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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 16, 2025

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Phillips 66

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35349   45-3779385
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2331 CityWest Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(832) 765-3010

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common stock, $0.01 par value   PSX   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 
 


Item 8.01

Other Events.

On September 16, 2025, Phillips 66 Company entered into a Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated by reference in the Terms Agreement), dated September 16, 2025 (the “Terms Agreement”), among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 and the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Terms Agreement, relating to the underwritten public offering by Phillips 66 Company of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (the “Series A 2056 Notes”) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (the “Series B 2056 Notes” and, together with the Series A 2056 Notes, the “Notes”), in each case fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Phillips 66, and issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Phillips 66 Company, as issuer, Phillips 66, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. The Indenture and the terms of the Notes are further described under “Description of the Notes” in the prospectus supplement of Phillips 66 Company and Phillips 66 dated September 16, 2025 together with the related prospectus dated July 28, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 on September 17, 2025, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. The sale of the Notes was registered under Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on July 28, 2025 (File Nos. 333-289011 and 333-289011-01) (the “Registration Statement”).

A copy of the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated by reference in the Terms Agreement), the Indenture and the forms of the terms of Notes of each series have been filed as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, to this report and are incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, the legal opinion and tax opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, each issued in connection with the offering of the Notes, are attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The following exhibits filed with this report are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement: Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 and 8.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

 1.1    Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated by reference in the Terms Agreement), dated September 16, 2025, among Phillips 66 Company, Phillips 66 and the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Terms Agreement.
 4.1    Subordinated Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025, among Phillips 66 Company, as issuer, Phillips 66, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, in respect of subordinated debt securities of Phillips 66 Company
 4.2    Form of the terms of the Series A 2056 Notes, including the form of the Series A 2056 Note.
 4.3    Form of the terms of the Series B 2056 Notes, including the form of the Series B 2056 Note.
 5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
 8.1    Tax Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1 hereto).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURES

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

 

  PHILLIPS 66
By:  

/s/ Vanessa A. Sutherland

  Vanessa A. Sutherland
  Executive Vice President

September 18, 2025

EX-1.1 2 d25054dex11.htm EX-1.1 EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

Phillips 66 Company

Debt Securities

fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Phillips 66

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

1. Introductory. Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), propose that the Company will issue and sell from time to time certain of its subordinated debt securities that will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a) (such securities, including the guarantee relating thereto by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”), being hereinafter called the “Registered Securities”). The Registered Securities will be issued under the subordinated debt securities indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in one or more series, which series may vary as to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices and other terms, with all such terms for any particular series of the Registered Securities being determined at the time of sale. Particular series of the Registered Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, for resale in accordance with terms of offering determined at the time of sale.

The Registered Securities involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “Offered Securities”. The firm or firms which agree to purchase the Offered Securities, as set forth in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, are hereinafter referred to as the “Underwriters” of such securities, and the representative or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the “Representatives”; provided, however, that if the Terms Agreement does not specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term “Representatives”, as used in this Agreement (other than in Sections 2(b), 2(c), 2(f) and 6 and the second sentence of Section 3), shall mean the Underwriters.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company, as of the date of each Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:

(a) The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and have prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-289011 and 333-289011-01), relating to certain securities of the Company and the Guarantor, which registration statement became effective upon filing, including a prospectus (hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”), relating to the Registered Securities.


Such registration statement, as amended at the time of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 entered into in connection with a specific offering of the Offered Securities (each such date and time as specified in such Terms Agreement hereinafter referred to as the “Execution Time”) and including any documents incorporated by reference therein, including exhibits (other than any Form T-1) and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Act and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”. The Base Prospectus, as supplemented as contemplated by Section 3 to reflect the terms of the Offered Securities and the terms of offering thereof, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b), including all material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the “Final Prospectus”. Any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus which describes the Offered Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter referred to as the “Preliminary Final Prospectus”. “Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act. “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act. “Disclosure Package” shall mean, with respect to any specific offering of the Offered Securities, (i) the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the Execution Time, (ii) the Preliminary Final Prospectus, if any, used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B to the Terms Agreement, (iv) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto, if any, and (v) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

(b) On the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, such registration statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission (“Rules and Regulations”) and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in the Terms Agreement.

 

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(c) At the Execution Time, the Disclosure Package will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in the Terms Agreement.

(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) 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 Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time either the Company or the Guarantor or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163 under the Act, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), each of the Company and the Guarantor was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Offered Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act.

(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or the Guarantor or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of any Offered Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), neither the Company nor the Guarantor was or is an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer or that it is not necessary that the Guarantor be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto do not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in the Terms Agreement.

 

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(g) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantor of the Indenture, the Offered Securities and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), as applicable, the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company and the Guarantor, and compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with the terms and provisions thereof and of the Indenture will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the laws of the State of Texas or the federal laws of the United States that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties or results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or the Guarantor is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or the Guarantor is subject that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the Guarantor.

(h) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (ii) in default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or the Guarantor is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or the Guarantor is subject, or (iii) in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule or regulation or court decree to which it may be subject, which default or violation in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth in the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are owned directly or indirectly by the Guarantor, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

(k) The consolidated financial statements, together with the notes related thereto, of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, present fairly the financial position of the Guarantor as of the dates shown and the results of the Guarantor’s operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as otherwise noted therein or as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto.

 

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No other financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language furnished with the Exchange Act filings incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final 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. All non-GAAP financial information included in the Registration Statement, if any, complies with the requirements of Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act.

(l) The operations of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Guarantor or any of its consolidated subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Guarantor or any of its consolidated subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened, the outcome of which could reasonably be expected to be material in the context of the offering of the Offered Securities.

(m) Neither the Guarantor nor any of its consolidated subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, any agent, director, officer, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Guarantor or its consolidated subsidiaries has, in the past ten years, (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws (collectively, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”); or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit.

 

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The Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

(n) Neither the Guarantor nor any of its consolidated subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, any agent, director, officer, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Guarantor or its consolidated subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Guarantor or any of its consolidated subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the nongovernment controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and any other Covered Region (as defined in the Executive Order 14065) of Ukraine identified pursuant to the Executive Order 14065, Cuba, Iran and North Korea (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any consolidated subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions or the Anti-Corruption Laws. Since April 24, 2019, the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries have not engaged in, and are not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of relevant Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country (for the avoidance of doubt, including any dealings or transactions with any Venezuelan State-owned entity that at the time of such dealing or transaction was the subject or the target of Sanctions to the extent such dealing or transaction was not authorized by any license or General License authorized by OFAC.

 

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(o) The Guarantor maintains effective “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that have been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Guarantor in reports that it will file or submit under the Exchange Act will be recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Guarantor’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Guarantor has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(p) The Guarantor maintains a system of internal accounting controls that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; and (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization. The Guarantor’s internal accounting controls are effective and the Guarantor is not aware of any material weaknesses in its accounting controls.

(q) Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of, to the knowledge of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and, to the knowledge of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to the same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries are, to the knowledge of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

 

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3. Purchase and Offering of Offered Securities. The obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities will be evidenced by an agreement or exchange of other written communications (“Terms Agreement”) at the time the Company determines to sell the Offered Securities. The Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm or firms which will be Underwriters, the names of any Representatives, the principal amount of the Offered Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter, the commission or fee to be paid to the Underwriters and the terms of the Offered Securities not already specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, interest rate, maturity, any redemption provisions and any sinking fund requirements. The Terms Agreement will also specify the time and date of delivery and payment (such time and date, or such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company agree as the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in the Terms Agreement referred to as the “Closing Date”), the place of delivery and payment and any details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Offered Securities. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities will be several and not joint. It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

If the Terms Agreement specifies “Book-Entry Only” settlement or otherwise states that the provisions of this paragraph shall apply, the Company will deliver against payment of the cash purchase price the Offered Securities in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive form (the “Global Securities”) deposited with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. The Global Securities will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 5:00 pm, New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date. Interests in any permanent global securities will be held only in book-entry form through DTC, except in the limited circumstances described in the Final Prospectus. Payment for the Offered Securities shall be made by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by official check or checks or wire transfer to an account previously designated by the Company at a bank acceptable to the Representatives, in each case drawn to the order of the Company at the place of payment specified in the Terms Agreement on the Closing Date, against delivery to the Trustee as custodian for DTC of the Global Securities representing all of the Offered Securities.

4. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will furnish to counsel for the Underwriters one signed copy (but not an original) of the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, including all exhibits, in the form it became effective and of all amendments thereto and that, in connection with each offering of Offered Securities:

(a) The Company will cause the Final Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representatives, subparagraph (5)) not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of the Terms Agreement.

 

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(b) During any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Act), the Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus and will afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings or any notice from the Commission objecting to its use in respect of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.

(c) The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Offered Securities, in a form approved by the Representatives, and will cause such term sheet to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule.

(d) If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives, so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented, and will promptly prepare and cause to be filed with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance.

(e) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Act), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and cause to be filed with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance. The terms “supplement” and “amendment” as used in this Agreement include, without limitation, all documents filed by the Company and the Guarantor with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus that are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof.

 

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(f) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the date of each Terms Agreement, the Company will make generally available to security holders of the Company an earning statement of the Guarantor covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the latest of (i) the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, (ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of such Terms Agreement and (iii) the date of the Guarantor’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of such Terms Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.

(g) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, and during any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Act), the Base Prospectus, any related Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request.

(h) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor will be required in connection therewith to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it would not otherwise be so qualified or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by it or the Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for offer and sale in any such jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(i) During the period of five years after the date of any Terms Agreement, the Company will furnish or make available to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, if any, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the Guarantor’s annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish or make available to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report (other than a report on Form 11-K) and any definitive proxy statement of the Guarantor filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company or the Guarantor as the Representatives may reasonably request in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.

 

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(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement); any filing fees or other expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate in accordance with Section 4(h) and the printing of memoranda relating thereto; any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities; any costs incident to the execution and delivery of the Indenture or the issuance and delivery of the Offered Securities (including printing and engraving costs) and any necessary issue, transfer or other stamp taxes in that connection; any applicable filing fee incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, the preparation of any Blue Sky memorandum and review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. of the Offered Securities; any travel expenses of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company or the Guarantor in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities; any expenses incurred in preparing, printing and distributing the Final Prospectus, any preliminary prospectuses, any preliminary prospectus supplements or any other amendments or supplements to the Final Prospectus; and the costs and expenses associated with any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any investor presentation identified in Schedule C to the Terms Agreement (each, an “Investor Presentation”). Except as provided in Section 4(j), Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of counsel.

(k) Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that, unless the Company has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company and the Guarantor that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the Act, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, included in Schedule B to the applicable Terms Agreement.

 

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Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and recordkeeping.

(l) Each of the Company and the Guarantor consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering, (ii) information required or permitted by Rule 134 under the Act that is not “issuer information” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto.

(m) The Company will not, and will cause the Guarantor not to, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to any United States dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or the Guarantor and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of the Representatives for a period beginning at the time of execution of the Terms Agreement and ending the number of days after the Closing Date specified under “Blackout” in the Terms Agreement.

5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company and Guarantor officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by each of the Company and the Guarantor of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Immediately after the Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission, the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a letter, dated as of the Execution Time, of Ernst & Young LLP, with respect to the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, confirming that they are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that:

(i) in their opinion the financial statements and any schedules audited by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Final Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and Regulations; (ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for a review of interim financial information as described in AS 4105, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited financial statements of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, if any;

 

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(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above, if applicable, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Guarantor, inquiries of officials of the Guarantor who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

(A) the unaudited financial statements of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, if any, included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and Regulations or any material modifications should be made to such unaudited financial statements for them to be in conformity with GAAP;

(B) if any unaudited “capsule” information of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries is contained in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the unaudited consolidated total revenues, net income and net income per share amounts or other amounts constituting such “capsule” information and described in such letter do not agree with the corresponding amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements or were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited statements of income;

(C) if (and only if) any consolidated balance sheet for the Guarantor is available for any period subsequent to the latest consolidated balance sheet for the Guarantor included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, at the date of the latest available consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor read by such accountants, there was any change in the capital stock, any increase in total debt, any decrease in consolidated net current assets (working capital) or any decrease in stockholders’ equity, as compared with amounts shown on the latest consolidated balance sheet included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus; (D) at a subsequent specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter, there was any change greater than 1% in the capital stock, or any increase greater than 1% in total debt, as compared with the latest available consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries; or

 

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(E) if (and only if) any income statement for the Guarantor is available for any period subsequent to the latest consolidated balance sheet included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement for the Guarantor included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and with the period of corresponding length ended the date of the latest income statement for the Guarantor included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, in consolidated total revenues or net income;

except in all cases set forth in clauses (C), (D) and (E) above for changes, increases or decreases which the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter;

(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries contained in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (in each case to the extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the general accounting records of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the Guarantor’s accounting system or are derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter; and (v) they have read any pro forma financial information of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries which is included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus and performed the additional procedures suggested by Example D of AS 6101.

 

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All financial statements and schedules with respect to the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries included in material incorporated by reference into the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.

(b) Immediately after the Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission, the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a letter, dated as of the Execution Time, of Deloitte & Touche LLP, with respect to DCP Midstream, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and its subsidiaries, confirming that they are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that:

(i) on the basis of the inquiries of officials of the Partnership and the Guarantor, as applicable, who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and other specified procedures:

(A) if (and only if) any consolidated balance sheet for the Partnership is available for any period subsequent to the latest consolidated balance sheet for the Partnership, at the date of the latest available consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership read by such accountants, there was any change in the partnership units, any increase in debt, any decrease in consolidated net current assets (working capital) or any decrease in partners’ equity, as compared with amounts shown on the latest consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership;

(B) at a subsequent specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter, whether there was any change greater than 1% in the partnership units, or any increase greater than 1% in debt, as compared with the latest available consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership and its subsidiaries; and

(C) if (and only if) any income statement for the Partnership is available for any period subsequent to the latest consolidated balance sheet for the Partnership, for the period from the closing date of the latest income statement for the Partnership to the closing date of the latest available income statement read by such accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and with the period of corresponding length ended the date of the latest income statement for the Partnership, in consolidated total operating revenues or consolidated net income; except in all cases set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above for changes, increases or decreases which the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter.

 

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(c) The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 4(a) of this Agreement. The final term sheet contemplated by Section 4(c) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof or any notice from the Commission objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

(d) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including any Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company or the Guarantor by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company or the Guarantor on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including any Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.

(e) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received an opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, counsel for the Company and the Guarantor, covering the matters reasonably requested by the Representatives substantially to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.

 

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(f) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company and the Guarantor, the validity of the Offered Securities and the Guarantee, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company and the Guarantor shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(g) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that each of the Company and the Guarantor has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof or any notice from the Commission objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

(h) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a letter, dated the Closing Date, of each of (i) Ernst & Young LLP, with respect to the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, and (ii) Deloitte & Touche LLP, with respect to the Partnership and its subsidiaries, in each case, which meets the requirements of subsection (a) and (b), respectively, of this Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.

(i) (A) The Representatives shall have received executed copies of the Indenture and the Offered Securities and the Offered Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC, and (B) such other conditions precedent, if any, as may be specified in the Terms Agreement.

