. H ACHIGIAN

   Director
  K.S. Hachigian   
 

/s/ S. F. P AGE

   Director
  S. F. Page   
 

/s/ R. T. P ARRY

   Director
  R. T. Parry   
 

/s/ J. M. P IGOTT

   Director
  J. M. Pigott   
 

/s/ T. E. P LIMPTON

   Director
  T.E. Plimpton   

 

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Signature

  

Title

 

/s/ G. M. E. S PIERKEL

   Director
  G. M. E. Spierkel   
 

/s/ W. R. S TALEY

   Director
  W.R. Staley   
 

/s/ C. R. W ILLIAMSON

   Director
  C. R. Williamson   
By:  

/s/ M. C. P IGOTT

  
  M. C. Pigott   
  Attorney-in-Fact   

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  1.1.    Form of Distribution Agreement for the Medium-Term Notes, Series B dated as of December 19, 2011 between the registrant, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  4.1.    Indenture for Senior Debt Securities dated as of December 19, 2011 between the registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  4.2A.    Form of Medium-Term Note, Series B (Fixed-Rate)
  4.2B.    Form of Medium-Term Note, Series B (Floating-Rate)
  5.1.    Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP as to the legality of the Senior Debt Securities
  8.1.    Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP with respect to certain tax matters (set forth in full in the filing)
12.1.    Statement re computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges of the registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 12(a) to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-14817) and to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011 (File No. 001-14817))
23.1.    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2.    Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3.    Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
24.1.    Power of Attorney
25.1.    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939

 

Other exhibits listed in Item 601 of Regulation S-K are not applicable.

 

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Exhibit 1.1

PACCAR INC

Medium-Term Notes, Series B

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

December 19, 2011

To the several Agents

who are signatories hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

PACCAR Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue from time to time its Medium-Term Notes, Series B (the “Securities”) to be issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of December 19, 2011 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). It is understood, however, that the Company may from time to time authorize the issuance of additional Securities and that such additional Securities may be sold pursuant to the terms of this Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”), as though the issuance of such Securities were authorized as of the date hereof.

This Agreement provides both for the sale of Securities and any other securities that may be offered by post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined) by the Company directly to purchasers through the Agents, in which case the Agents will act as agents of the Company in soliciting Security purchasers, and (as may from time to time be agreed to by the Company and the Agents) to the Agents as principals for resale to purchasers. Additional terms of any sale of Securities to the Agents as principals will be set out in a Terms Agreement (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof) relating to such sale, all as more fully provided herein.

Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Securities directly to investors on its own behalf or to one or more underwriters for resale to the public, the Company hereby (i) appoints the Agents as agents of the Company for the purpose of soliciting purchases of the Securities from the Company by others, (ii) agrees that it will sell Securities only to or through the Agents or other agents appointed from time to time by the Company pursuant to agreements having terms not more favorable to such agents or the Company than the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (iii) agrees that whenever the Company determines to sell Securities directly to the Agents as principals for resale to others, it will enter into a Terms Agreement relating to such sale in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. The Company shall give the Agents prior notice of the appointment of any additional agents for the purpose of soliciting purchasers of the Securities. The Company will notify each Agent of the amount of Securities from time to time remaining unsold and of such other information as may be reasonably necessary to prevent inadvertent solicitations for sales in excess of the amount of Securities then remaining unsold.

 

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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) The Company represents and warrants as of the date hereof (unless otherwise set forth below), as of the time of each acceptance by the Company of any offer for the purchase of any Securities (whether to an Agent as principal or through an Agent as agent) (each such time being an “Applicable Time”), as of the date of each delivery of the Securities (the date of each such delivery to an Agent as principal or through an Agent as agent is referred to as a “Settlement Date”), and as of any time that the Registration Statement (as defined below) or the Prospectus (as defined below) shall be amended or supplemented, and as of the times referred to in Sections 6(a), 6(b) and 6(c) hereof (each of the times referenced above is referred to herein as a “Representation Date”), as follows:

(i) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-[            ]) which provides for the registration of the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act (the “Rules and Regulations”), and the Company has filed such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to any acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Securities. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).

(ii) Such registration statement (as so amended, if applicable) is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and the final prospectus and all applicable amendments or supplements thereto (including the final prospectus supplement and pricing supplement relating to the offering of Securities), in the form furnished to the Agents for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, is herein called the “Prospectus;” provided, however, that all references to the “Registration Statement,” the “Prospectus” and a preliminary prospectus (as defined below) shall also be deemed to include all documents incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). A “preliminary prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to any prospectus, any prospectus supplement and/or pricing supplement used before the acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Securities which omitted information to be included upon pricing in a form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).

(iii)(A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Rules and Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule

 

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163”) and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 405”), and has not been and is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405; the Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, and the Securities, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement”; and the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

(iv) The Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”) on December 19, 2011, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

(v) At the respective times that the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto (including the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Commission (the “Annual Report on Form 10-K”)) became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Rules and Regulations and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act (the “Trust Indenture Act Regulations”) 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.

(vi) The Prospectus and each preliminary prospectus and prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, when so filed, complied or will comply in all material respects with the Rules and Regulations; each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Agents for use in connection with the offering of Securities are identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T; and at the date hereof, at the date of the Prospectus and at each Representation Date, neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit 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.

(vii) Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the Rules and Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption

 

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provided by Rule 163 and such offer otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including, without limitation, the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the Act provided by Rule 163.

As of the Applicable Time, neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) made available by the Company for use by the applicable Agent(s) as of the Applicable Time and the applicable Final Term Sheet (as defined in Section 3(d) hereof), if any, relating to the offering of the Securities, 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.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show” that constitutes a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors.

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

“Statutory Prospectus” means (i) the prospectus relating to various securities of the Company, including the Securities, that is included in the Registration Statement and (ii) the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities and any preliminary pricing supplement relating to the Securities of a particular series.

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 the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Agents as described in Section 3(l), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement 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.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure

 

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Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Agent through the Agents expressly for use therein.

(viii) The Company is not in violation of its corporate charter or bylaws; the Company is not in default in the observance or performance of any obligation, agreement, indenture or instrument, the effect of which default would be material to the Company. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, and compliance by the Company with the provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not conflict with, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a default in the observance or performance of, any agreement, indenture or instrument, or result in a violation of the corporate charter or bylaws of the Company or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties, the effect of which conflict, lien, charge, encumbrance, default or violation would be material to the Company. Except as required by the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Exchange Act and applicable state securities laws, no consent, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture or in connection with the sale of Securities hereunder, the failure to obtain which consent, authorization or order or make which filing or registration would be material to the Company. The Company has no subsidiaries within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.

(ix) From the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as described therein (a) there has not been any material adverse change in the business, properties, financial condition, results of operations, management or prospects of the Company, (b) there has been no material transaction entered into by the Company other than those in the ordinary course of business, and (c) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on its capital stock, except as disclosed in the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(x) Ernst & Young LLP, whose report appears in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations.

(xi) The Indenture has been validly authorized, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes the legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, other laws relating to creditors’ rights generally or by general equity principles and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any debt securities issued under the Indenture

 

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that are payable in a foreign currency (or a foreign 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).

(xii) When the Securities are offered for sale pursuant hereto and to any applicable Terms Agreement, they will have been validly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement or such Terms Agreement and, upon delivery and payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture will be validly issued and outstanding, and will constitute legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws relating to creditors’ rights generally or by general equity principles and except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any Securities payable in a foreign currency (or a foreign currency judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate or 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 in a form previously certified to the Agents and contemplated by the Indenture and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(xiii) The descriptions of the Securities and the Indenture contained in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package fairly present the information required with respect thereto in all material respects.

(xiv) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify and be in good standing would materially adversely affect its business or financial condition, and has the power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the business in which it is presently engaged.

(xv) Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no material litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company which might result in any material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations, business, property or prospects of the Company or which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company is a party or of which any of their respective assets, properties or operations is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, may not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change.

(xvi) The financial statements filed as part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus present, and will present as of each applicable Representation Date, fairly the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated therein and

 

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have been, and will be as of each applicable Representation Date, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(xvii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been, and will be as of each applicable Representation Date, prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and such documents have been, or will be as of each applicable Representation Date, timely filed as required thereby.

(xviii) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations, or which were required to be filed as exhibits to any document incorporated by reference in any prospectus by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, which have not been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to such document incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the Rules and Regulations or the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act, as the case may be.

(xix) All the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company has been duly authorized, is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xx) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, in which it is chartered or organized, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not materially adversely affect the business of the Company, and each subsidiary of the Company has the power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the business in which it is presently engaged.

(xxi) All of the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized, is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and is owned, of record and beneficially, by the Company, directly or through its subsidiaries, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, claim or encumbrance, except where the failure to so own all such capital stock or where any such mortgage, pledge, lien, claim or encumbrance would not materially adversely affect the business of the Company and except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has all licenses for the conduct of its respective business which the failure to have would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and all such licenses are valid and in full force and

 

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effect; and neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of such licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if subject to an unfavorable decision, would result in an adverse effect on the business of the Company.

(xxiii) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxiv) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is respectively engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments; there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause, except where such lack of coverage, denial or defense would not result in a material adverse effect on the business of the Company; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to obtain new insurance coverage, renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would result in a material adverse change, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxv) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

(xxvi) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations

 

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thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(xxvii) 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 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.

(xxviii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(xxix) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use on reasonable terms, all patents, trade and service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names (in each case including all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how, and other intellectual property, (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) the Company owns, or has rights to use under license, all such Intellectual Property free and clear in all material respects of all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such

 

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Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (v) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party that the Company or any subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no valid and subsisting patent or published patent application that would preclude the Company, in any material respect, from utilizing any such Intellectual Property, except (with regard to each of (i) through (v)) as could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse affect on the business of the Company.

(xxx) The Medium-Term Note program under which the Securities are issued (the “Program”), as well as the Securities, are rated A1/Stable by Moody’s Investors Service and A+/Stable by Standard & Poor’s, or such other rating as to which the Company has most recently notified the Agents pursuant to Section 3(e) hereof.

(xxxi) The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(xxxii) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange 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 and the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. 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. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or 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. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange 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.

(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to an Agent or to its counsel in connection with an offering of Securities or the sale of Securities to an Agent as principal shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to such Agent as to the matters covered thereby.

 

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SECTION 2. Agents.

(a) Solicitations as Agent . On the basis of the representations and warranties contained herein, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Agent agrees, as agent of the Company, to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. The Agents shall not appoint sub-agents. The Agents are authorized to engage the services of any other broker or dealer in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities purchased by the Agents as principal for resale to others, and the Agents may allow any portion of the discount they have received in connection with such purchases from the Company to such brokers or dealers.

The Agents shall offer the Securities at such times, in such amounts and maturities and at such rates of interest as the Company shall authorize, but the Company shall not approve the solicitation of purchases of Securities in excess of the amount which shall be authorized by the Company from time to time or in excess of the principal amount of Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Agent will have no responsibility for maintaining records with respect to the aggregate principal amount of Securities sold, or of otherwise monitoring the availability of Securities for sale under the Registration Statement. The Agents shall furnish a copy of the Prospectus to each offeree to the extent required by the Act. The Agents shall not offer to sell to or solicit offers to buy from any person in any state or jurisdiction otherwise than in conformity with the Blue Sky Memorandum referred to in Section 4.

The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend solicitation of purchases of the Securities, commencing at any time, for a period of time or permanently. Promptly after receipt of telephonic or written notice from the Company, the Agents will suspend solicitation of purchases of the Securities from the Company until such time as the Company has advised them that such solicitation may be resumed. Following any such notice, until such time as the Company shall notify the Agents, telephonically or in writing, to recommence solicitation of purchases of the Securities, the Company shall not be required to comply with the requirements of Sections 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d) hereof. Promptly after providing telephonic or written notice to the Agents to recommence such solicitation, the Company shall provide to the Agents such certificates, opinions and letters as generally described in Sections 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d) as the Agents may reasonably request or as may be specified in any applicable Terms Agreement.

Promptly upon the closing of the sale of any Securities, the Company agrees to pay the appropriate Agent a commission (or allow such Agent a discount) in the currency in which such Securities are denominated equal to a percentage of the principal amount of each of the Securities sold by the Company as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent during the term of this Agreement as set forth in Schedule A hereto, or such other amount as shall be agreed upon between the Company and such Agent and set forth in the pricing supplement relating to such Securities.

 

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The Agents are authorized to solicit orders for the Securities in such denominations (in U.S. dollars or in another currency), upon such terms and at such prices as the Company shall authorize and shall be set forth in a pricing supplement to the Prospectus to be prepared following each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Securities. Unless otherwise specifically authorized, the Agents shall solicit orders only for the purchase of Securities (i) at 100 percent of their principal amount and (ii) denominated in U.S. dollars in the amount of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. Each Agent shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Securities received by it as Agent. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase the Securities and may in its absolute discretion reject any such offer in whole or in part. The Company shall have no liability to any Agent for any commission for its rejection of any offer or its failure to consummate any sale. Each Agent shall have the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, to reject any offer to purchase the Securities received by it in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of its agreement contained herein.