 

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The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and the Terms Agreement.

If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, the Terms Agreement and this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4(j) and except that Sections 2, 4, 6, 8, 15 and 16 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and the Guarantor will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto, any Investor Presentation or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, or arise out of or are 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 will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in the Terms Agreement.

 

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(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantor, their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or the Guarantor may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto, any Investor Presentation or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such 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 Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in the Terms Agreement.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify in writing the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify in writing the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under subsection (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action 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 an indemnified party.

 

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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting fees paid to (including any underwriting discounts and commissions received by) the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the partners, directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company or the Guarantor, to each officer of the Company or the Guarantor who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of the Act.

 

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7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase Offered Securities under the Terms Agreement and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments under the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, the Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Guarantor, except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or the Guarantor or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of the Terms Agreement pursuant to Section 7 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 5(d), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.

 

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9. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of any Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (ii) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantor and (iii) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with any offering and the process leading up to the offering of any Offered Securities is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with any offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Guarantor on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or the Guarantor, in connection with such offering or the process leading thereto.

10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile and confirmed to them at their address furnished to the Company in writing for the purpose of communications hereunder or, if sent to the Company or the Guarantor, will be mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile and confirmed to it at Phillips 66, 2331 CityWest Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77042, Facsimile: (918) 977-9634, Attention: Treasurer, or such other address as the Company may notify the Underwriters.

11. Successors. The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, the Guarantor and such Underwriters as are identified in the Terms Agreement and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

12. Representation of Underwriters. Any Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the financing described in the Terms Agreement, and any action under such Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) taken by the Representatives will be binding upon all the Underwriters.

13. Counterparts. The Terms Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement. Any electronic signature hereof shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

14. Effect of Headings. This Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

15. Applicable Law. This Agreement and the Terms Agreement 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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Each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) or the transactions contemplated thereby.

16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS 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 AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

17. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

As used in this Section 17:

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

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“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

18. The Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Guarantor, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

19. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of UK Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements or understanding between any UK Bail-In Party (as defined below) and the Company or Guarantor, the Company and Guarantor each acknowledges and accepts that a UK Bail-In Liability (as defined below) arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of UK Bail-In Powers (as defined below) by the relevant UK resolution authority and acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the effect of the exercise of UK Bail-In Powers by the relevant UK resolution authority in relation to any UK Bail-In Liability of each Underwriter subject to the Bail-In Powers of the relevant UK resolution authority (a “UK Bail-In Party”) to the Company under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (1) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the UK Bail-In Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon; (2) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the UK Bail-In Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of each UK Bail-In Party or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the Company of such shares, securities or obligations); (3) the cancellation of the UK Bail-In Liability; and/or (4) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period;

(b) and the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the relevant UK resolution authority, to give effect to the exercise of UK Bail-In Powers by the relevant UK resolution authority.

 

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As used in this Section 19, “UK Bail-In Legislation” means Part I of the UK Banking Act of 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the UK relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings); “UK Bail-In Powers” means the powers under UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability; “UK Bail-In Liability” means a liability in respect of which the UK Bail-In Powers may be exercised.

 

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Phillips 66 Company (“Company”)

Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Phillips 66 (“Guarantor”)

TERMS AGREEMENT

September 16, 2025

 

To:

The Representatives of the Underwriters identified herein

Ladies & Gentlemen:

The Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto for their respective accounts, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement to be filed by the Guarantor in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 16, 2025 (“Underwriting Agreement”), the following securities (“Offered Securities”) on the following terms:

 

    

Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056

  

Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056

Title:    5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2056 (“Series A Junior Subordinated Notes”).    6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2056 (“Series B Junior Subordinated Notes” and, together with the Series A Junior Subordinated Notes, the “notes”).
Principal Amount:    $1,000,000,000    $1,000,000,000
Interest:    Subject to the right to defer interest payments, from and including September 18, 2025 to, but excluding March 15, 2031 (the “First Series A Reset Date”) at the rate of 5.875% per year and from and including the First Series A Reset Date, during each Series A Reset Period, at a rate per year equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent Series A Reset Interest Determination Date plus a spread of 2.283%, to be reset on each Series A Reset Date; provided, that the interest rate during any Series A Reset Period will not reset below 5.875%.    Subject to the right to defer interest payments, from and including September 18, 2025 to, but excluding March 15, 2036 (the “First Series B Reset Date”) at the rate of 6.200% per year and from and including the First Series B Reset Date, during each Series B Reset Period, at a rate per year equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent Series B Reset Interest Determination Date plus a spread of 2.166%, to be reset on each Series B Reset Date; provided, that the interest rate during any Series B Reset Period will not reset below 6.200%.


Interest Payment Dates:    March 15 and September 15, commencing on March 15, 2026    March 15 and September 15, commencing on March 15, 2026
Record Dates for Interest Payments:    March 1 and September 1    March 1 and September 1
Optional Deferral of Interest    Up to 10 consecutive years per deferral.    Up to 10 consecutive years per deferral.
Maturity:    March 15, 2056    March 15, 2056
Optional Redemption:    The Company may redeem the Series A Junior Subordinated Notes in whole or in part on one or more occasions at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (i) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Series A Reset Date and ending on and including the First Series A Reset Date and (ii) after the First Series A Reset Date, on any interest payment date.    The Company may redeem the Series B Junior Subordinated Notes in whole or in part on one or more occasions at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (i) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Series B Reset Date and ending on and including the First Series B Reset Date and (ii) after the First Series B Reset Date, on any interest payment date.
Tax Event Redemption:    In whole, but not in part, at 100% of the principal amount of the Series A Junior Subordinated Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event.    In whole, but not in part, at 100% of the principal amount of the Series B Junior Subordinated Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event.

 

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Rating Agency Event Redemption:    In whole, but not in part, at 102% of the principal amount of the Series A Junior Subordinated Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency Event.    In whole, but not in part, at 102% of the principal amount of the Series B Junior Subordinated Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency Event.
Sinking Fund:    None.    None.
Listing:    None.    None.
Purchase Price:    99.000% of principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from September 18, 2025.    99.000% of principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from September 18, 2025.
Underwriters’ Fee:    1.000% of principal amount.    1.000% of principal amount.
Expected Reoffering Price:    100.000% of principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from September 18, 2025, subject to change by the Representatives.    100.000% of principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from September 18, 2025, subject to change by the Representatives
Closing:    10:00 A.M., New York City time, on September 18, 2025, at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 375 Ninth Avenue, New York, New York 10001 in Federal (same day) funds.    10:00 A.M., New York City time, on September 18, 2025, at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 375 Ninth Avenue, New York, New York 10001 in Federal (same day) funds.
Settlement and Trading:    Book-Entry Only via DTC.    Book-Entry Only via DTC.
Blackout:    Until 14 days after the Closing Date.    Until 14 days after the Closing Date.

 

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Names and Addresses of Representatives:   

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

 

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10020

 

PNC Capital Markets LLC

300 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Brookfield Place

200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10281

  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

 

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10020

 

PNC Capital Markets LLC

300 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Brookfield Place

200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10281

  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

250 Vesey Street

New York, NY 10281

 

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

277 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10172

  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

250 Vesey Street

New York, NY 10281

 

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

277 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10172

Additional Condition Precedent Pursuant to Section 5(i) of the Underwriting Agreement:    None.    None.
Execution Time:    4:25 p.m., New York City time, on the date hereof.    4:25 p.m., New York City time, on the date hereof.

The respective principal amounts of the Offered Securities to be purchased by each of the Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A hereto.

The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the Underwriting Agreement or the Preliminary Final Prospectus, as applicable.