(b) Purchases as Principal . Each sale of Securities to an Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms contained herein and (unless the Company and the Agent shall otherwise agree) in a separate agreement which will provide for the sale of such Securities to, and the purchase and reoffering thereof by, the Agent. Each such separate agreement (which may be an oral agreement) between an Agent and the Company is herein referred to as a “Terms Agreement.” Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference contained herein to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to include any applicable Terms Agreement between the Company and an Agent. Each such Terms Agreement, whether oral or in writing, shall be with respect to such information (as applicable) as is specified in Exhibit A hereto. An Agent’s commitment to purchase Securities as principal 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. Each Terms Agreement shall specify (i) the principal amount of Securities to be purchased by such Agent pursuant thereto, (ii) the price to be paid to the Company for such Securities (which shall be at a discount, if any, as specified in a Terms Agreement), (iii) the time and place of delivery of and payment for such Securities, (iv) any provisions relating to the rights of and any default by any broker or dealer acting together with such Agent in the reoffering of the Securities, and (v) such other provisions (including further terms of the Securities) as may be mutually agreed upon. The Agents may utilize a selling or dealer group in connection with the resale of the Securities purchased and may reallow to any broker or dealer any portion of the discount or commission payable pursuant hereto. Such Terms Agreement shall also specify the requirements for the stand-off agreement, officer’s certificate, opinions of counsel and comfort letter pursuant to Sections 3(m), 5(b), 5(c), 5(e) and 5(f) hereof.

Securities to be purchased by an Agent as principal are herein called the “Purchased Securities.” Purchased Securities will be represented by a global certificate (the “Book-Entry Securities”) registered in the name of the depositary (the “Depositary”) specified in the Prospectus or by certificates issued in definitive form (the “Certificated Securities”). Delivery of Certificated Securities shall be made to the Agent and delivery of Book-Entry Securities shall be made to the Trustee as agent for the Depositary for the account of the Agent, in either case, against payment by the Agent of the purchase price to or upon the order of the Company in the funds specified in the applicable Terms Agreement. Certificated Securities shall be registered in

 

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such names and in such denominations as the Agent may request not less than two full business days prior to the applicable Closing Date (as defined below). The Company will have Certificated Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by the Agent in the city in which delivery and payment is to occur, not later than 2 p.m., on the business day prior to the applicable Closing Date.

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 on the Closing 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 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 24-hour period, then:

 

  (a) 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 Closing Date, the nondefaulting Agents shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective initial underwriting obligations bear to the underwriting obligations of all nondefaulting Agents; or

 

  (b) 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 Closing 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 right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.

(c) Administrative Procedures . Administrative procedures respecting the sale of Securities shall be agreed upon from time to time by the Agents and the Company (the “Procedures”). The several Agents and the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by each of them herein and in the Procedures.

(d) Closing Date . The documents required to be delivered by Section 5 hereof shall be delivered at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, on the date hereof or, with respect to any particular Agent, such other date and time as such Agent and the Company may agree upon in writing (the “Closing Date”).

(e) Other Debt Securities . Nothing contained herein, other than Section 3(m) hereof, shall limit the right of the Company to authorize and issue debt securities, including medium-term notes other than the Securities, under the Indenture or otherwise.

 

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(f) Reliance . The Company and the Agents agree that any Securities the placement of which the Agents arrange shall be placed by the Agents, and any Securities purchased by an Agent shall be purchased, in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company contained herein and on the terms and conditions and in the manner provided herein.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company.

The Company covenants and agrees:

(a) To furnish promptly to each Agent a signed copy of the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto, and a copy of the General Disclosure Package and each Prospectus with respect to the Securities filed with the Commission, including all supplements thereto and all documents incorporated therein by reference, and all consents and exhibits filed therewith. The Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and the Prospectus and each amendment and supplement thereto so furnished to the Agents will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(b) To deliver promptly to each Agent such number of the following documents as each Agent may reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement and any new registration statement (excluding exhibits other than the computation of the ratios of earnings to fixed charges, the Indenture and this Agreement), (ii) the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus with respect to the Securities, and (iii) any documents incorporated by reference in any Prospectus with respect to the Securities (excluding exhibits).

(c) To file with the Commission, during any period in which any Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, any new registration statement or any Prospectus that is required by the Act or the Rules and Regulations, and all documents, and any amendments to previously filed documents, required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(d) Prior to filing with the Commission during any period in which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Securities (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Act) (i) any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and any new registration statement, (ii) any Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (iii) any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing or any amendment of or supplement to any such incorporated document, to furnish a copy thereof to the counsel for the Agents and to allow the Agents and counsel for the Agents a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon and, between the date of delivery of any Terms Agreement and the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, not to file any such document to which the applicable agent reasonably objects. Unless otherwise notified by the Agents, the Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of an offering of Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business within two days following the date such final terms are established.

 

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(e) To advise each Agent promptly (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement relating to or covering the Securities becomes effective, (ii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the filing of any new registration statement or any Prospectus, to any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or any order directed to any Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or the initiation or threat of any stop order proceeding or of any challenge by the Commission to the accuracy or adequacy of any document incorporated by reference in any Prospectus or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Act concerning the Registration Statement, (v) of receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that purpose, (vi) of the occurrence of any event which causes the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or the General Disclosure Package or any Prospectus to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (vii) any change in the rating assigned by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) to the Program or any debt securities (including the Securities) of the Company, or the public announcement by any NRSRO that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the Program or any such debt securities, or the withdrawal by an NRSRO of its rating of the Program or any such debt securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus (including, without limitation, any pricing supplement) transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus (including, without limitation, any pricing supplement). The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(f) The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the Rules and Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Rules and Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

(g) If, during any period in which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Act), the Commission shall issue a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to make every reasonable effort to obtain the lifting of that order at the earliest possible time.

(h) To make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable but in no event later than 90 days after each twelve-month period identified below, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, which need not be

 

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certified by independent certified public accountants unless required by the Act or the Rules and Regulations) covering the twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the fiscal quarter next following each date which (i) under Section 11(a) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations is an effective date of the Registration Statement for purposes of said Section 11(a), and (ii) is not later than the last sale hereunder; provided that such delivery requirement shall be deemed met by the Company’s compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

(i) So long as any of the Securities are outstanding, to furnish to each Agent not later than the time the Company makes the same generally available to others, copies of all reports and financial statements furnished by the Company to any securities exchange on which the Securities are listed pursuant to requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder to the extent that such reports and financial statements are not publicly available on EDGAR.

(j) To endeavor, in cooperation with the Agents, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as we may agree upon and to maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not already so qualified, to file any general consent to service of process, or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not already subject to taxation. 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 will prepare, with respect to any Securities to be sold through or to the Agents pursuant to this Agreement, a pricing supplement with respect to such Securities in a form previously approved by the Agents and will file the Prospectus, including such pricing supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (or any rule succeeding or replacing such rule) under the Act not later than the close of business of the Commission on the fifth business day after the date on which such pricing supplement is first used.

(l) If at any time during the term of this Agreement any event shall occur or any condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Agents or counsel for the Company, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package in order that the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package 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 the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of either of such counsel, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package or to file a new registration statement in order to comply with the requirements of the Act or the Rules and Regulations, immediate notice shall be given, and confirmed in writing, to the Agents to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities in the Agents’ capacity as agent and to cease sales of any Securities the Agents may then own as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement, and the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or

 

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supplement or a new registration statement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, any new registration statement and Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package comply with such requirements. The Company shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this subsection during any period from the time (i) the Agents shall have suspended solicitation of purchases of the Securities in their capacity as agents pursuant to a request from the Company and (ii) the Agents shall not then hold any Securities as principal purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement, to the time the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of the Securities should be resumed or shall subsequently enter into a new Terms Agreement with the Agents. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities 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, the Company will promptly notify the Agents and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(m) If provided in a Terms Agreement, between the date of such Terms Agreement and the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, the Company will not offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any debt securities of the Company (other than the Securities that are to be sold pursuant to such Terms Agreement and commercial paper for other short-term debt with an original maturity of 270 days or less in the ordinary course of business) without such Agent’s prior consent.

(n) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the issuance and sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(o) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Agents, and each Agent represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet in accordance with Section 3(d) hereof, the Agents are authorized to use the information with respect to the final terms of the applicable Securities in communications conveying information relating to the applicable offering of Securities to investors. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Agent(s) 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,” as defined in Rule 433, 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; provided, however, that any such treatment shall not convert a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus that would not otherwise constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus into an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus solely due to such treatment. Any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall be considered to be an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Agents.

 

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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.

The Company will pay (i) the costs incident to its authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection, (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Act of the Registration Statement, any new registration statement and any amendments and exhibits thereto, (iii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing of any document and any amendments and exhibits thereto required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, (iv) the costs of furnishing to the Agents copies of the Registration Statement filed and each amendment and post-effective amendment thereof (including exhibits), any preliminary prospectus, Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus, any supplement to the Prospectus and any documents incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing documents, (v) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vi) the cost of any filings with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., in respect of the Securities, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company, (viii) any fees payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses of qualifying the Securities under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in this Agreement and of preparing and printing a Blue Sky Memorandum and a memorandum concerning the legality of the Securities as an investment (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agents in connection therewith), and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

In addition, the Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Agents in connection with the sale of the Securities.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Obligations.

The obligations of an Agent to solicit offers to purchase the Securities will be subject to the continued accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained 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 contained herein and to the following additional conditions:

(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no order shall have been issued by the Commission suspending or preventing the use of the General Disclosure Package or any prospectus, and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission and any request by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Agents.

(b) At the Closing Date, the Agents shall have been received the opinion, dated as of the delivery date thereof, of Bruce N. Holliday, Assistant General Counsel of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents and their counsel, 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 Delaware.

 

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(ii) The Company 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.

(iii) The Company is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to transact business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify and be in good standing would materially adversely affect its business or financial condition.

(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus 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.

(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company.

(vi) Such counsel does not know of any litigation or any governmental proceeding pending or threatened against the Company which would affect the subject matter of this Agreement or which is required to be disclosed in the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus and is not disclosed and fairly summarized therein.

(vii) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or other documents which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations, or which are required to be filed by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder as exhibits to any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, which have not been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to such document incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the Rules and Regulations or the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act.

(viii) The Company is not in violation of its corporate charter or bylaws or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge after due inquiry, in default under any material agreement, indenture or instrument, the effect of which violation or default would be material to the Company.

 

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(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and compliance by the Company with the provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, will not conflict with, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a default under, any agreement, indenture or instrument known to such counsel after due inquiry, or result in a violation of the corporate charter or bylaws of the Company or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company, or its properties, the effect of which conflict, lien, charge, encumbrance, default or violation would be material to the Company; and, except as may be required by the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Exchange Act or state securities laws, no consent, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, the failure to obtain which consent, authorization or order to make which filing or registration would be material to the Company.

(x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except that no opinion need be expressed as to the financial statements and other financial data contained therein) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and, if this opinion is required by an agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, the General Disclosure Package (except that no opinion need be expressed as to the financial statements and other financial data contained therein) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; such counsel shall also confirm that no facts have come to the attention of such counsel that gives such counsel reason to believe that, as of the applicable effective date, the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and, if this opinion is required by an agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 and, if this opinion is required by any agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, that the General Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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.

(c) At the Closing Date, the Agents and the Company shall have received the opinion, dated as of the date of delivery thereof, of Perkins Coie LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents and their counsel, to the effect that:

(i) The Securities are in a form contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when executed and authenticated as specified in the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with this Agreement, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, other laws relating to creditors’ rights generally or by general equity principles).

(ii) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, other laws relating to creditor’s rights generally or by general equity principles).

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Notes” and “Description of Securities,” in each case insofar as the statements purport to describe the provisions of documents and laws referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects.

(iv) The Indenture is qualified under, and complies in all material respects as to form with, the Trust Indenture Act.

(v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act. To the knowledge of such counsel, (a) no stop order suspending effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Act, and no proceedings for this purpose are pending or threatened by the Commission, and (b) no order of the Commission challenging the accuracy or adequacy of any document incorporated by reference in any Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for this purpose are pending or threatened by the Commission.

(vi) Without independent verification of the factual accuracy, completeness or fairness of any statements made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any documents incorporated by reference therein or in any General Disclosure Package, each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except that no opinion need be expressed as to the financial statements, financial schedules and other financial information contained therein or that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Form T-1) appear on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and each of the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and, if this opinion is required by an agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, the General Disclosure Package (except that no opinion need be expressed as to the financial statements, financial schedules and other financial information contained therein) appear on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(vii) Such counsel shall also confirm that although such counsel assumes no responsibility for the factual accuracy, completeness or fairness of any statements (other than as set forth in paragraph (iii) above and subject to the assumptions, exclusions and qualifications set forth in such counsel’s opinion) made in (a) the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, (b) the General Disclosure Package or any amendment or supplement thereto, (c) the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (d) the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that:

 

  a. the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for the financial statements, financial schedules and other financial information included therein and that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Form T-1, as to which such counsel makes no statement) at the time the Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement became effective contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or

 

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  b. if this opinion is required by any agreement by an Agent to purchase Notes as principal, the General Disclosure Package (except for the financial statements, financial schedules and other financial information included therein, as to which such counsel makes no statement) as of the Applicable Time contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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. the Prospectus (except for the financial statements, financial schedules and other financial information included therein, as to which such counsel makes no statement) as of its date and as of the Closing Date contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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.

(d) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Agents shall have been furnished such other documents, certificates and opinions as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them or Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Agents, to determine the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction of any of the representations, warranties or conditions herein contained.

(e) At each Closing Date, the Agents shall have received a certificate of the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Controller of the Company to the effect that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, the conditions set forth in Section 5(a) and (g) have been satisfied, and as to the continued accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein.

(f) The Company has furnished to the Agents on the Closing Date a letter of Ernst & Young LLP, addressed to the Agents and dated the Closing Date, confirming that they are independent auditors within the meaning of the Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and stating, as of the date of such letter (or with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of a date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of such accountants with respect to such financial information and other matters as reasonably requested by the Agents.

(g) No order suspending the sale of the Securities in any jurisdiction designated pursuant to Section 3(j) hereof shall have been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the purchasing Agent or the Company, shall be contemplated.