 

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For purposes of the Underwriting Agreement, the only information furnished to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of any Underwriter for use in the Final Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Underwriting Agreement consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of such Underwriter: The fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth paragraphs and the second sentence in the seventh paragraph under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” in the Final Prospectus.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company, the Guarantor and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
  Phillips 66 Company
    By  

/s/ Scott Delmoro

  Name: Scott Delmoro
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
  Phillips 66
    By  

/s/ Kevin J. Mitchell

  Name:   Kevin J. Mitchell
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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The foregoing Terms Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
PNC Capital Markets LLC
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
     Acting on behalf of themselves and as
  the Representatives of the several Underwriters.
  By   Mizuho Securities USA LLC
  By  

/s/ Stephen E. Leamer

  Name: Stephen E. Leamer
  Title: Managing Director
  By MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
  By  

/s/ Richard C. Testa

  Name: Richard C. Testa
  Title: Managing Director
  By   PNC Capital Markets LLC
  By  

/s/ Valerie Shadeck

  Name: Valerie Shadeck
  Title: Managing Director
  By   RBC Capital Markets, LLC
  By  

/s/ John M. Sconzo

  Name: John M. Sconzo
  Title: Managing Director
  By   Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
  By  

/s/ Michael Ravanesi

  Name: Michael Ravanesi
  Title: Managing Director & Head of U.S. Debt Origination
  By   SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
  By  

/s/ Amanda Boggs

  Name: Amanda Boggs
  Title: Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Underwriter

   Principal
Amount of
Series A Junior
Subordinated
Notes
     Principal
Amount of
Series B Junior
Subordinated
Notes
 

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

   $ 110,000,000      $ 110,000,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

   $ 110,000,000      $ 110,000,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

   $ 110,000,000      $ 110,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

   $ 110,000,000      $ 110,000,000  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

   $ 110,000,000      $ 110,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

   $ 110,000,000      $ 110,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 40,000,000      $ 40,000,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

   $ 40,000,000      $ 40,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

   $ 40,000,000      $ 40,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 40,000,000      $ 40,000,000  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

   $ 40,000,000      $ 40,000,000  

Truist Securities, Inc.

   $ 40,000,000      $ 40,000,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

CIBC World Markets Corp.

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

ICBC Standard Bank Plc

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

UniCredit Capital Markets LLC

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

   $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,000,000,000      $ 1,000,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


SCHEDULE B

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package

1. Free writing prospectus dated September 16, 2025, relating to the final terms of the Offered Securities.


SCHEDULE C

Schedule of Investor Presentations

1. Investor Presentation dated September 15, 2025.

EX-4.1 3 d25054dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

 
 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

as Issuer

and

PHILLIPS 66

as Guarantor

and

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of September 18, 2025

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

 

 
 


PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

 

 

 

Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939

   Section(s) of Indenture
Section 310   (a)(1)    7.10
    (a)(2)    7.10
    (a)(3)    Not Applicable
    (a)(4)    Not Applicable
    (a)(5)    7.10
    (b)    7.08, 7.10
Section 311   (a)    7.11
    (b)    7.11
    (c)    Not Applicable
Section 312   (a)    2.07
    (b)    12.03
    (c)    12.03
Section 313   (a)    7.06
    (b)    7.06
    (c)    7.06
    (d)    7.06
Section 314   (a)    4.03, 4.04
    (b)    Not Applicable
    (c)(1)    12.04
    (c)(2)    12.04
    (c)(3)    Not Applicable
    (d)    Not Applicable
    (e)    12.05
Section 315   (a)    7.01(b)
    (b)    7.05
    (c)    7.01(a)
    (d)    7.01(c)
    (d)(1)    7.01(c)(1)
    (d)(2)    7.01(c)(2)
    (d)(3)    7.01(c)(3)
    (e)    6.11
Section 316   (a)(1)(A)    6.05
    (a)(1)(B)    6.04
    (a)(2)    Not Applicable
    (a)(last sentence)    2.11
    (b)    6.07
Section 317   (a)(1)    6.08
    (a)(2)    6.09
    (b)    2.06
Section 318   (a)    12.01
 
Note:

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

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1  

SECTION 1.01

  Definitions      1  

SECTION 1.02

  Other Definitions      5  

SECTION 1.03

  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      5  

SECTION 1.04

  Rules of Construction      5  

ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES

     6  

SECTION 2.01

  Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      6  

SECTION 2.02

  Denominations      8  

SECTION 2.03

  Forms Generally      8  

SECTION 2.04

  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      8  

SECTION 2.05

  Registrar and Paying Agent      10  

SECTION 2.06

  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      10  

SECTION 2.07

  Holder Lists      10  

SECTION 2.08

  Transfer and Exchange      11  

SECTION 2.09

  Replacement Securities      11  

SECTION 2.10

  Outstanding Securities      12  

SECTION 2.11

  Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities      12  

SECTION 2.12

  Temporary Securities      12  

SECTION 2.13

  Cancellation      12  

SECTION 2.14

  Payments; Defaulted Interest      13  

SECTION 2.15

  Persons Deemed Owners      13  

SECTION 2.16

  Computation of Interest      13  

SECTION 2.17

  Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions      13  

SECTION 2.18

  CUSIP Numbers      15  

ARTICLE III REDEMPTION

     15  

SECTION 3.01

  Applicability of Article      15  

SECTION 3.02

  Notice to the Trustee      15  

SECTION 3.03

  Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed      15  

SECTION 3.04

  Notice of Redemption      16  

SECTION 3.05

  Effect of Notice of Redemption      16  

SECTION 3.06

  Deposit of Redemption Price      16  

SECTION 3.07

  Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part      17  

SECTION 3.08

  Purchase of Securities      17  

SECTION 3.09

  Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds      17  

SECTION 3.10

  Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities      17  

SECTION 3.11

  Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund      17  

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS SECTION

     18  

SECTION 4.01

  Payment of Securities      18  

SECTION 4.02

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      18  

SECTION 4.03

  SEC Reports; Financial Statements      19  

SECTION 4.04

  Compliance Certificate      19  

SECTION 4.05

  Corporate Existence      20  

SECTION 4.06

  Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws      20  

SECTION 4.07

  Additional Amounts      20  

ARTICLE V SUCCESSORS SECTION

     20  

SECTION 5.01

  Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations      20  

SECTION 5.02

  Successor Person Substituted      21  

 

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ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES SECTION

     21  

SECTION 6.01

  Events of Default      21  

SECTION 6.02

  Acceleration      22  

SECTION 6.03

  Other Remedies      23  

SECTION 6.04

  Waiver of Defaults      23  

SECTION 6.05

  Control by Majority      23  

SECTION 6.06

  Limitations on Suits      24  

SECTION 6.07

  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment      24  

SECTION 6.08

  Collection Suit by Trustee      24  

SECTION 6.09

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      24  

SECTION 6.10

  Priorities      25  

SECTION 6.11

  Undertaking for Costs      25  

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE SECTION

     26  

SECTION 7.01

  Duties of Trustee      26  

SECTION 7.02

  Rights of Trustee      26  

SECTION 7.03

  May Hold Securities      28  

SECTION 7.04

  Trustee’s Disclaimer      28  

SECTION 7.05

  Notice of Defaults      28  

SECTION 7.06

  Reports by Trustee to Holders      28  

SECTION 7.07

  Compensation and Indemnity      28  

SECTION 7.08

  Replacement of Trustee      29  

SECTION 7.09

  Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.      30  

SECTION 7.10

  Eligibility; Disqualification      30  

SECTION 7.11

  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company      31  

ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     31  

SECTION 8.01

  Termination of the Company’s and the Guarantor’s Obligations      31  

SECTION 8.02

  Application of Trust Money; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      34  

SECTION 8.03

  Repayment to Company      34  

SECTION 8.04

  Reinstatement      34  

ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS

     34  

SECTION 9.01

  Without Consent of Holders      34  

SECTION 9.02

  With Consent of Holders      35  

SECTION 9.03

  Compliance with Trust Indenture Act      37  

SECTION 9.04

  Revocation and Effect of Consents      37  

SECTION 9.05

  Notation on or Exchange of Securities      37  

SECTION 9.06

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.      38  

ARTICLE X GUARANTEE

     38  

SECTION 10.01

  Guarantee      38  

SECTION 10.02

  Proceedings Against Guarantor      38  

SECTION 10.03

  Subrogation      39  

SECTION 10.04

  Guarantee for Benefit of Holders      39  

ARTICLE XI SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE

     39  

SECTION 11.01

  Securities and Guarantee Subordinated to Senior Debt      39  

SECTION 11.02

  No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances      40  

SECTION 11.03

  Securities and Guarantee Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Debt on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization      40  

SECTION 11.04

  Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt      41  

SECTION 11.05

  Obligations of the Company and the Guarantor Unconditional      41  

SECTION 11.06

  Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice      42  

SECTION 11.07

  Application by Trustee of Amounts Deposited with It      42  

 

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SECTION 11.08

  Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company, the Guarantor or Holders of Senior Debt      42  

SECTION 11.09

  Trustee to Effectuate Subordination of Securities      43  

SECTION 11.10

  Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Debt      43  

SECTION 11.11

  Article XI Not to Prevent Events of Default      43  

SECTION 11.12

  No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of Senior Debt      43  

SECTION 11.13

  Article Applicable to Paying Agent      43  

SECTION 11.14

  Rights of Trustee      44  

ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS

     44  

SECTION 12.01

  Trust Indenture Act Controls      44  

SECTION 12.02

  Notices      44  

SECTION 12.03

  Communication by Holders with Other Holders      45  

SECTION 12.04

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      45  

SECTION 12.05

  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      45  

SECTION 12.06

  Rules by Trustee and Agents      46  

SECTION 12.07

  Legal Holidays      46  

SECTION 12.08

  No Recourse Against Others      46  

SECTION 12.09

  Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial      46  

SECTION 12.10

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      46  

SECTION 12.11

  Successors      46  

SECTION 12.12

  Severability      47  

SECTION 12.13

  Counterpart Originals      47  

SECTION 12.14

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      47  

SECTION 12.15

  U.S.A. Patriot Act      47  

 

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INDENTURE dated as of September 18, 2025 among Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s unsecured subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”) to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in this Indenture:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01 Definitions.

“Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts required by the express terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that are owing to such Holders.

“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 purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean 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” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

“Board of Directors,” when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, means the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any committee thereof duly authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to act by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

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

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” of any Person means any obligation of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of property, real or personal, that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person; provided, however, that for purposes of any provision contained herein which is required by the TIA, “Company” shall also mean each other obligor (if any), other than the Guarantor, on the Securities of a series.

“Company Order” and “Company Request” mean, respectively, a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers of the Company and, in the case of a Company Order pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.04, in the name of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the office of the Trustee located at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02, and as may be located at such other address as the Trustee may give notice to the Company and the Guarantor.

“Debt” of any Person means, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness or obligations of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof); (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than standby letters of credit, bid or performance bonds and other obligations issued by or for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of business, to the extent not drawn or, to the extent drawn, if such drawing is reimbursed not later than the third Business Day following demand for reimbursement; (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, except trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business; (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (vi) all Debt of others secured by a lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person (provided that if the obligations so secured have not been assumed in full by such Person or are not otherwise such Person’s legal liability in full, then such obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the greater of (a) the lesser of (1) the full amount of such obligations and (2) the fair market value of such assets, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of such Person, which determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, and (b) the amount of obligations as have been assumed by such Person or which are otherwise such Person’s legal liability); and (vii) all Debt of others (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business) guaranteed by such Person to the extent of such guarantee.

“Default” means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

“Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from time to time.

“Global Security” means a Security that is issued in global form in the name of the Depositary with respect thereto or its nominee.

“Government Obligations” means, with respect to a series of Securities, direct obligations of the government that issues the currency in which the Securities of the series are payable for the payment of which the full faith and credit of such government is pledged, or obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government.

“Guarantee” shall mean the guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the Securities by the Guarantor as provided in Article X.

 

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

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

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the provisions hereof, and includes the terms of a particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01.

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

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security as contemplated by Section 2.01.

“Issue Date” means, with respect to Securities of a series, the date on which the Securities of such series are originally issued under this Indenture.

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in any of The City of New York, New York; Houston, Texas or a Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

“Maturity” means, with respect to any Security, 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 thereof, or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of a Person.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of a Person and, in the case of an Officers’ Certificate of the Company pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.04, by an Officer of the Guarantor that meets the requirements of Sections 12.04 and 12.05.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that meets the requirements of Sections 12.04 and 12.05. Such written opinion must be from legal counsel, and such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that 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 6.02.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

“Place of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 2.01 subject to the provisions of Section 4.02.

“principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.

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

 

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

“Responsible Officer” means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Rule 144A Securities” means Securities of a series designated pursuant to Section 2.01 as entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03(b).

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

“Security Custodian” means, with respect to Securities of a series issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of such series, as custodian with respect to the Securities of such series, or any successor entity thereto.

“Senior Debt” unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, means (i) all Debt of the Company and, in the case of the related Guarantee, the Guarantor, whether currently outstanding or hereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Debt or pursuant to which such Debt is outstanding, it is provided that such Debt is not superior in right of payment to the Securities, in the case of the Company, or the related Guarantee, in the case of the Guarantor, or to other Debt which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Securities, in the case of the Company, or the related Guarantee, in the case of the Guarantor, and (ii) any modifications, refunding, deferrals, renewals or extensions of any such Debt or any securities, notes or other evidences of Debt issued in exchange for such Debt; provided that, unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, in no event shall “Senior Debt” include (a) Debt of the Company or the Guarantor owed or owing to any Subsidiary or any officer, director or employee of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, (b) Debt to trade creditors or (c) any liability for taxes owed or owing by the Company or the Guarantor.

“Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, 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 Person at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Guarantor or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Guarantor and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock having 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.

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date hereof.

“Trustee” means the Person named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” means each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its territories and possessions, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

 

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“U.S. Government Obligations” means Government Obligations with respect to Securities payable in Dollars.

SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

TERM

   DEFINED IN
SECTION
 

“Bankruptcy Custodian”

     6.01  

“Conversion Event”

     6.01  

“covenant defeasance”

     8.01  

“Event of Default”

     6.01  

“Exchange Rate”

     2.11  

“Judgment Currency”

     6.10  

“legal defeasance”

     8.01  

“mandatory sinking fund payment”

     3.09  

“optional sinking fund payment”

     3.09  

“Paying Agent”

     2.05  

“Payment Default”

     11.02  

“Registrar”

     2.05  

“Required Currency”

     6.10  

“Successor”

     5.01  

SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture (and if the Indenture is not qualified under the TIA at that time, as if it were so qualified unless otherwise provided). The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“Commission” means the SEC.

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities.

All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by a TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; (5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

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(6) all references in this instrument to Articles and Sections are references to the corresponding Articles and Sections in and of this instrument.

ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that 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 of the Company, and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company or in a Company Order, 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) if there is to be a limit, the limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that 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 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that unless otherwise provided in the terms of the series, the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased before or after the issuance of any Securities of the series by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such effect;

(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form, as Global Securities or otherwise, and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.17, and the initial Depositary and Security Custodian, if any, for any Global Security or Securities of such series;

(4) the manner in which any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on any Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.14;

(5) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium (if any) on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;

(6) the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the record date for the interest payable on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date, or if other than provided herein, the Person to whom any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;

(7) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 4.02, the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable; (8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices (whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) 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, if the Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the Company must exercise any such option, if different from those set forth herein;

 

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(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay 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 (whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid in whole or in part pursuant to such obligation;

(10) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denomination in which any Securities of that series shall be issuable;

(11) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) or the form, including equity securities, other debt securities (including Securities), warrants or any other securities or property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person, in which payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(12) if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;

(13) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to any commodities, currencies or indices, values, rates or prices or any other index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;

(15) any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and any additional conditions or limitations to discharge with respect to Securities of the series and the related Guarantee pursuant to Article VIII or any modifications of or deletions from such conditions or limitations;

(16) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 or covenants of the Company or the Guarantor set forth in Article IV pertaining to the Securities of the series;

(17) any restrictions or other provisions with respect to the transfer or exchange of Securities of the series, which may amend, supplement, modify or supersede those contained in this Article II;

(18) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock, other debt securities (including Securities), warrants, other equity securities or any other securities or property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Person, at the option of the Company or the Holder or upon the occurrence of any condition or event, the terms and conditions for such conversion or exchange;

(19) whether the Securities of the series are to be entitled to the benefit of Section 4.03(b) (and accordingly constitute Rule 144A Securities);

(20) any modifications to the definition of “Senior Debt,” to Article XI or to the other provisions regarding subordination with respect to the Securities of the series; and

(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).

 

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All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 2.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate or Company Order referred to above 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, together with such Board Resolution, shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate or 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 or Company Order setting forth the terms of the series.

The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt as provided in Article XI and/or as specified as contemplated pursuant to this Section 2.01.

SECTION 2.02 Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 2.03 Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in fully registered form and in substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent global form) established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, securities exchange rule, the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar governing documents, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). A copy of the Board Resolution establishing the form or forms of Securities of any series shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

The definitive Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

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

 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Signatory”.

SECTION 2.04 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Securities on behalf of the Company and, with respect to the Guarantees of the Securities, an Officer of the Guarantor shall sign the Securities on behalf of the Guarantor, in each case by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer of the Company or the Guarantor whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

 

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A Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or the related Guarantee or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee, which signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security has been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company delivers such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.13, together with an Officers’ Certificate (which need not comply with Section 12.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or the related Guarantee.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company and the Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities for original issue upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders and any other terms of the Securities of such series not otherwise determined. If provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize (1) authentication and delivery of Securities of such series for original issue from time to time, with certain terms (including, without limitation, the Maturity dates or dates, original issue date or dates and interest rate or rates) that differ from Security to Security and (2) may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing.

In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to the Company Order referred to above and the other documents required by Section 12.04), and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:

(a) a copy of the Board Resolutions pursuant to which the terms and form of the Securities were established, 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 as of the date of such certificate, and if the terms and form of such Securities are established by an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to general authorization of the Board of Directors, such Officers’ Certificate;

(b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;

(c) an Officers’ Certificate delivered in accordance with Sections 12.04 and 12.05; and

(d) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:

(i) the form of such Securities has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii) the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(iii) when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, such Securities and the related Guarantee will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally, and the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and

(iv) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of the Securities and, if applicable, the execution of the supplemental indenture, have been complied with.

 

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If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each such Security, but such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture would affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

SECTION 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company shall maintain an office or agency for each series of Securities where Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities of such series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.

SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon payment over to the Trustee and upon accounting for any funds disbursed, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Each Paying Agent shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 317(b).

SECTION 2.07 Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of such series, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

 

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SECTION 2.08 Transfer and Exchange.

Except as set forth in Section 2.17 or as may be provided pursuant to Section 2.01:

When Securities of any series are presented to the Registrar with the request to register the transfer of such Securities or to exchange such Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same series of like tenor and of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements and the requirements of this Indenture for such transactions are met; provided, however, that the Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing, on which instruction the Registrar can rely.

To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s written request and submission of the Securities or Global Securities. No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.12, 3.07 or 9.05). The Trustee shall authenticate Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security during the period beginning 15 Business Days prior to the mailing of notice of any offer to repurchase Securities of the series required pursuant to the terms thereof or of redemption of Securities of a series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing.

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members (as defined below) or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

SECTION 2.09 Replacement Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been destroyed, lost or stolen and the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security, the Company shall issue, the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If 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. If required by the Trustee, the Guarantor or the Company, such Holder must furnish an indemnity bond that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge a Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.

Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company and the Guarantor.

 

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SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Securities.

The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security effected by the Trustee hereunder and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor holds the Security.

SECTION 2.11 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security shall be the principal amount thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, as determined by the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency, as such rate is certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “Exchange Rate”) on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent, as determined by the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the amount determined as provided in (a) above), of such Security and (c) Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, of the Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

SECTION 2.12 Temporary Securities.

Until definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities, but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.

SECTION 2.13 Cancellation.

The Company or the Guarantor at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or redemption or for credit against any sinking fund payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, replacement or cancellation or for credit against any sinking fund. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the usual disposal procedures of the Trustee (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act). The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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SECTION 2.14 Payments; Defaulted Interest.

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01, interest (except defaulted interest) on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Persons who are registered Holders of that Security at the close of business on the record date next preceding such Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender a Security to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company will pay the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities in Dollars. Such amounts shall be payable at the offices of the Trustee or any Paying Agent, provided that at the option of the Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities or (2) by wire transfer to an account in the continental United States or check payable in such money mailed to a Holder’s registered address with respect to any Securities.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any series, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest on the defaulted interest, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities of such series and in Section 4.01. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on the Securities of any series and the date of the proposed payment. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. At least 15 days before any special record date selected by the Company, the Company (or the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company upon 20 days’ prior written notice from the Company setting forth such special record date and the interest amount to be paid) shall mail to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

SECTION 2.15 Persons Deemed Owners.

The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security and for all other purposes. None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

SECTION 2.16 Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year comprising twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 2.17 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions.

If Securities of a series are issuable in global form as a Global Security, as contemplated by Section 2.01, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 2.01 and the provisions of Section 2.02, any such Global Security 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 or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, transfers or redemptions. 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 by the Trustee (i) in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified in such Security or in a Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04 or (ii) otherwise in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary for such Security, from such Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in such Global Security. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 and, if applicable, Section 2.12, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified in such Security or in the applicable Company Order. With respect to the Securities of any series that are represented by a Global Security, the Company and the Guarantor authorize the execution and delivery by the Trustee of a letter of representations or other similar agreement or instrument in the form customarily provided for by the Depositary appointed with respect to such Global Security. Any Global Security may be deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, or may remain in the custody of the Trustee or the Security Custodian therefor pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement or similar agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary.

 

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If a Company Order has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 12.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee or the Security Custodian as its custodian, or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered holder of a Global Security of a series may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder of Securities of such series is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such series and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian, or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Security.

Notwithstanding Section 2.08, and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.01: Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security if, and only if, either (1) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Security and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (2) an Event of Default has occurred with respect to such series and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue Securities in lieu of all or a portion of the Global Security (in which case the Company shall deliver Securities within 30 days of such request) or (3) the Company determines not to have the Securities represented by a Global Security.

In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company and the Guarantor shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series of like tenor and amount.

In connection with the transfer of all the beneficial interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company and the Guarantor shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interests in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of authorized denominations.

None of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, Securities by the Depositary, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to such Securities. None of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay by the related Global Security Holder or the Depositary in identifying the beneficial owners, and each such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, instructions from such Global Security Holder or the Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities to be issued).

The provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2.04 shall apply to any Global Security if such Global Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company or the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with an Officers’ Certificate (which need not comply with Section 12.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the cancellation or reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2.04.

 

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Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.14, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Global Security shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.

Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

SECTION 2.18 CUSIP Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers of the Securities.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01 Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series that are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article III.

SECTION 3.02 Notice to the Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. The Company shall so notify the Trustee at least five Business Days before the giving of the notice of redemption pursuant to Section 3.04 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) by delivering to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the provisions of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to the mailing of such notice of such redemption to any Holder and shall thereupon be void and of no effect.

SECTION 3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Securities of such series (and tenor) not previously called for redemption, on a pro rata basis (or, in the case of Global Securities, pursuant to the applicable Depositary procedures).

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Registrar 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 purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any of the Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount thereof which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

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SECTION 3.04 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 the address of such Holder appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the Registrar.

All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date;

(2) the Redemption Price;

(3) that, unless the Company and the Guarantor default in making the redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed;

(4) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender for cancellation of such Security to the Paying Agent, a new Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the Holder;

(5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price and the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(6) that the redemption is for a sinking or analogous fund, if such is the case; and

(7) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities, along with the statement in Section 2.18.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least five Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.04 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice with the form of such notice included as an exhibit thereto and setting forth the information required to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price, but interest installments whose maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable on the relevant Interest Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates specified pursuant to Section 2.01.

SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company or the Guarantor shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or the Guarantor is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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If the Company or the Guarantor complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Company and the Guarantor default in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment, and the Holders of such Securities shall have no further rights with respect to such Securities except for the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Securities. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, premium, if any, any Additional Amounts, and, to the extent lawful, accrued interest thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate specified pursuant to Section 2.01 or provided in the Securities or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such Securities’ yield to maturity.

SECTION 3.07 Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Security to be redeemed in part, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge to such Holder, upon delivery of a Company Order and an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Sections 12.04 and 12.05, a new Security or Securities, of the same series 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 that is not redeemed.

SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company, the Guarantor and any Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor may, subject to applicable law, at any time purchase or otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or by private agreement. Any such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities purchased or acquired by the Company or the Guarantor may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon such delivery, the indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. Section 2.13 shall apply to all Securities so delivered.

SECTION 3.09 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.

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.” Unless otherwise provided 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 3.10. 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 and by this Article III.

SECTION 3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company or the Guarantor may deliver outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed 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 sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities; 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 3.11 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate of the Company specifying the amount of the next ensuing 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 delivery of or by crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.10 and will also deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.

 

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Failure of the Company to timely deliver or cause to be delivered such Officers’ Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute the election of the Company that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and that the Company will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section 3.11.

If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall exceed $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof based on the applicable Exchange Rate on the date of original issue of the applicable Securities) or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request with respect to the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof as aforesaid) or less and the Company makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof as aforesaid) is available. 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 3.03 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 3.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.05, 3.06 and 3.07.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS SECTION

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities.

The Company shall pay the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of each series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of such series and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, interest and any Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company, the Guarantor or a Subsidiary) holds on that date money deposited by the Company or the Guarantor designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, interest and any Additional Amounts then due.

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium (if any), at a rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Securities to the extent lawful; and it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and any Additional Amounts (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent) where Securities of that series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that series may be presented for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. Unless otherwise designated by the Company by written notice to the Trustee and the Guarantor, such office or agency shall be the office of the Trustee in The City of New York. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Guarantor of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee and the Guarantor with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies 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 other office or agency.

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such additional office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof.

SECTION 4.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements.

(a) If the Company or the Guarantor is subject to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual and quarterly reports and the information, documents and other reports (or such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company or the Guarantor is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, that the delivery obligation hereunder shall be deemed satisfied by the Company or the Guarantor if all such items are made available to the Trustee on the Company’s or the Guarantor’s website or the website of the SEC using the EDGAR filing system (or any successor filing system) and such reports are publicly available. If this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, but not otherwise, the Company and the Guarantor shall also comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee shall be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt thereof shall not constitute actual or 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 or certificates delivered pursuant to Section 4.04). The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s or the Guarantor’s compliance with this Section 4.03 with respect to the filing of such reports and such information, documents and other reports with the SEC or the making publicly available of such reports and such information, documents and other reports on the Company’s or the Guarantor’s website or the website of the SEC.

(b) If neither the Company nor the Guarantor is subject to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company or the Guarantor shall furnish to all Holders of Rule 144A Securities and prospective purchasers of Rule 144A Securities designated by the Holders of Rule 144A Securities, promptly upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(c) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute actual or 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 an Officers’ Certificate).

SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a statement signed by an Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which need not constitute an Officers’ Certificate, complying with TIA Section 314(a)(4) and stating that in the course of performance by the signing Officer of his or her duties as such Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, he or she would normally obtain knowledge of the keeping, observing, performing and fulfilling by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge and what action the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

 

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(b) The Company or the Guarantor shall, so long as Securities of any series are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 4.05 Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article V, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.

SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

Each of the Company and the Guarantor 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 or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive it from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) each of the Company and the Guarantor 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.

SECTION 4.07 Additional Amounts.

If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly provided therein.

Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds received from the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 4.07 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.07 and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amounts and payment dates of any Additional Amounts that may become payable. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities of a series to determine any Additional Amounts, or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of the Additional Amounts owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of Additional Amounts.

ARTICLE V

SUCCESSORS SECTION

SECTION 5.01 Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations.

Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall, in any transaction or series of transactions, consolidate with or merge into any Person, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person (other than a consolidation with or merger of the Company and the Guarantor or a sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to the Guarantor or of the Guarantor to the Company), unless:

(1) either (a) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing Person or (b) the Person (if other than the Company or the Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is merged, or to which such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition shall be made (collectively, the “Successor”), is organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any political subdivision thereof or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture, in the case of the Company, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of the Company’s covenants and obligations under this Indenture and the Securities, or, in the case of the Guarantor, the performance of the Guarantee and the Guarantor’s covenants and obligations under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; and

(3) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and all conditions precedent set forth in this Indenture have been complied with and such supplemental indenture (if any) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantor.

SECTION 5.02 Successor Person Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01, the Successor formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or the Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture and the Securities with the same effect as if such Successor had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and the predecessor Company or Guarantor, in the case of a sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, shall be released from all obligations under this Indenture, the Securities and, in the case of the Guarantor, the Guarantee.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES SECTION

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.

Unless either inapplicable to a particular series or specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution establishing such series of Securities or in the form of Security for such series, an “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, occurs if:

(1) there is a default in the payment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(2) there is a default in the payment of (A) the principal of any Security of that series at its Maturity or (B) premium (if any) on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable;

(3) there is a default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(4) the Company or the Guarantor fails to comply with any of its other covenants or agreements in, or provisions of, the Securities of such series or this Indenture (other than an agreement, covenant or provision that has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than that series) which shall not have been remedied within the specified period after written notice, as specified in the last paragraph of this Section 6.01;

(5) the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case,

(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or

 

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(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days and that:

(A) is for relief against the Company or the Guarantor as debtor in an involuntary case,

(B) appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or the Guarantor or a Bankruptcy Custodian for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or the Guarantor, or

(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or the Guarantor; or

(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series occurs.

The term “Bankruptcy Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

When a Default is cured, it ceases.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01, if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security is payable in a currency or currencies (including a composite currency) other than Dollars and such currency or currencies are not available to the Company or the Guarantor for making payment thereof due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company or the Guarantor (a “Conversion Event”), each of the Company and the Guarantor will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency, as determined by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by reference to the Exchange Rate on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01, any payment made under such circumstances in Dollars where the required payment is in a currency other than Dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.

Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event, the Company or the Guarantor shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee; and the Trustee, promptly after receipt of such notice, shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 12.02 to the Holders. Promptly after the making of any payment in Dollars as a result of a Conversion Event, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall give notice in the manner provided in Section 12.02 to the Holders, setting forth the applicable Exchange Rate and describing the calculation of such payments.