 

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All opinions, letters, evidences and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to the Agents.

If any conditions specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects, the agency of any Agent under this Agreement may be terminated by such Agent by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of either the Company or such Agent, except with respect to any unpaid commission then owing to such Agent by the Company and except that Sections 3(h), 4, 7, 9 and 13 hereof shall remain in effect.

SECTION 6. Additional Covenants of the Company.

The Company covenants and agrees that:

(a) Each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Securities through an Agent, and each delivery of Securities to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, shall be deemed to be an affirmation to such Agent that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in any certificate theretofore delivered to such Agent pursuant hereto are true and correct at the time of such acceptance, and an undertaking that such representations and warranties will be true and correct at the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent of the Securities relating to such acceptance, as though made at and as of each such time (it being understood that such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to each such time).

(b) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates, manner of determining interest rates, interest payment dates or maturities of the Securities or a change in the principal amount of Securities remaining to be sold or similar changes or a supplement to the Prospectus in the form previously furnished to the Agents relating to a sale of securities otherwise than through an Agent) or the Company files with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or (if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement) the Company sells Securities to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to each Agent promptly a certificate of the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Controller of the Company to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section 5(e) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent are true and correct at the time of such amendment or supplement or filing, 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 and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in said Section 5(e), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate.

(c) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented or the Company files with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a

 

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change in the interest rates, manner of determining interest rates, interest payment dates or maturities of the Securities remaining to be sold or similar changes or a supplement to the Prospectus in the form previously furnished to the Agents relating to the sale of securities otherwise than through an Agent) or (if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement) the Company sells Securities to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall cause to be furnished promptly to each Agent and its counsel the written opinion or opinions of Bruce N. Holliday, and/or, at the option of the Company, of Perkins Coie LLP, dated the date of delivery of such opinion or opinions, of the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Sections 5(b) and 5(c) hereof, but modified as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion or opinions; provided, however, that in lieu of such opinion or opinions, counsel may furnish a letter to the effect that the Agents may rely on a prior opinion of such counsel which was to the same effect as the opinion in lieu of which such letter is given to the same extent as though it was dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance).

(d) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to include additional financial information or the Company files with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains additional financial information or (if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement) the Company sells Securities to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall cause Ernst & Young LLP promptly to furnish each Agent a letter, dated the date of filing of such amendment, supplement or document with the Commission or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to each Agent, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 5(f) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter, 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 or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, Ernst & Young LLP may limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial statements included in such amendment or supplement unless there is contained therein any other accounting, financial or statistical information that, in the reasonable judgment of an Agent, should be covered by such letter.

SECTION 7. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent, each person, if any, who at the written request of such Agent and with the consent of the Company is participating with such Agent as the Company’s agent in the distribution of the Securities who is an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Act with respect to the distribution of the Securities (the “Participants”) and each director, officer or other person, if any, who controls such Agent or any Participant within the meaning of the Act from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, and any action in respect thereof, to which such Agent or such Participant or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the

 

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Registration Statement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, General Disclosure Package or any Prospectus, or arises out of, or is based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse such Agent, each such Participant, and each such controlling person for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred, as they are incurred, by it in investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement or any Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Agent specifically for inclusion therein; and provided, further, that this indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any Agent, any Participant, or any director, officer or other person, if any, controlling such Agent or any Participant, on account of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of Securities to any person by such Agent or such Participant if (i) prior to the Applicable Time for such Securities, the Company shall have notified such Agent that the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package has been amended, that such amendment is a material change and that such Agent must use such amended Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or General Disclosure Package, in lieu of the prior Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or General Disclosure Package, and, prior to the Applicable Time for such Securities, the Company shall have filed such amended Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or General Disclosure Package with the Commission, (ii) such amended Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or General Disclosure Package was conveyed to such Agent sufficiently in advance of the Applicable Time so that such amended Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package could have been conveyed to such person prior to the Applicable Time, (iii) such amended Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or General Disclosure Package (excluding any document then incorporated or deemed incorporated therein by reference) was not conveyed to such person prior to the Applicable Time, and (iv) such amended Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or General Disclosure Package would have cured the defect giving rise to such losses, liabilities, costs or claims. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Agent or any Participant or any controlling person.

(b) Each Agent shall severally indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, and any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement, or any Prospectus, or arises out of, or is based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Agent specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any

 

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legal and other expenses reasonably incurred, as they are incurred, by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in investigating or defending or preparing to defend against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Agent may otherwise have to the Company or any of its directors, officers or controlling persons.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that the indemnified party shall have the right to employ a separate counsel and one local counsel to represent such indemnified party who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the indemnified party against the indemnifying party under this Section if, in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified party, it is advisable for such indemnified party to be represented by separate counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel or such local counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party has been authorized by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in the conduct of the defense of such action or additional or different defenses such that the counsel retained by the indemnifying party to defend the indemnified party in such action cannot adequately represent the interests of the indemnified party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party), or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expense of such separate counsel shall be paid by the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any claim or action settled without its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim 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.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section shall for any reason (other than as specified herein) be unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or 7(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the

 

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amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnified party and the indemnifying party from the offering of the Securities, the relative fault of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and an Agent on the other with respect to an offering shall be determined in light of the relation of the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company to the total commissions received by the Agent with respect to such offering. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by an Agent, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), no Agent shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Purchased Securities were offered by it to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which it shall have otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Each Agent represents for purposes of Sections 7(a) and 7(b) that it has received a copy of the form of Prospectus the Company proposes to file with the Commission with respect to the Securities and that the Agent will be soliciting offers to purchase the Securities (subject to the conditions hereof) for sale as described therein.

SECTION 8. Assistance by the Agents.

Each Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Securities from the Company has been solicited by the Agent and accepted by the Company, but such Agent shall have no liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason.

SECTION 9. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.

All representations and warranties of the Company and the Agents contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent or any person controlling any Agent or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Securities.

 

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SECTION 10. Termination.

(a) Termination of this Agreement . This Agreement shall terminate when the Agents shall have been advised by the Company that all of the Securities have been sold and the purchase price therefor has been paid and the Securities delivered to the purchasers thereof. This Agreement may be terminated (except with respect to offers to purchase Securities which have been accepted by the Company or a Terms Agreement has been executed) for any reason, at any time, by either the Company or such Agent, upon the giving of one day’s written or telegraphic notice of such termination to the other.

(b) Termination of a Terms Agreement . An Agent may terminate any Terms Agreement, immediately upon notice to the Company, at any time prior to the Settlement Date relating thereto (i) if there has been, since the date of such Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs, management or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there shall have occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets or any material interruption in the clearance and settlement systems in the United States or, if such Securities are denominated and/or payable in, or indexed to, one or more foreign currencies, in the international financial markets, or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis or any change or development or event involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of such Agent(s), impracticable to market the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange, or if trading generally on either the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Select Market shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by either of said exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by the relevant authorities in the country or countries of origin of any foreign currency or currencies in which the Securities are denominated or payable, or (iv) if the rating assigned by any NRSRO to any debt securities of the Company as of the date of any applicable Terms Agreement shall have been lowered since that date or if any such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any debt securities of the Company, or (v) if there shall have come to such Agent’s attention any facts that would cause such Agent to believe that the Prospectus, at the time it was required to be delivered to a purchaser of Securities, 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 the time of such delivery, not misleading.

(c) General . In the event of a termination of this Agreement, neither party will have any liability to the other party hereto, except that (i) the Agents shall be entitled to any

 

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commission earned in accordance with the fourth paragraph on Section 2(a) hereof, (ii) if at the time of termination (A) an Agent shall own any Securities purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement 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 Security or Securities relating thereto has not occurred, the covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 6 hereof shall remain in effect until such Securities are so resold or delivered, as the case may be, and (iii) the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Section 7 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 9 and 13 hereof shall remain in effect.

SECTION 11. Notices.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Agents shall be directed as set forth below their respective signatures hereto. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it as follows: PACCAR Inc, 777 106th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, Washington 98004, Attention: Treasurer.

SECTION 12. Parties.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the several Agents and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Section 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein or therein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors of 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 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent(s), on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offerings contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent (except to the extent expressly set forth herein) or fiduciary of the Company or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (iii) no Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offerings contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Agent has any obligation to the Company with respect to any offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Agent(s) and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) no Agent has provided any legal,

 

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accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offerings contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW; FORUM.

THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES. ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY AGAINST ANY AGENT IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

[Signature page follows]

 

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Please indicate your acceptance hereof in the space provided for that purpose below.

 

Very truly yours,
PACCAR Inc
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Accepted:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Transaction Execution Group

Phone: 212-816-1135

Fax: 646-291-5209

 

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Barclays Capital Inc.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attn.: Syndicate Registration

Phone: 212-526-0015

Fax: 646-834-8133

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Attn: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management

Phone: 646-855-0724

Fax: 212-901-7881

 

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Exhibit A

The following terms, if applicable, shall be agreed to by the purchasing Agent and the Company pursuant to each Terms Agreement:

Principal Amount: $                    

    (or principal amount of foreign currency)

Interest Rate:

If Fixed Rate Security, Interest Rate:

If Floating Rate Security:

Interest Rate Basis or Bases:

If LIBOR:

    Reuters Page LIBOR01

    Reuters Page LIBOR02

Designated LIBOR Currency:

If CMT Rate:

    Reuters Page FRBCMT

    Reuters Page FEDCMT

If Reuters Page FEDCMT:

Weekly Average

Monthly Average

Initial Interest Rate:

Initial Interest Reset Date:

Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any:

Interest Rate Reset Date(s):

Index Maturity:

Maximum Interest Rate, if any:

Minimum Interest Rate, if any:

Interest Rate Reset Period:

Interest Payment Period:

Interest Payment Date(s):

Interest Determination Date(s):

Calculation Date:

Calculation Agent:

 

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If Redeemable:

Initial Redemption Date:

Initial Redemption Percentage:

Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction:

If Repayable at Option of Holder:

Optional Repayment Date:

Date of Maturity:

Purchase Price:    %

Settlement Date and Time:

Settlement Details:

Currency of Denomination:

Denominations (if currency is other than U.S. dollars):

Currency of Payment:

Exchange Rate Agent:

Additional Terms:

Also, agreement as to whether the following will be required:

Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Distribution Agreement

Legal Opinions pursuant to Section 5(b) and (c) of the Distribution Agreement

Comfort Letter pursuant to Section 5(f) of the Distribution Agreement

Other sales prior to Settlement Date pursuant to Section 3(m) of the Distribution Agreement

 

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Schedule A

As compensation for the services of the Agents hereunder, the Company shall pay each Agent, on a discount basis, a commission for the sale of each Security sold through such Agent equal to the principal amount of such Security multiplied by the appropriate percentage set forth below:

 

Maturity Range of Notes

   Percentage of Principal Amount  

Less than 9 months

     Negotiated at time of sale   

From 9 months to less than 1 year

     0.200

From 1 year to less than 18 months

     0.250

From 18 months to less than 2 years

     0.300

From 2 years to less than 3 years

     0.350

From 3 years to less than 4 years

     0.450

From 4 years to less than 5 years

     0.550

From 5 years to less than 6 years

     0.600

From 6 years to less than 7 years

     0.6125

From 7 years to less than 10 years

     0.625

From 10 years to less than 15 years

     0.650

From 15 years to less than 20 years

     0.750

From 20 years to less than 30 years

     0.800

30 years

     0.875

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

PACCAR INC

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

 

 

Dated as of December 19, 2011

 

 

Senior Debt Securities


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939

and Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2011

 

            Trust Indenture

                Act Section

   Indenture Section

§ 310

 

(a) (1)

(a) (2)

(a) (3)

(a) (4)

(b)

  

609

609

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

608

     610
§ 311  

(a)

(b)

(b) (2)

  

613 (a)

613 (b)

703 (a) (2)

     703 (b)
§ 312   (a)    701
     702 (a)
  (b)    702(b)
  (c)    702(c)
§ 313   (a)    703(a)
  (b)    703 (b)
  (c)    703 (a), 703 (b)
  (d)    703 (c)
§ 314   (a)    704
  (b)    Not Applicable
  (c) (1)    102
  (c) (2)    102
  (c) (3)    Not Applicable
  (d)    Not Applicable
  (e)    102
§ 315   (a)    601(a)
  (b)    602
     703 (a) (6)
  (c)    601 (b)
  (d)    601 (c)
  (d) (1)    601 (a) (1)
  (d) (2)    601 (c) (2)
  (d) (3)    601 (c) (3)
  (e)    514
§ 316   (a)    101
  (a) (1) (A)    502
     512
  (a) (1) (B)    513
  (a) (2)    Not Applicable
  (b)    508
§ 317   (a)(1)    503
  (a) (2)    504
  (b)    1003
§ 318   (a)    107

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

PARTIES

     1   

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     1   

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

SECTION 101.    Definitions.      1   
   Act      2   
   Affiliate      2   
   Authenticating Agent      2   
   Board of Directors      2   
   Board Resolution      2   
   Business Day      2   
   Commission      2   
   Company      2   
   Company Request; Company Order      2   
   Consolidated Assets      3   
   Corporate Trust Office      3   
   corporation      3   
   Defaulted Interest      3   
   Depositary      3   
   Event of Default      3   
   Holder      3   
   Indenture      3   
   interest      3   
   Interest Payment Date      3   
   Lien      3   
   Maturity      4   
   Officers’ Certificate      4   
   Opinion of Counsel      4   
   Original Issue Discount Security      4   
   Outstanding      4   
   Paying Agent      5   
   Person      5   
   Place of Payment      5   
   Predecessor Security      5   
   Principal Property      5   
   Property      5   
   Redemption Date      5   
   Redemption Price      5   

 

 

NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

i


   Regular Record Date      5   
   Responsible Officer      5   
   Restricted Debt      6   
   Sale and Leaseback Transaction      6   
   Securities      6   
   Security Register and Security Registrar      6   
   Special Record Date      6   
   Stated Maturity      6   
   Subsidiary      6   
   Trustee      6   
   Trust Indenture Act      6   
   Vice President      7   
SECTION 102.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions.      7   
SECTION 103.    Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.      7   
SECTION 104.    Acts of Holders.      8   
SECTION 105.    Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.      9   
SECTION 106.    Notice to Holders; Waiver.      10   
SECTION 107.    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.      10   
SECTION 108.    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.      10   
SECTION 109.    Successors and Assigns.      10   
SECTION 110.    Separability Clause.      11   
SECTION 111.    Benefits of Indenture.      11   
SECTION 112.    Governing Law.      11   
SECTION 113.    Legal Holidays.      11   
SECTION 114.    Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.      11   
SECTION 115.    No Security Interest Created.      11   
SECTION 116.    Force Majeure.      12   
SECTION 117.    Waiver of Jury Trial.      12   

 

ARTICLE TWO

  

 

SECURITY FORMS

  

SECTION 201.    Forms Generally.      12   
SECTION 202.    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.      13   
SECTION 203.    Global Form.      13   

 

ARTICLE THREE

  

 

THE SECURITIES

  

SECTION 301.    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.      13   
SECTION 302.    Denominations.      15   
SECTION 303.    Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.      15   
SECTION 304.    Temporary Securities.      17   
SECTION 305.    Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.      18   
SECTION 306.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.      20   
SECTION 307.    Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.      21   
SECTION 308.    Persons Deemed Owners.      22   
SECTION 309.    Cancellation.      22   
SECTION 310.    Computation of Interest.      23   

 

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ARTICLE FOUR   
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   
SECTION 401.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities of any Series.      23   
SECTION 402.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.      25   
SECTION 403.    Application of Trust Money.      25   
ARTICLE FIVE   
REMEDIES   
SECTION 501.    Events of Default.      25   
SECTION 502.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.      27   
SECTION 503.    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.      28   
SECTION 504.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.      29   
SECTION 505.    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.      30   
SECTION 506.    Application of Money Collected.      30   
SECTION 507.    Limitation on Suits.      30   
SECTION 508.    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.      31   
SECTION 509.    Restoration of Rights and Remedies.      31   
SECTION 510.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative.      32   
SECTION 511.    Delay or Omission Not Waiver.      32   
SECTION 512.    Control by Holders.      32   
SECTION 513.    Waiver of Past Defaults.      32   
SECTION 514.    Undertaking for Costs.      33   
SECTION 515.    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.      33   
ARTICLE SIX   
THE TRUSTEE   
SECTION 601.    Certain Duties and Responsibilities.      33   
SECTION 602.    Notice of Defaults.      34   
SECTION 603.    Certain Rights of Trustee.      35   
SECTION 604.    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.      36   
SECTION 605.    May Hold Securities.      36   
SECTION 606.    Money Held in Trust.      36   
SECTION 607.    Compensation and Reimbursement.      36   
SECTION 608.    Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.      37   
SECTION 609.    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.      38   
SECTION 610.    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.      38   
SECTION 611.    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.      39   
SECTION 612.    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.      40   
SECTION 613.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.      41   
SECTION 614.    Appointment of Authenticating Agent.      41   

 

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN   
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY   
SECTION 701.    Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.      42   
SECTION 702.    Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.      43   
SECTION 703.    Reports by Trustee.      44   
SECTION 704.    Reports by Company.      45   
ARTICLE EIGHT   
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE   
SECTION 801.    Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.      46   
SECTION 802.    Successor Corporation Substituted.      47   
ARTICLE NINE   
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   
SECTION 901.    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.      48   
SECTION 902.    Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.      49   
SECTION 903.    Execution of Supplemental Indentures.      50   
SECTION 904.    Effect of Supplemental Indentures.      50   
SECTION 905.    Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.      51   
SECTION 906.    Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.      51   
ARTICLE TEN   
COVENANTS   
SECTION 1001.    Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.      51   
SECTION 1002.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.      51   
SECTION 1003.    Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.      52   
SECTION 1004.    Corporate Existence.      53   
SECTION 1005.    Limitation on Liens.      54   
SECTION 1006.    Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.      55   
SECTION 1007.    Statement as to Compliance.      56   
SECTION 1008.    Waiver of Certain Covenants.      56   
ARTICLE ELEVEN   
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES   
SECTION 1101.    Applicability of Article.      56   
SECTION 1102.    Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.      56   
SECTION 1103.    Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.      57   
SECTION 1104.    Notice of Redemption.      57   
SECTION 1105.    Deposit of Redemption Price.      58   
SECTION 1106.    Securities Payable on Redemption Date.      58   
SECTION 1107.    Securities Redeemed in Part.      58   

 

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ARTICLE TWELVE   
SINKING FUNDS   
SECTION 1201.    Applicability of Article.      59   
SECTION 1202.    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.      59   
SECTION 1203.    Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.      59   

 

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of December 19, 2011, between PACCAR Inc, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 777 106th Avenue, N. E., Bellevue, Washington 98004, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of senior indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101.    Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation; and

 

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(4) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.

“Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate and deliver Securities.

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as may otherwise be provided in the form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, any Vice Chairman, any Vice President or its Treasurer and by an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Consolidated Assets” means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves for depreciation, amortization, unearned finance charges, allowance for credit losses and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, organization expenses and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered. At the date of this Indenture, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located at 101 Barclay Street – 8 West, New York, New York 10286.

“corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of a global Security, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301 until a successor Depositary shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 305, and thereafter ‘Depositary’ shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, ‘Depositary’ as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include any Officers’ Certificates setting forth the form and terms of particular series of Securities as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301.

“interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

“Lien” means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, including but not limited to a security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale or trust receipt, or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes. For the purpose of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which it has or holds subject to a conditional sale arrangement, financing lease or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or is vested in some other Person for security purposes.

 

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“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the President, a Vice Chairman, a Vice President or the Treasurer, and by an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion acceptable to the Trustee of counsel, who may be an employee of the Company, which opinion is delivered to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

“Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the company or of such other obligor. In determining the requisite principal amount of any

 

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original Issue Discount Security, such Principal amount that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon an Event of Default pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security at the time of such determination.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security on behalf of the Company.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, Partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated in Section 301 or, if not so specified, as specified in Section 1002.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant or other facility of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired having a gross book value (without deduction for depreciation) as of the date of determination of such value in excess of 1% of Consolidated Assets as of such date, other than any such manufacturing plant or other facility that in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole.

“Property” means any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible.

“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any senior trust officer or trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject in each case having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

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“Restricted Debt,” when used with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, means any indebtedness for money borrowed, including but not limited to any loan, whether or not evidenced by negotiable instruments or securities, or any note, bond, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed, for which the Company or such Subsidiary is liable, directly or indirectly, absolutely or contingently. Restricted Debt shall not include any indebtedness for the payment, redemption or satisfaction of which money (or other Property permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness) in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with a trustee or proper depository at or before the maturity or redemption date thereof. For the purposes of this definition, “indebtedness for money borrowed” shall include, without limitation, obligations created or arising under any conditional sale, financing lease, or other title retention agreement and obligations to pay for Property.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1006.

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905.

 

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“Vice President,” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

SECTION 102.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 103.    Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or

 

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officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 104.    Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders (or Holders of any series) may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.

(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the

 

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Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date, provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

(f) With respect to any act to be taken by the Holders of Securities denominated in different currencies or composite currency units, for the purpose of determining the principal amount of Outstanding Securities held by such Holders, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities denominated in a coin or currency or currency unit other than coin or currency of the United States of America shall be deemed to be that amount of coin or currency of the United States of America that could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange for such other currency or currency unit as determined by the Company as of the date of original issuance of such Securities and evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 105.    Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to the attention of its President at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or

 

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facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties

SECTION 106.    Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed in the manner prescribed by this Indenture shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not received by any particular Holder. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

SECTION 107.    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

SECTION 108.    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 109.    Successors and Assigns.

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SECTION 110.    Separability Clause.

In case any provision of this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

SECTION 111.    Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar, or any Authenticating Agent and their respective successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 112.    Governing Law.

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

SECTION 113.    Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, the Stated Maturity of any Security or any date upon which any Defaulted Interest is proposed to be paid shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest, if any, or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, at the Stated Maturity, or on the date for payment of Defaulted Interest, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or date for the payment of Defaulted Interest, as the case may be.

SECTION 114.    Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

SECTION 115.    No Security Interest Created.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction where the property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is located.

 

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SECTION 116.    Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

SECTION 117.    Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR ANY SECURITIES ISSUED HEREUNDER.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 201.    Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, an appropriate Officers’ Certificate setting forth such form together with a copy of the Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

The certificated Securities shall be printed, typed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

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SECTION 202.    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth below:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
By  

 

  Authorized Officer

SECTION 203.    Global Form.

If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding Clause (8) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, such global Securities shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges or increased to reflect the issuance of additional uncertificated Securities of such series. Any endorsement of a global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304.

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301.    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from the Securities of all other series);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107);

 

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(3) the date or dates on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Securities of the series is payable, or the manner in which such dates are determined;

(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the manner in which such rates are determined, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, or the manner in which such dates are determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date and the rate or rates of interest, if any, payable on overdue installments of interest on or principal of (or premium, if any, on) the Securities of the series;

(5) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Security Registrar and, if other than as specified in Section 1002, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable;

(6) if the Securities of such series are redeemable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(10) additional covenants of the Company, if any, for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series and additional Events of Default, if any, with respect to Securities of such series;

(11) if the provisions of Section 401(4) relating to satisfaction and discharge of Securities more than one year prior to their Stated Maturity or redemption shall apply to Securities of the series, a statement of such fact;

 

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(12) the extent to which any of the Securities of the series will be issuable in global form and, in such case, the Depositary for such global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for certificated Securities, and the manner in which any interest payable on a global Security will be paid;

(13) if other than such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public or private debts, the coin or currency or composite currency unit in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(14) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency or composite currency unit other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;

(15) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; and

(16) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the Securities of such series.

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and the rate or rates of interest, if any, the date or dates from which interest shall accrue and maturity and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

SECTION 302.    Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 303.    Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, any Vice Chairman or its President, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

 

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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver to the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent for authentication Securities of any series executed by the Company, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, and if the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and the determination of the terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each Security, but such Opinion of Counsel, with appropriate modifications, may instead be delivered at or prior to the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall, in accordance with this Section and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such global Securities with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities that (1) shall represent and shall be denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by one or more global Securities, (2) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, which shall be considered sole owner of the Securities represented by such global Security or Securities for all purposes hereunder whatsoever, and (3) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions.

 

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Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 301 for a global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation.

The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any of such Securities if it, being advised by counsel, determines that such activity may not lawfully be taken, or if it, its board of directors, trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or vice president shall determine in good faith that such action would expose it to personal liability to existing Holders or if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 304.    Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of certificated Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the certificated Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause certificated Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of certificated Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for certificated Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency established by the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of certificated Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as certificated Securities of such series.

 

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SECTION 305.    Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

With respect to each series of Securities, the Company shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency established by the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities of that series and of transfers of Securities of that series. Pursuant to Section 301, the Company shall appoint, with respect to Securities of each series, a “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering such Securities and transfers and exchanges of such Securities as herein provided. In the event the Trustee shall not be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register at all reasonable times.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the designated office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor, aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity.

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor, aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series’ shall no longer be eligible under Section 303, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company’s election pursuant to Section 301 (12) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.

The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.

 

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If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a global Security for such series of Securities in exchange, in whole or in part, for Securities of such series of like tenor and terms and in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge:

(a) to the Depositary or to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the global Security; and

(b) to such Depositary a new global Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

In addition, a global Security for a series of Securities shall be exchangeable for Securities of such series of like tenor and terms and in certificated form if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities.

In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding four paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, pursuant to a Company Order, will authenticate and deliver Securities in certificated registered form in authorized denominations.

Upon the exchange of global Securities for Securities in certificated form, such global Securities shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations, and delivered to such addresses, as the Depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Security Registrar in writing. The Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered or to the Depositary.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities represented thereby, a global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar (and, if so required by the Trustee, to the Trustee) duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

SECTION 306.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If there shall be delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar (i) a mutilated Security or evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor, principal amount and Stated Maturity and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company or the Security Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Security Registrar) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

SECTION 307.    Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

 

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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 308.    Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and any other agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent nor any other agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under the this Indenture with respect to such global Security and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the sole owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility for or liability in respect of any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, any beneficial ownership interests in any global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, and each shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting on any such information provided by the Depositary.

SECTION 309.    Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities shall be disposed of by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a certificate of such disposal to the Company upon its request therefor, unless the Company by Company Order shall direct that such cancelled Securities be returned to it.

 

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SECTION 310.    Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities of any Series.

The Company shall be deemed to have satisfied and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities of any particular series and the Trustee, upon Company request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such indebtedness, when

(1) either

(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series described in (A) above not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,

(i) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all such Outstanding Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date as contemplated by Section 403, as the case may be; or

(ii) to the extent the Securities of such series are payable in U.S. dollars only, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as obligations in trust such amount of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the United States of America (other than obligations subject to prepayment, redemption or call prior to their stated

 

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maturity) as will, together with the predetermined and certain income to accrue thereon (without consideration of any reinvestment thereof), be sufficient to pay and discharge when due the entire indebtedness on all such Outstanding Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date as contemplated by Section 403, as the case may be:

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable with respect to the Securities of such series;

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on all Securities of such series have been complied with; and

(4) if (i) the entire indebtedness on the Outstanding Securities of such series is to be satisfied and discharged pursuant to Section 401(1)(B) above, (ii) such Securities will not become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year after the date of deposit provided in Section 401(1) (B) above, and (iii) such Securities of such series are not to be called for redemption within one year of the date of such deposit under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee as of the date of such deposit, then (x) the Company shall have specified the applicability (as provided in Section 301) of this Section 401(4) to the Securities of such series, (y) the Company shall have given, not later than the date of such deposit, notice of such deposit to the Holders of Securities of such series and (z) the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel shall be recognized tax counsel) stating that, in such counsel’s opinion, the deposit of funds or obligations and the satisfaction and discharge of indebtedness on the Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 401 will not result in recognition by the Holders of income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes (other than income, gain or loss which would have been recognized in like amount and at a like time absent such deposit, satisfaction and discharge).

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 401 with respect to all the Securities of any series, the terms and conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture, shall no longer be binding upon, or applicable to, the Company, and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall look for payment only to the funds or obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401(1)(B); provided , however , that, in no event shall the Company be discharged from (a) any payment obligations in respect of Securities of such series which are deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition thereof if such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under applicable law, (b) from any obligations under Section 607 or the last paragraph of Section 1003, and (c) from any obligations under Section 305 and 306 (except that Securities of such series issued upon registration of transfer or exchange or in lieu of mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Securities shall not be obligations of the Company), and Section 701.

 

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SECTION 402.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

Upon compliance by the Company with the provisions of Section 401 as to the satisfaction and discharge of each series of Securities issued hereunder, this Indenture shall cease to be of any further effect (except as otherwise provided herein). Upon Company Request (and at the expense of the Company), the Trustee shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. In the event there are two or more Trustees hereunder, then the effectiveness of any such instrument shall be conditioned upon receipt of such instruments from all Trustees hereunder.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, any obligations of the Company under Sections 305, 306, 607 and 701 and the last paragraph of Section 1003, and of the Trustee under Sections 403 and 614 and the last two paragraphs of Section 1003, shall survive.

SECTION 403.    Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last two paragraphs of Section 1003, all money and obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held irrevocably in trust and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. Such money and obligations shall be applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, this Indenture and such escrow trust agreement, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities for the payment of which such money and obligations have been deposited with the Trustee (but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law). If Securities of any series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund requirement, the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

SECTION 501.    Events of Default.

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

 

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(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or

(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of the whole or substantially all of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of the whole or substantially all of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

 

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(7) a default under any mortgage, indenture (including this Indenture) or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed of the Company, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 (except that such dollar amount shall not apply with respect to a default with respect to Securities of any series), becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled or such indebtedness having been discharged within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or such indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; provided, however, that subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (a) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the Trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or

(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to the Securities of that series pursuant to Section 301 or in a supplemental indenture.

SECTION 502.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders). If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series, shall automatically become due and payable. Upon any such acceleration the principal amount (or specified portion) of the Securities of that series shall become immediately due and payable.

Upon payment of such amount, all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Securities of such series shall terminate.

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been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that series,

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates, if any, prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured, or waived as provided in Section 513.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 503.    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company covenants that if

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series, the whole amount then due and payable on Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates, if any, prescribed therefor in such Securities; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

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If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

SECTION 504.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or with respect to Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities), and premium, if any and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly

 

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to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 505.    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 506.    Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct in writing.

SECTION 507.    Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

 

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(1) An Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of that series and such Holder shall have previously given written notice thereof to the Trustee;

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Securities of such series.

SECTION 508.    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 509.    Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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SECTION 510.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 511.    Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 512.    Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction,

(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders, and

(4) such direction would not involve the Trustee in personal liability.

SECTION 513.    Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any (subject to the provisions of Section 502), on any Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

 

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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 514.    Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees at trial and on appeal, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

SECTION 515.    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601.    Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

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and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificate or opinion which by any provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements of this Indenture.

(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, as provided in Section 512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and

(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 602.    Notice of Defaults.

Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series, in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series or in the payment of the Redemption Price of

 

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any Securities as to which notice of redemption has been given, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

SECTION 603.    Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

 

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(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney, including any Authenticating Agent, appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(i) subject to Section 601(b), the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act;

(j) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the powers granted hereunder; and

(k) the rights, benefits, protections and indemnities given to the Trustee are extended to, and enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

SECTION 604.    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 605.    May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee, in their individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 606.    Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be subject to any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

SECTION 607.    Compensation and Reimbursement.

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(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance attributable to its own negligence or willful misconduct;

(3) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder; and

(4) when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

To the extent not inconsistent with the Trust Indenture Act, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities.

SECTION 608.    Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

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SECTION 609.    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the Laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation or banking association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the Provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

SECTION 610.    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee or Trustees in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company and the Trustee being removed may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(d) If at any time the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series or, subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If at any time:

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(2) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such series. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of the Securities of such series and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(g) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

SECTION 611.    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all series of Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of

 

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the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges due pursuant to Section 607, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder subject to the lien provided in Section 607.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all series of Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 612.    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or

 

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filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

SECTION 613.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

SECTION 614.    Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate and deliver Securities of such series with respect to which it has been so designated, and Securities so authenticated and delivered shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

 

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An Authenticating Agent may resign with respect to one or more series of Securities at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent with respect to one or more series of Securities by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. The provisions of Sections 104, 111, 603, 604 and 605 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.

Pursuant to each appointment made under this Section, the Securities of each series covered by such appointment may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:

This is one of the Securities, of the series designated herein, issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
By  

 

  as Authenticating Agent
By  

 

  Authorized Officer

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 701.    Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to the Securities of each series (a) semi-annually, either (i) not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities which by their terms bear interest only after Maturity, or (ii) not later than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in the case of

 

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Securities of any other series, if and so long as Securities of such series are Outstanding, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require containing all the information in the possession or control of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, as to the names and addresses of the Holders obtained since the date as of which the next previous list, if any, was furnished; provided, however, that any such list may exclude names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar if it shall be so acting. Any such list may be dated as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished or caused to be furnished and need not include information received after such date.

SECTION 702.    Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar or Paying Agent, if so acting.

The Trustee may (i) destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new complete list so furnished, (ii) destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent or Security Registrar (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after June 30 and December 31 of each year, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, and (iii) destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent or Security Registrar (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new complete list so delivered.

(b) If three or more Holders of Securities of any series (herein referred to as “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities of such series or with Holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or

(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of such series or all Securities as the case may be whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.

 

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If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall upon the written request of such applicants mail to each Holder of Securities of such series or all Securities as the case may be whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders of Securities of such series or all Securities as the case may be or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.

(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paving Agent nor the Security Registrar nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of Holders in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).

SECTION 703.    Reports by Trustee.

(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the year 2012 if and so long as any Securities are Outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May 15 with respect to:

(1) its eligibility under Section 609 and its qualifications under Section 608, or in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible and qualified under said Sections, a written statement to such effect;

(2) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge prior to that of the Securities on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that

 

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the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding on the date of such report;

(3) the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) or (6) of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act;

(4) the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;

(5) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and

(6) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 602.

(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge prior to that of the Securities on Property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.

(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any securities exchange.

SECTION 704.    Reports by Company.

The Company shall:

(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission

 

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pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;

(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;

(3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and

(4) delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 801.    Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or to convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:

(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, 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

 

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as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly 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 premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or the Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, Property of the Company would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted by Section 1005, the Company or such successor corporation or Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Company then existing or thereafter created) equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and

(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

SECTION 802.    Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities, and may be dissolved and liquidated. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any

 

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Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 901.    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default in the performance of such covenant (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default; or

(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or

(4) to add to or change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

 

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(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 1005 or otherwise; or

(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or

(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

SECTION 902.    Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series (each such series voting as a separate class) affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or modify the manner of determination of the rate of interest thereon so as to affect adversely the interests of such Holder or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

 

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(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the “Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(8).

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

The Trustee shall not enter into any such supplemental indenture, unless the Trustee has received (a) an Opinion of Counsel, to the effect that the execution of such proposed supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture and (b) unless the requisite consent was obtained, an Opinion of Counsel or an Officer’s Certificate of the Company as to whether the interests of the Holders would be materially and adversely affected thereby.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 903.    Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such supplemental indenture, when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company in accordance with its terms. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 904.    Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

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SECTION 905.    Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

SECTION 906.    Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

SECTION 1001.    Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of each series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and this Indenture.

SECTION 1002.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will cause to be maintained in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. With respect to the Securities of any series such office or agency and each Place of Payment shall be as specified as contemplated in Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series (i) the Place of Payment for such securities shall be the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, and (ii) such office or agency in such Place of Payment shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee therein. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such office or agency.

 

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SECTION 1003.    Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee for any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and

(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the indebtedness in respect of all Outstanding Securities of any series all sums then held by any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) in

 

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respect thereof shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon Company Request any money or securities held by them at any time in excess of amounts necessary to satisfy amounts payable to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, has become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in each Place of Payment with respect to Securities of such series, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 1004.    Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

 

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SECTION 1005.    Limitation on Liens.

After the first date of issuance of the Securities of a series, the Company will not itself, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur or suffer to exist, any Lien on any Property of the Company or any Subsidiary securing any Restricted Debt, without effectively providing that the Securities of such series (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) such secured Restricted Debt, so long as such secured Restricted Debt shall be so secured, unless, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Restricted Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries secured by Liens on Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Assets; provided, however, that this Section 1005 shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Restricted Debt secured by Liens in any computation under this Section 1005, Restricted Debt secured only by:

(1) Liens on Property of, or on any shares of capital stock of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary;

(2) Liens in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary or Liens securing any indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or of the Company or a Subsidiary to a Subsidiary;

(3) Liens in favor of any governmental body (or surety for any governmental body) to secure progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute or rule of court;

(4) Liens of other creditors on Property repossessed in the ordinary course of business which comprises collateral security for defaulted indebtedness or additional liens created on any such Property for the purpose of protecting the interest of the Company therein;

(5) A banker’s Lien or other right of offset in favor of any lender or other holder of Restricted Debt on money deposited with such lender or holder in the ordinary course of business;

(6) Liens on Property and rentals therefrom existing at the time of acquisition thereof, or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction thereon or to secure any Restricted Debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 180 days after the later of the acquisition of such Property or the completion of construction for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction thereon; or

(7) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through (6), inclusive; provided, however, that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same Property that secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such Property).

 

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For purposes of this Section 1005, an “acquisition” of Property shall include any transaction or series of transactions by which the Company or a Subsidiary acquires, directly or indirectly, an interest, or an additional interest (to the extent thereof), in such Property, including without limitation an acquisition through merger or consolidation with, or an acquisition of an interest in, a Person owning an interest in such Property.

SECTION 1006.    Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell or transfer (except to the Company or one or more Subsidiaries, or both) any Principal Property owned by it with the intention of taking back a lease on such property except a lease for a period not exceeding three years with the intent that the use by the Company or such Subsidiary of such property will be discontinued on or before the expiration of such period (herein referred to as a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless:

(1) either the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1005, to incur debt equal in amount to the amount realized or to be realized upon such sale or transfer secured by a mortgage on the property to be leased without equally and ratably securing the Securities, or

(2) the Company or a Subsidiary shall apply an amount equal to the value of the property so leased to the retirement, within 120 days after the effective date of any such arrangement, of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than such indebtedness owed to the Company or any Subsidiary) which was recorded as long term debt as of the date of its creation and which, in the case of such indebtedness of the Company, is not subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment of the Securities; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement of such indebtedness shall be reduced by (i) the principal amount of any Securities delivered within 120 days of the effective date of any such arrangement to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation, and (ii) the principal amount of such indebtedness, other than Securities, retired by the Company or a Subsidiary within 120 days of the effective date of any such arrangement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in the preceding clause (2) may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory prepayment provision.

The term “value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the property leased pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction or (ii) the fair value of such property at the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as determined by the Board of Directors, in either case divided first by the number of full years of the term of the lease and then multiplied by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time of determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease.

 

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SECTION 1007.    Statement as to Compliance.

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate (which need not comply with Section 102), stating as to each signer thereof that

(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his supervision, and

(2) as of the end of such year and at the date of the Officers’ Certificate to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company is not in default in the fulfillment of any of its obligations under this Indenture, or specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is or after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.

SECTION 1008.    Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Sections 1002 to 1007, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee with respect to any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1101.    Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 1102.    Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice, but not less than 30 days, shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

 

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SECTION 1103.    Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by lot, pro rata or by such other method as the Trustee shall be deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. In any case where Securities of such series are registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Security of such series. If the Securities of any series to be redeemed consist of Securities having different Stated Maturities or different rates of interest (or methods of computing interest), then the Company may, by written notice to the Trustee, direct that the Securities of such series to be redeemed shall be selected from among groups of such Securities having specified Stated Maturities or rates of interest (or methods of computing interest) and the Trustee shall thereafter select the particular Securities to be redeemed in the manner set forth above from among the groups of such Securities so specified.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1104.    Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

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(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

SECTION 1105.    Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 1106.    Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Security.

SECTION 1107.    Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

 

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ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 1201.    Applicability of Article.

To the extent that the provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of a series as specified pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of such series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1202.    Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed (or called for redemption and for which the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, has been deposited pursuant to Section 1105), either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 1203.    Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. If such Officers’ Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be

 

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obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. The Company shall deposit the amount of cash, if any, required for such sinking fund payment in the manner provided in Section 1105. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

PACCAR INC
By:  

/s/ R. E. Armstrong

Name:   R. E. Armstrong
Title:   President
By:  

/s/ R. A. Bengston

Name:   R. A. Bengston
Title:   Vice President

 

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

/s/ Teresa Petta

Name:   Teresa Petta
Title:   Vice President

Exhibit 4.2A

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“THE DEPOSITARY”) TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

No.                        PACCAR Inc    Principal Amount
   Medium-Term Note, Series B   
   (Fixed Rate)    $        

 

CUSIP:    ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
INTEREST RATE:    INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
MATURITY DATE:    INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE:

SPECIFIED CURRENCY: United States dollars for all

payments unless otherwise specified below:

   ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:

•    payments of principal and any premium:

   REGULAR RECORD DATES:

•    payments of interest:

   INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

•    Exchange Rate Agent:

  
  

DENOMINATIONS: ($1,000, and integral multiples

of $1,000 unless otherwise specified below):

¨ CHECK IF DISCOUNT NOTE

Issue Price:    %

HOLDER’S OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):

OTHER PROVISIONS:

ADDENDUM ATTACHED:

If an Initial Redemption Date is specified above, (i) the Redemption Price will initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage specified above and shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date specified above by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified above until the Redemption Price is 100% of such principal amount, and (ii) this Note may be redeemed either in whole or from time to time in part, except that if the following box is marked, this Note may be redeemed in whole only [    ]. If no Initial Redemption Date is specified above, this Note may not be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date.


PACCAR Inc , a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of         UNITED STATES DOLLARS on the Maturity Date specified above, and to pay interest thereon at the rate per annum specified above (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on the Interest Payment Dates specified above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date shown above, and on the Maturity Date or any earlier redemption date or optional repayment date (such Maturity Date and any earlier redemption date or optional repayment date or any other date that the principal amount hereof or an installment thereof is due and payable whether by declaration of acceleration pursuant to the Indenture or otherwise being referred to hereinafter as a “Maturity” with respect to the portion of the principal amount payable on such date); provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date specified above is after a Regular Record Date as specified above and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the Original Issue Date specified above to but excluding such date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal or interest shall be made the next day that is a Business Day with full force and effect as if the payment had been made on such date, and no interest on such payment shall accrue from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity. 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 Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date, and interest payable at Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom the principal hereof is payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange upon which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of principal and interest payable at Maturity of this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and will be made in immediately available funds if this Note is presented in time for payment to be made in such funds in accordance with normal procedures of The Bank of New York Mellon, as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”, which term includes any successor paying agent under the Indenture).

“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that, if the Specified Currency above is anything other than United States dollars, the day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center, as defined below, of the country issuing the Specified Currency or, if the Specified Currency is Euro, the day is also a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System or any successor thereto, is open.

“Principal Financial Center” means the capital city of the country issuing the Specified Currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

Except as provided in the next paragraph, any payment to be made on this Note in a Specified Currency other than United States dollars will be made in United States dollars unless the Person entitled to receive such payment transmits a written request for such payment to be made in the Specified Currency to the Paying Agent, on or before the applicable Regular Record Date or at least fifteen calendar days before Maturity, as the case may be.

 

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Such written request may be mailed, hand delivered, or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. Any such request made with respect to any payment on this Note payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on this Note payable to such Holder, unless such request is revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent on or before the applicable Regular Record Date or at least fifteen calendar days before Maturity, as the case may be, in which case such revocation shall be effective for such and all later payments.

The United States dollar amount of any payment made pursuant to this Note, if the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the Person entitled to receive such payment has not requested payment to be made in the Specified Currency as described in the preceding paragraph, will be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent based upon the highest bid quotation received by the Exchange Rate Agent as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, from three recognized foreign exchange dealers selected by the Exchange Rate Agent (which dealers may include the Exchange Rate Agent) and approved by the Company in The City of New York, in each case for the purchase by the quoting dealer, for United States dollars and for settlement on such payment date of an amount of the Specified Currency for such payment equal to the aggregate amount of such Specified Currency payable on such payment date to all Holders of Securities who are scheduled to receive United States dollar payments on such payment date, and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If the bid quotations are not available on such second Business Day, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency for such payment. All currency exchange costs associated with any payment in United States dollars on this Note will be borne by the Holder entitled to receive such payment, by deduction from such payment.

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, if the Specified Currency is not available for any amount payable on this Note on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date (including at Maturity) due to the imposition of exchange controls or any other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligation to pay such amount in such Specified Currency by making such payment in United States dollars. The amount of such payment in United States dollars shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, or if the Market Exchange Rate is not available on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, the most recently available Market Exchange Rate. The “Market Exchange Rate” for a Specified Currency other than United States dollars means the noon dollar buying rate for cable transfers in The City of New York for such Specified Currency as certified for custom purposes or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under such circumstances in United States dollars where the required payment is in other than United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture or this Note.

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

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture, this Note will not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

References herein to the “Note,” “hereof,” “herein” and comparable terms shall include any Addendum hereto if any Addendum is specified under “Other Provisions” above.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.

 

Dated:     PACCAR Inc
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    ATTEST:
    By:  

 

      Secretary

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series

designated herein issued under the

within-mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as

Trustee

 

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of December 19, 2011 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series of the Securities designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series B (herein called the “Notes”). The Notes may bear different dates and mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture.

Any provision contained herein with respect to the calculation of the rate of interest applicable to this Note, its payment dates or any other matter relating hereto may be modified as specified in an Addendum relating hereto if so specified above.

This Note may be subject to repayment at the option of the Holder prior to the Maturity Date specified above on the Holder’s Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified above. If no Holder’s Optional Repayment Dates are specified above, this Note may not be so repaid at the option of the Holder hereof prior to the Maturity Date. On any Holder’s Optional Repayment Date, this Note shall be repayable in whole or in part in an amount equal to $1,000 or integral multiples thereof (provided that any remaining principal amount shall be an authorized denomination) at the option of the Holder hereof at a repayment price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid (or, if the Discount Note box is checked above, such lesser amount as is provided below), together with interest thereon payable to the date of repayment, subject to the terms of any applicable Addendum hereto. For this Note to be repaid in whole or in part at the option of the Holder hereof, this Note must be received, with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” set forth below (and also available at the office of the Trustee) duly completed, by the Trustee at its office at 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, Fax: (213) 630-6298, or such address which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to a Holder’s Optional Repayment Date. This note must be received by the Trustee by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the last day for the giving of such notice. Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder hereof shall be irrevocable. In the event of payment of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unpaid portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes Outstanding may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

If the Discount Note box is checked above, the amount payable to the Holder of this Note in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity will be equal to the sum of (i) the Issue Price specified above (increased by any accruals of Discount, as defined below, and reduced by any amounts of principal previously paid) and, in the event of any redemption of this Note (if applicable), multiplied by the Initial Redemption Percentage Reduction, specified above (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified above) and (ii) any unpaid interest accrued hereon to the date of such redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The difference between the Issue Price specified above and the principal amount of this Note is referred to herein as the “Discount”.

For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of any date on which a redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity occurs for this Note, such Discount will be accrued using a constant yield method. The constant yield will be calculated using a 30-day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period (as defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment Dates specified above (with ratable accruals within a compounding period), an interest rate equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified above and an assumption that the maturity of this Note will not be accelerated. If the period from the Original Issue Date specified above to the initial Interest Payment Date (the “Initial Period”) is shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a proportionate amount of the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than the compounding period, then such period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a short period with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.

 

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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series under the Indenture to be affected at any time by the Company with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in, and subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations under the Notes if at any time (a) the Company has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, (i) sufficient funds to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest to the Maturity on, the Notes, or (ii) to the extent the Notes are payable in United States dollars only, such amount of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the United States of America (other than obligations subject to prepayment, redemption or call prior to their stated maturity) as will, together with the predetermined and certain income to accrue thereon (without consideration of any reinvestment thereof), be sufficient to pay and discharge when due the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest to the Maturity on, the Notes (b) the Company has paid all other sums payable with respect to the Notes and (c) unless the Notes are to become due and payable at their Maturity within one year, the Trustee has received an opinion of recognized tax counsel to the effect that such deposit and discharge will not result in recognition by the Holders of the Notes of income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes (other than income, gain or loss which would have been recognized in like amount and at a like time absent such deposit and discharge). Upon such discharge, the Holders of the Notes shall no longer be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, except for the purposes of registration of transfer and exchange of Notes, and shall look only to such deposited funds or obligations for payment.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company which is absolute and unconditional to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein and in the Indenture prescribed; subject, however, to the provisions for the discharge of the Company from its obligations under the Notes upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph and in the Indenture.

This Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company on any date on or after the Initial Redemption Date (any date fixed for such redemption being the “Redemption Date”), if any, specified above, and prior to the Maturity Date specified above, in whole, or from time to time in part (if so specified above), in increments of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof (provided that any remaining principal amount shall be an authorized denomination) at the Redemption Price, if any, specified above or in any applicable Addendum hereto, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, upon mailing a notice of such redemption not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holder of this Note at such Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register, all as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, from Notes that are subject to redemption pursuant to the terms thereof, the Note or Notes, or portion or portions thereof, to be redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

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

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons and, if payable in United States dollars, only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 unless otherwise specified on the face hereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable

 

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for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. If (x) the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable, or no longer eligible under the Indenture, to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that this Note shall be exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes, this Note shall be exchangeable for Notes in definitive form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in authorized denominations. Such definitive Notes shall be registered in such name or names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. If definitive Notes are so delivered, the Company may make such changes to the form of this Note as are necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such definitive Notes.

This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.

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

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

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon, and no recourse upon any obligation of the Company in the Indenture or in any Note shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

 

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ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.)                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

(Please type or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee)

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

 

Date                        

 

  
   NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to the principal amount hereof together with interest to the repayment date, to the undersigned, at

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, Fax: (213) 630-6298 or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of this Note, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to an Optional Repayment Date, if any, shown on the face of this Note, this Note with this “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed. This Note must be received by the Trustee by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the last day for the giving of such notice.

If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid, specify the portion hereof (which shall be in an amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, provided that any remaining principal amount shall be an authorized denomination) which the Holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be in an amount equal to an authorized denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the Holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).

 

$            

 

   NOTICE: The signature on this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Date                        

 

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Exhibit 4.2B

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“THE DEPOSITARY”) TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

  PACCAR Inc  
  Medium-Term Note, Series B  
  (Floating Rate)  
No.     Principal Amount
    $
CUSIP:    

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

  MATURITY DATE:

INITIAL INTEREST RATE:

  SPREAD:

INDEX MATURITY:

  SPREAD MULTIPLIER:

INTEREST RATE BASIS:

 

¨ LIBOR

  ¨ CMT RATE

Designated LIBOR Page:

 

¨ Reuters Page FRBCMT

¨ Reuters Page LIBOR 01

 

¨ Reuters Page FEDCMT:

¨ Reuters Page LIBOR 02

 

¨ Weekly Average

Designated LIBOR

 

¨ Monthly Average

Currency:

 

¨ Federal Funds Rate

  ¨ Commercial Paper Rate

¨ EURIBOR

  ¨ Prime Rate

¨ Treasury Rate

  ¨ CD Rate

INTEREST CATEGORY:

  DAY COUNT CONVENTION:

¨ Regular Floating Rate Note

  ¨ 30/360 for the period

¨ Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note

 

from     to    

Fixed Rate Commencement Date:

  ¨ Actual/360 for the period

Fixed Interest Rate: %

 

from     to    

¨ Inverse Floating Rate Note

  ¨ Actual/Actual for the period

Fixed Interest Rate: %

 

from     to    

¨ Other Floating Rate Note

 


MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:    INTEREST RESET PERIOD:
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:    INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:    REGULAR RECORD DATES:
INTEREST RESET DATES:    ADDENDUM ATTACHED:
INTEREST DETERMINATION DATES (if different than provided below):    SPECIFIED CURRENCY: United States dollars unless otherwise specified below:
  

•     Payments of principal and any premium:

•     Payments of interest:

•     Exchange Rate Agent:

¨ CHECK IF DISCOUNT NOTE   
   CALCULATION AGENT:
Issue Price:    %:   
   OTHER PROVISIONS:
DENOMINATIONS: ($1,000, and integral multiples of $1,000 unless otherwise specified below):   
HOLDER’S OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):   
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:   
INITIAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE:   
ANNUAL REDEMPTION PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:   

If an Initial Redemption Date is specified above, (i) the Redemption Price will initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage specified above and shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date specified above by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified above until the Redemption Price is 100% of such principal amount, and (ii) this Note may be redeemed either in whole or from time to time in part, except that if the following box is marked, this Note may be redeemed in whole only [    ]. If no Initial Redemption Date is specified above, this Note may not be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date.

 

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PACCAR Inc , a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of          UNITED STATES DOLLARS on the Maturity Date specified above, and to pay interest thereon from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the Original Issue Date shown above at the rate per annum determined by reference to the Interest Rate Basis or Bases, if any, specified above and in accordance with the provisions herein, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The Company will pay interest on the Interest Payment Dates specified above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date immediately following the Original Issue Date specified above and on the Maturity Date or any earlier redemption date or optional repayment date (such Maturity Date and any earlier redemption date or optional repayment date or any other date that the principal amount hereof or an installment thereof is due and payable whether by declaration of acceleration pursuant to the Indenture or otherwise being referred to hereinafter as a “Maturity” with respect to the portion of the principal amount payable on such date); provided that if the Original Issue Date specified above is after a Regular Record Date as specified above and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the first payment of interest on this Note will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the Holder of such 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 Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day), next preceding such Interest Payment Date, and interest payable at Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom the principal hereof is payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange upon which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of principal and interest payable at Maturity of this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, and will be made in immediately available funds if this Note is presented in time for payment to be made in such funds in accordance with the normal procedures of The Bank of New York Mellon, as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”, which term includes any successor paying agent under the Indenture).

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

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture, this Note will not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

References herein to “the Note,” “hereof,” “herein” and comparable terms will include an Addendum hereto if an Addendum is specified under “Other Provisions” above.

 

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

 

Dated:     PACCAR Inc
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    ATTEST:
    By:  

 

      Secretary

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series

designated herein issued under the

within-mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory


This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of December 19, 2011 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series of the Securities designated as the Medium-Term Notes, Series B (herein called the “Notes”). The Notes may bear different dates and mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture.

Any provision contained herein with respect to the calculation of the rate of interest applicable to this Note, its payment dates or any other matter relating hereto may be modified as specified in an Addendum relating hereto if so specified above.

This Note may be subject to repayment at the option of the Holder prior to the Maturity Date specified above on the Holder’s Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified above. If no Holder’s Optional Repayment Dates are specified above, this Note may not be so repaid at the option of the Holder hereof prior to the Maturity Date. On any Holder’s Optional Repayment Date, this Note will be repayable in whole or in part in an amount equal to $1,000 or integral multiples thereof at the option of the Holder hereof at a repayment price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid (or, if the Discount Note box is checked above, such lesser amount as is provided below), together with interest thereon payable to the date of repayment, subject to the terms of any applicable Addendum hereto. For this Note to be repaid in whole or in part at the option of the Holder hereof, this Note must be received, with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” set forth below (and also available at the office of the Trustee) duly completed, by the Trustee at its office at 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, Fax: (213) 630-6298, or such address which the Company will from time to time notify the Holders of the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to a Holder’s Optional Repayment Date. This Note must be received by the Trustee by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the last day for the giving of such notice. Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of payment of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unpaid portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

Commencing with the Interest Reset Date specified above first following the Original Issue Date specified above, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable will be adjusted daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually as shown above under Interest Reset Period; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified above. Each such adjusted rate will be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date to which it relates, to, but not including, the next succeeding Interest Reset Date, or until Maturity, as the case may be. If any Interest Reset Date is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except, that if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR, and if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the Treasury Rate, and if such Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day on which Treasury Bills (as defined below) are auctioned, then such Interest Reset Date will be the first Business Day immediately following such auction day. Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date the rate of interest on this Note will be the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of the applicable heading below.

All percentages resulting from any calculations with respect to 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 being rounded upwards; and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent with one-half cent being rounded upwards.

The interest rate borne by this Note will be determined as follows:

(i) Unless the Interest Category of this Note is specified above as a “Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note” or an “Inverse Floating Rate Note” or as otherwise specified herein, this Note will be designated as a “Regular Floating Rate Note” and, except as set forth herein or specified above, will bear interest at the rate


determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as specified above. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note will be payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified above; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.

(ii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified above as a “Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note”, then, except as set forth herein or specified above, this Note will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as specified above. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note will be payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that (y) the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate and (z) the interest rate in effect for the period commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date specified on the face hereof to the Maturity Date will be the Fixed Interest Rate specified above or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is specified, the interest rate in effect hereon on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.

(iii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified above as an “Inverse Floating Rate Note”, then, except as set forth herein or specified above, this Note will bear interest at the Fixed Interest Rate minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as specified above; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified above or herein, the interest rate hereon will not be less than zero. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note will be payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate.

Determination of CD Rate . If the Interest Reset Basis specified above is the CD Rate, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be the CD Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “CD Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate on such date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) (as defined below) under the caption “CDs (secondary market)” or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15 Daily Update (as defined below), or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “CDs (secondary market)”. If such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or other recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date (as defined below) pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the CD Rate on such 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 such Interest Determination Date, of three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money center banks for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above in an amount that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the CD Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the CD Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

“H.15(519)” means the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and available on their website via http://www.federalreserve.gov/release/h15 or any successor site or publication.

“H.15 Daily Update” means the daily update of H.15(519), published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and available on their website at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/default.htm, or any successor site or publication.

 

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Determination of CMT Rate . If the Interest Reset Basis specified above is the CMT Rate, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be the CMT Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “CMT Rate” means with respect to any Interest Determination Date:

(i) If Reuters Page FRBCMT is specified above, the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury constant maturities”, as the yield is displayed on Reuters page FRBCMT (“Reuters Page FRBCMT”), or, if not so displayed, as displayed on the Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) service (or any successor service) on page NDX7 (or any other page as may replace the specified page on that service) (“Bloomberg Page NDX7”), for such Interest Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FRBCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX7, as the case may be, the CMT Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be the percentage equal to the yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above and for such Interest Determination Date as published 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 Interest Determination Date will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date for the period of the Index Maturity specified above as may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate which would otherwise have been published in H.15(519). If such rate is not published, the CMT Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will 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 Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States government securities dealers in The City of New York (each, a “Reference Dealer”) selected by the Calculation Agent from five Reference Dealers 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 above, a remaining term to maturity no more than one year shorter than the Index Maturity specified above 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 Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotations will be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will 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 Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five 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 above, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above, 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 Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of the quotations will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the CMT Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date. If two such United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified above have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity specified above, the quotes for the Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used.

For purposes of the foregoing, if two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity longer than the Index Maturity have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter original term to maturity will be used.

(ii) If Reuters Page FEDCMT is specified above, the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified above, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Treasury constant

 

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maturities”, as such yield is displayed on Reuters page FEDCMT (“Reuters Page FEDCMT”) or, if not so displayed, as displayed on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on Bloomberg Page NDX7, for the week or month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week or month, as applicable, in which such Interest Determination Date falls. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDCMT or Bloomberg Page NDX7, as the case may be, the CMT Rate on such Interest Rate Determination Date will be the percentage equal to the one-week or one-month, as specified above, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above and for the week or month, as applicable, preceding such Interest Determination Date as published 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 Interest Determination Date will be the one-week or one-month, as specified above, average yield for United States Treasury securities at “constant maturity” having the Index Maturity specified above 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 Interest Determination Date falls. If such rate is not published, the CMT Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will 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 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 above, a remaining term to maturity of no more than one year shorter than the Index Maturity specified above 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 Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotations will be eliminated. If fewer than three prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will 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 Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent from five 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 above, a remaining term to maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above 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 Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be based on the arithmetic mean of the bid prices obtained and neither the highest or the lowest of such quotations will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three such prices are provided as requested, the CMT Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the CMT Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date. If two United States Treasury securities with an original maturity greater than the Index Maturity specified above have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Index Maturity specified above, the quotes for the United States Treasury security with the shorter original remaining term to maturity will be used.

“Reuters page” means the display on the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service, or any successor service, on the page or pages specified in this Note, or any replacement page or pages on that service.

Determination of Commercial Paper Rate . If the Interest Rate Reset Basis specified above is the Commercial Paper Rate, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be the Commercial Paper Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “Commercial Paper Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (as defined below) of the rate on such Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) under the caption “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial”. In the event that such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Commercial Paper-Nonfinancial.” If by 3:00 P.M.,

 

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New York City time, on such Calculation Date such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or other recognized electronic source, the Commercial Paper Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three leading dealers of United States dollar commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified above placed for industrial issuers whose bond rating is “AA,” or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

“Money Market Yield” means a yield (expressed as a percentage) 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 applicable interest reset period.

Determination of Federal Funds Rate . If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the Federal Funds Rate, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be the Federal Funds Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. If “Federal Funds (Effective) Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate means with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate on that day for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Federal funds (effective)” as displayed on Reuters page FEDFUNDS1 under the heading “EFFECT” or, if such rate does not appear or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate with respect to such Interest Determination Date as published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption “Federal funds (effective).” If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 and is not yet published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or other recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Interest Determination Date will 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 The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

If “Federal Funds Open Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate on that day under the heading “Federal Funds” for the applicable Index Maturity and opposite the caption “Open” as such rate is displayed on Reuters page 5 (“Reuters Page 5”), or, if such rate does not appear or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate with respect to such Interest Determination Date as displayed on the FFPREBON Index Page on the Bloomberg service, which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or its successor) on Bloomberg. If such rate does not appear on the FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg or another recognized electronic source or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Interest Determination Date will 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 The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

 

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If “Federal Funds Target Rate” is the specified Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate on that day displayed on the FDTR Index Page on Bloomberg, or, if such rate does not appear or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the rate on such Interest Determination Date appearing on Reuters page USFFTARGET= (“Reuters Page USFFTARGET=”). If such rate does not appear on Reuters Page USFFTARGET= or is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Interest Determination Date will 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 The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date; provided, however, that if the brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

Determination of LIBOR . If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be LIBOR plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “LIBOR” will be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

With respect to any Interest Determination Date, LIBOR means: (i) the rate for deposits in the Designated LIBOR Currency (as defined below) having the Index Maturity specified above commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date, or (ii) if the rate referred to in clause (i) does not appear on the Designated LIBOR Page, or is not so published by 11:00 A.M., London time, on the Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks 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 above, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Designated LIBOR Currency in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are provided, then LIBOR on such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations and calculated by the Calculation Agent. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, then LIBOR on such 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 Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include the agents or their affiliates) 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 above commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in such Designated LIBOR Currency in such market at such time, or (iii) if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (ii) above, LIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

“Designated LIBOR Currency” means the currency specified above as the currency for which LIBOR will be calculated. If no such currency is specified above, the Designated LIBOR Currency will be United States dollars.

“Designated LIBOR Page” means the display on Reuters page LIBOR01 or LIBOR02, as specified above, for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the Designated LIBOR Currency.

“Principal Financial Center” means (1) the capital city of the country issuing the Specified Currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively, or (2) the capital city of the country to which the Designated LIBOR Currency relates, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Euros, South African rand and Swiss francs, the “Principal Financial Center” will be The City of New York, Sydney, Toronto, London (solely in the case of the Designated LIBOR Currency), Johannesburg and Zurich, respectively.

 

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Determination of EURIBOR . If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is EURIBOR, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be EURIBOR plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “EURIBOR” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Rate, the rate for deposits in Euros as sponsored, calculated and published 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 those rates, having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, that appears on Reuters page EURIBOR01 (“Reuters Page EURIBOR01”) as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date; or if no such rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, or is not so published by 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date, the rate calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at least two quotations obtained by the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal Euro-zone (as defined below) offices of four major reference banks in the Euro-zone interbank market, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in Euros for the period of the Index Maturity specified above commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the Euro-zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount not less than the equivalent of United States $1,000,000 in Euros that is representative for a single transaction in Euros in such market at such time; or if fewer than two quotations so provided, the rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on such Interest Determination Date by four major banks in the Euro-zone for loans in Euro to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity specified above, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date and in principal amount not less than the equivalent of United States $1,000,000 in Euros that is representative for a single transaction in Euros in such market at such time; or if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned above, EURIBOR in effect on the applicable Interest Determination Date.

“Euro-zone” means the region comprised of member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the treaty on the European Union.

Determination of Prime Rate . If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the Prime Rate, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be the Prime Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “Prime Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate on such Interest Determination Date as published in H.15(519) opposite the caption “Bank prime loan.” If such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be the rate published in H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate under the caption “Bank prime loan.” If such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or such other recognized electronic source on the related Calculation Date, the Prime Rate for such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank that appears on Reuters page US PRIME 1 as such bank’s prime rate or base lending rate as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date, or, if fewer than four such rates appear by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date on Reuters page US PRIME 1 for such Interest Determination Date, the rate will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean 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 Interest Determination Date by three major banks in The City of New York 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 with respect to such Interest Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

Determination of Treasury Rate . If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the Treasury Rate, the interest rate with respect to this Note will be the Treasury Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified above. “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date, the rate from the auction held on such Interest Determination Date (the “Auction”) of direct obligations of the United States (“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity specified above as published under the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters page USAUCTION 10 (“Reuters Page US AUCTION 10”) or Reuters page USAUCTION 11 (“Reuters Page USAUCTION 11”) or, if not so displayed, as displayed on the Bloomberg service (or any successor service) on page AUCR 18 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), or if such rate does not so

 

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appear by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the Bond Equivalent Yield (as defined below) of the auction rate of such Treasury Bills 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 by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if the Auction is not held, the Treasury Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate on such Interest Determination Date of Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519) under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”, or if such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such Interest Determination Date of such Treasury Bills having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the rate, under the caption “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market”. If such rate is not published in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate on such Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will 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 Interest Determination Date, of three primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified above; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate determined as of such Interest Determination Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.

“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.

Notwithstanding the determination of the interest rate as provided above, the interest rate on this Note for any interest period will not be greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, specified above. The interest rate on this 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. The Calculation Agent will calculate the interest rate on this Note in accordance with the foregoing on or before each Calculation Date.

The “Calculation Date,” where applicable, pertaining to an Interest Determination Date is the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.

The Paying Agent will notify the Company of each determination of the interest rate applicable to this Note promptly after such determination is made by the Calculation Agent. The Paying Agent will, upon the request of the Holder of this Note, provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, 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 Paying Agent will not be responsible for determining the interest rate applicable to this Note.

If any Interest Payment Date specified above, other than an Interest Payment Date on the Maturity, would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and interest will continue to accrue, except that if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR, and if such Business Day is the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity of this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after Maturity. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law,

 

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regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that, if the Specified Currency above is anything other than United States dollars, the day is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center, as defined above, of the country issuing the Specified Currency or, if the Specified Currency is Euro, the day is also a TARGET business day. A “TARGET business day” is any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open; provided, further, that, with respect to notes as to which LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, the day is also a London Banking Day. “London Banking Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business, including dealings in the Designated LIBOR Currency in London.

If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the CD Rate, the CMT Rate or the Commercial Paper Rate, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the second Business Day next preceding such Interest Reset Date. If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the Interest Reset Date. If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is LIBOR, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the second London Banking Day next preceding the Interest Reset Date. If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is EURIBOR, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the second TARGET business day preceding each Interest Reset Date. If the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the Treasury Rate, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the day of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury Bills of the Index Maturity specified above are normally auctioned. Treasury Bills are normally sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that such auction may be held on the preceding Friday; provided, however, that if an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding the Interest Reset Date, the Interest Determination Date will be the preceding Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction falls on any Interest Reset Date, then such Interest Reset Date will instead be the first Business Day following the auction. If the interest rate of this Note is determined with reference to two or more interest rate bases, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to this Note will be the latest Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the Interest Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis will be determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis will be determined on such date and the applicable interest rate will take effect on the related Interest Reset Date.

Interest payments on this Note will include accrued interest from and including the Original Issue Date or from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid, as the case may be, to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be. Accrued interest will be calculated by multiplying the principal amount of this Note by an accrued interest factor. The accrued interest factor will be computed by adding the interest factors calculated for each day in the period for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal) for each such day will be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR or the Prime Rate, or by the actual number of days in the year if the Interest Rate Basis specified above is the CMT Rate or the Treasury Rate. If two or more Interest Rate Bases are specified above, the interest factor will be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only one of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied. The interest factor for each such day shall be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, if the Day Count Convention specified above is “Actual/360” for the period specified thereunder or by the actual number of days in the year if the Day Count Convention specified above is “Actual/Actual” for the period specified thereunder.

Except as provided in the next paragraph, any payment to be made on this Note in a Specified Currency other than United States dollars will be made in United States dollars unless the Person entitled to receive such payment transmits a written request for such payment to be made in the Specified Currency to the Paying Agent, on or before the applicable Regular Record Date or at least fifteen calendar days before Maturity, as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed, hand delivered, or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. Any such request made with respect to any payment on this Note payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on this Note payable to such Holder, unless such request is revoked by written notice to the Paying Agent on or before the applicable Regular Record Date or at least fifteen calendar days before Maturity, as the case may be, in which case such revocation shall be effective for such and all later payments.

 

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The United States dollar amount of any payment made pursuant to this Note, if the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the Person entitled to receive such payment has not requested payment to be made in the Specified Currency as described in the preceding paragraph, will be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent based upon the highest bid quotation received by the Exchange Rate Agent as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, from three recognized foreign exchange dealers selected by the Exchange Rate Agent (which dealers may include the Exchange Rate Agent) and approved by the Company in The City of New York, in each case for the purchase by the quoting dealer, for United States dollars and for settlement on such payment date of an amount of the Specified Currency for such payment equal to the aggregate amount of such Specified Currency payable on such payment date to all Holders of Securities who are scheduled to receive United States dollar payments on such payment date, and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If the bid quotations are not available on such second Business Day, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency for such payment. All currency exchange costs associated with any payment in United States dollars on this Note will be borne by the Holder entitled to receive such payment, by deduction from such payment.

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, if the Specified Currency is not available for any amount payable on this Note on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date (including at Maturity) due to the imposition of exchange controls or any other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligation to pay such amount in such Specified Currency by making such payment in United States dollars. The amount of such payment in United States dollars shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, or if the Market Exchange Rate is not available on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date, the most recently available Market Exchange Rate. The “Market Exchange Rate” for a Specified Currency other than United States dollars means the noon dollar buying rate for cable transfers in The City of New York for such Specified Currency as certified for custom purposes or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under such circumstances in United States dollars where the required payment is in other than United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture or this Note.

If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the unpaid principal of all the Notes Outstanding may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

If the Discount Note box is checked above, the amount payable to the Holder of this Note in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity will be equal to the sum of (i) the Issue Price specified above (increased by any accruals of Discount, as defined below, and reduced by any amounts of principal previously paid) and, in the event of any redemption of this Note (if applicable), multiplied by the Initial Redemption Percentage Reduction, specified above (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction specified above) and (ii) any unpaid interest accrued hereon to the date of such redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The difference between the Issue Price specified above and the principal amount of this Note is referred to herein as the “Discount”.

For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as of any date on which a redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity occurs for this Note, such Discount will be accrued using a constant yield method. The constant yield will be calculated using a 30-day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period (as defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment Dates specified above (with ratable accruals within a compounding period), an interest rate equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified above and an assumption that the maturity of this Note will not be accelerated. If the period from the Original Issue Date specified above to the initial Interest Payment Date (the “Initial Period”) is shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a proportionate amount of the yield for an entire compounding period will be accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than the compounding period, then such period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a short period with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each

 

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series under the Indenture to be affected at any time by the Company with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor and in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations under the Notes if at any time (a) the Company has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, (i) sufficient funds to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest to the Maturity on, the Notes, or (ii) to the extent the Notes are payable in United States dollars only, such amount of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the United States of America (other than obligations subject to prepayment, redemption or call prior to their stated maturity) as will, together with the predetermined and certain income to accrue thereon (without consideration of any reinvestment thereof), be sufficient to pay and discharge when due the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest to the Maturity on, the Notes (b) the Company has paid all other sums payable with respect to the Notes and (c) unless the Notes are to become due and payable at their Maturity within one year, the Trustee has received an opinion of recognized tax counsel to the effect that such deposit and discharge will not result in recognition by the Holders of the Notes of income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes (other than income, gain or loss which would have been recognized in like amount and at a like time absent such deposit and discharge). Upon such discharge, the Holders of the Notes shall no longer be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, except for the purposes of registration of transfer and exchange of Notes, and shall look only to such deposited funds or obligations for payment.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company which is absolute and unconditional to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein and in the Indenture prescribed; subject, however, to the provisions for the discharge of the Company from its obligations under the Notes upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraph and in the Indenture.

This Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company on any date on or after the Initial Redemption Date (any date fixed for such redemption being the “Redemption Date”), if any, specified above, and prior to the Maturity Date specified above, in whole, or from time to time in part (if so specified above), in increments of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof (provided that any remaining principal amount shall be an authorized denomination) at the Redemption Price, if any, specified above or in any applicable Addendum hereto, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, upon mailing a notice of such redemption not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holder of this Note at such Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register, all as provided in the Indenture. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, from Notes that are subject to redemption pursuant to the terms thereof, the Note or Notes, or portion or portions thereof, to be redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

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

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons and, if payable in United States dollars, only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 unless otherwise specified on the face hereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. If (x) the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable, or no longer eligible

 

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under the Indenture, to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent a Company Order to the effect that this Note shall be exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes, this Note shall be exchangeable for Notes in definitive form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in authorized denominations. Such definitive Notes shall be registered in such name or names as the Depositary shall instruct the Security Registrar. If definitive Notes are so delivered, the Company may make such changes to the form of this Note as are necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such definitive Notes.

This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange relating to this Note, but the Company or the Security Registrar 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, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent, the Security Registrar and any other agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon, and no recourse upon any obligation of the Company in the Indenture or in any Note shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

 

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ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee)

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

 

Date                      

  

 

   NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a price equal to the principal amount hereof together with interest to the repayment date, to the undersigned, at

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, Fax: (213) 630-6298, or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of this Note, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to an Optional Repayment Date, if any, shown on the face of this Note, this Note with this “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed. This Note must be received by the Trustee by 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the last day for the giving of such notice.

If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid, specify the portion hereof (which shall be in an amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, provided that any remaining principal amount shall be equal to an authorized denomination) which the Holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be in an amount equal to an authorized denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the Holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).

 

$            
Date                         
  

 

NOTICE: The signature on this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

December 19, 2011

PACCAR Inc

777 - 106th Avenue, N.E.

Bellevue, Washington 98004

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
     Registration of Senior Debt Securities

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to PACCAR Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the preparation and filing of an a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “ Registration Statement ”) which the Company proposes to file on or about the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to senior debt securities (the “ Debt Securities ”). The Debt Securities will be issued from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act.

The Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of December 19, 2011 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), which is included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Registration Statement, the Indenture and such other instruments, certificates, records and documents, and such matters of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes hereof. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the further qualifications and limitations expressed below, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company.

2. When (i) the issuance of the Debt Securities has been duly authorized by appropriate corporate action, (ii) the Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and (iii) the Debt Securities are sold as described in the Registration Statement, the prospectus


PACCAR Inc

December 19, 2011

Page 2

 

forming a part thereof and in any supplements to such prospectus, and payment is received therefor, and while the Registration Statement is effective and in compliance with applicable state securities laws, the Debt Securities will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture,

subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

Our opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm contained under the caption “Validity of the Notes” in said Registration Statement and any amendments thereto and in the Prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Perkins Coie LLP

Exhibit 8.1

 

LOGO  

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

787 SEVENTH AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10019

(212) 839 5300

(212) 839 5599 FAX

 

BEIJING

BRUSSELS

CHICAGO

DALLAS

FRANKFURT

GENEVA

HONG KONG

LONDON

LOS ANGELES

 

NEW YORK

PALO ALTO

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SYDNEY

TOKYO

WASHINGTON, D.C.

 
      FOUNDED 1866

December 19, 2011

PACCAR Inc

777 106 th Avenue N.E.

Bellevue, Washington 98004

Dear Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR dated December 19, 2011 (the “Registration Statement”), to be filed by PACCAR Inc (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the purpose of registering senior debt securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

We have been advised that the Company intends to establish a series of senior debt securities (the “Notes”) as described in the prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to be filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement substantially in the form provided to us. The Prospectus Supplement as so filed will include our opinion, as to the material United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes. Additionally, we consent to the use of our name under the caption “United States Federal Income Taxation” and “Validity of the Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of PACCAR Inc for the registration of senior debt securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated March 1, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of PACCAR Inc, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of PACCAR Inc, incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Seattle, Washington

December 15, 2011

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned directors of PACCAR Inc, a Delaware corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint M. C. Pigott, R. E. Armstrong, or any of them, singly, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to sign for us, and in our names in our capacity as director on behalf of the Company, a registration statement on Form S-3 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, for the purpose of registering debt securities of this corporation, together with any and all supplements and amendments thereto (including post-effective supplements and amendments).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of this 6th day of December 2011.

 

/s/ A. J. C ARNWATH

  

/s/ M.C. P IGOTT

A. J. Carnwath

Director, PACCAR Inc

  

M. C. Pigott

Chairman of the Board

and Director PACCAR Inc

/s/ J. M. F LUKE , J R .

  

/s/ T. E. P LIMPTON

J. M. Fluke, Jr.

Director, PACCAR Inc

  

T. E. Plimpton

Director, PACCAR Inc

/s/ K. S. H ACHIGIAN

  

/s/ G. M. E. S PIERKEL

K. S. Hachigian

Director, PACCAR Inc

  

G. M. E. Spierkel

Director, PACCAR Inc

/s/ S. F. P AGE

  

/s/ W. R. S TALEY

S. F. Page

Director, PACCAR Inc

  

W. R. Staley

Director, PACCAR Inc

/s/ R. T. P ARRY

  

/s/ C. R. W ILLIAMSON

R. T. Parry

Director, PACCAR Inc

  

C. R. Williamson

Director, PACCAR Inc

/s/ J. M. P IGOTT

  

J. M. Pigott

Director, PACCAR Inc

  

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)     ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

  95-3571558

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

700 South Flower Street Suite 500

Los Angeles, California

  90017
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

PACCAR Inc

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   91-0351110

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

777 -106th Avenue N.E.

Bellevue, Washington

  98004
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

 

Address

Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury

  Washington, DC 20219
Federal Reserve Bank   San Francisco, CA 94105
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   Washington, DC 20429

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

  2. A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

  3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

 

  6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles and State of California, on the 13th day of December, 2011.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

By:  

/S/ Raymond Torres

Name:   Raymond Torres
Title:   Senior Associate

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

At the close of business September 30, 2011, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 

                 Dollar Amounts
in Thousands
 

ASSETS

        

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

        

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

           1,454   

Interest-bearing balances

           369   

Securities:

        

Held-to-maturity securities

           0   

Available-for-sale securities

           859,924   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

        

Federal funds sold

           61,500   

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

           0   

Loans and lease financing receivables:

        

Loans and leases held for sale

           0   

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

     0         

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     0         

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

           0   

Trading assets

           0   

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

           7,949   

Other real estate owned

           0   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

           0   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

           0   

Intangible assets:

        

Goodwill

           856,313   

Other intangible assets

           194,824   

Other assets

           136,208   
        

 

 

 

Total assets

         $ 2,118,541   
        

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

        

Deposits:

        

In domestic offices

           500   

Noninterest-bearing

        500      

Interest-bearing

        0      

Not applicable

        

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

        

Federal funds purchased

           0   

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

           0   

Trading liabilities

           0   

Other borrowed money:

        

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

           268,691   

Not applicable

        

Not applicable

        

Subordinated notes and debentures

           0   

Other liabilities

           226,429   

Total liabilities

           495,620   

Not applicable

        

EQUITY CAPITAL

        

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

           0   

Common stock

           1,000   

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

           1,121,520   

Not available

        

Retained earnings

           494,482   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

           5,919   

Other equity capital components

           0   

Not available

        

Total bank equity capital

           1,622,921   

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

           0   

Total equity capital

           1,622,921   
        

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

           2,118,541   
        

 

 

 

I, Karen Bayz, CFO and Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karen Bayz         )             CFO and Managing Director

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

Timothy Vara, President

     )        

Frank P. Sulzberger, MD

     )      Directors (Trustees)   

William D. Lindelof, MD

     )