A Default under clause (4) or (7) of this Section 6.01 is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company and the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Default notify the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, of the Default, and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, fails to cure the Default within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.”

SECTION 6.02 Acceleration.

If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any series at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company and the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default by notice to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, may declare the principal of (or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and all accrued and unpaid interest on all then outstanding Securities of such series, as the case may be, to be due and payable.

 

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Upon any such declaration, the amounts due and payable on the Securities shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, such amounts shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences (other than nonpayment of principal of or premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series have been cured or waived, except nonpayment of principal, premium, interest or any Additional Amounts that has become due solely because of the acceleration.

SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Defaults.

Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing or past Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Securities of such series), except (1) a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or (2) a continued Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended or supplemented without the consent of each Holder affected. 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 this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority.

With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 6.01, and with respect to all Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all the then outstanding Securities affected may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it not relating to or arising under such an Event of Default. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with applicable law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion from Holders directing the Trustee against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

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SECTION 6.06 Limitations on Suits.

Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, a Holder of a Security of any series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of such series only if:

(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;

(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or the Guarantor for the amount of principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts remaining unpaid on the Securities of the series affected by the Event of Default, and interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest, and 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.

SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such actions, including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors, as may be necessary or advisable 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 the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or the Guarantor or their respective creditors or properties and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any Bankruptcy Custodian 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 to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to 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 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties which the Holders of the Securities may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

 

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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 6.10 Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI, it shall, subject to Article XI other than with respect to amounts owed to the Trustee under Section 7.07, pay out the money in the following order:

First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, for principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts, respectively; and

Third: to the Company.

The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix record dates and payment dates for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Article VI.

To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the purpose of obtaining a judgment against the Company or the Guarantor in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day in The City of New York next preceding that on which final judgment is given. None of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be liable for any shortfall nor shall any of them benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders of Securities under this Section 6.10 caused by a change in exchange rates between the time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and the time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to make payments under this Section 6.10 to Holders of Securities, but payment of such judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company and the Guarantor on the claim or claims underlying such judgment.

SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.

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 or omitted by it as a trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series.

 

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ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE SECTION

SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

(a) If 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 such exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series:

(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether, on their face, they appear to conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.

(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company and the Guarantor. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Subject to Section 6.10, all money received by the Trustee shall, until applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities.

SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of choosing not to investigate any fact or matter stated in the 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 and the Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

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(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require instruction, an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both to be provided. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such instruction, Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult at the Company’s expense with counsel of its selection and the 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.

(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

(f) The Trustee shall not be obligated 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.

(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(h) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to know or have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

(j) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(k) 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.

(l) The permissive rights of the Trustee to take certain actions under this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.

(m) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

 

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SECTION 7.03 May Hold Securities.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

SECTION 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the Company or the Guarantor or upon the Company’s or the Guarantor’s direction under any provision hereof, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and it is known to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.02(i) hereof, the Trustee shall send to Holders of Securities of such series a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and Additional Amounts or any sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of such series.

SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.

Within 60 days after each September 15 of each year after the execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of a series, the Guarantor and the Company a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a); provided, however, that if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date with respect to a series, no report need be transmitted to Holders of such series. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports if and as required by TIA Sections 313(c) and 313(d).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders of a series of Securities shall be filed by the Company or the Guarantor with the SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of such series are listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee if and when any series of Securities is listed on any securities exchange.

SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby indemnify, defend, and protect the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and hold the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) and attorneys’ fees, incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, except as set forth in the next following paragraph. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the Guarantor promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company and the Guarantor will not relieve the Company and the Guarantor of their obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall reasonably cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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The Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of any series. Such lien and the Company’s obligations under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

The Trustee may resign and be discharged at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by so notifying the Company and the Guarantor. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series upon 30 days written notice by so notifying the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(3) a Bankruptcy Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company 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). Within one year after the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series does not take office within 30 days after the retiring or removed Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring or removed Trustee (at the expense of the Company), the Company, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

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If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of a series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Securities of such series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, each such successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee, to the Company and to the Guarantor. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.

In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto in which each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall confer to each successor Trustee all the rights, powers 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 Securities, shall confirm that all the rights, powers 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. Nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, and 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. 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 shall have all the rights, powers 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. On request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall transfer to such successor Trustee all property held by such retiring Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Such retiring Trustee shall, however, have the right to deduct its unpaid fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees.

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee or Trustees pursuant to this Section 7.08, the obligations of the Company under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Trustees.

SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

Subject to Section 7.10, if the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; provided, however, that such successor Trustee shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII.

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; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

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 and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust power, shall be subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State (or the District of Columbia) authority and shall have, or be a subsidiary of a bank or bank holding company having, a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

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The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5). The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) during the period of time required by this Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).

SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or the Guarantor.

The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE VIII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

SECTION 8.01 Termination of the Company’s and the Guarantor’s Obligations.

(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of a series (except that the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07, the Trustee’s and Paying Agent’s obligations under Section 8.03 and the rights, powers, protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article VII shall survive), and the Trustee and the Guarantor, on demand of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, when:

(1) either:

(A) all outstanding Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and issued (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Securities that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all outstanding Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 

  (i)

have become due and payable, or

 

  (ii)

will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

  (iii)

are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Company or the Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as funds (immediately available to the Holders in the case of clause (i)) in trust for such purpose (x) cash in an amount, or (y) Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will ensure the availability of cash in an amount or (z) a combination thereof, which will be sufficient without consideration of any investment of interest, in the opinion (in the case of clauses (y) and (z)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities of such series for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; or

(C) the Company and the Guarantor have properly fulfilled such other means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the Securities of such series; (2) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by them hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series; and

 

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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.

(b) Unless this Section 8.01(b) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may, at its option, terminate certain of its and the Guarantor’s respective obligations under this Indenture (“covenant defeasance”) with respect to the Securities of a series if:

(1) the Company or the Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series, (i) money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount, or (ii) Government Obligations with respect to such series, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will ensure the availability of money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount or (iii) a combination thereof, that is sufficient without consideration of any investment of interest, in the opinion (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on all Securities of such series on each date that such principal, premium (if any) or interest is due and payable and (at the Stated Maturity thereof or upon redemption as provided in Section 8.01(e)) to pay all other sums payable by it hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money and/or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to the payment of said principal, premium (if any) and interest with respect to the Securities of such series as the same shall become due;

(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to such covenant defeasance with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect;

(3) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee or a tax ruling to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 8.01(b) and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised;

(5) the Company and the Guarantor have complied with any additional conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 8.01; and

(6) such deposit and discharge shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest as defined in TIA Section 310(b).

In such event, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as set forth in this paragraph), and the Trustee and the Guarantor, on demand of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge under this Indenture. However, the Company’s and the Guarantor’s respective obligations in Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.04 and 10.01, the Trustee’s and Paying Agent’s obligations in Section 8.03 and the rights, powers, protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article VII shall survive until all Securities of such series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Company’s obligations in Section 7.07 and the Trustee’s and Paying Agent’s obligations in Section 8.03 shall survive with respect to Securities of such series.

 

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After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 8.01(b) and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series except for those surviving obligations specified above.

In order to have money available on a payment date to pay principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities, the Government Obligations shall be payable as to principal or interest on or before such payment date in such amounts as will provide the necessary money. Government Obligations shall not be callable at the issuer’s option.

(c) If the Company and the Guarantor have previously complied or are concurrently complying with Section 8.01(b) (other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 that are expressly applicable only to covenant defeasance) with respect to Securities of a series, then, unless this Section 8.01(c) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may elect that its and the Guarantor’s respective obligations to make payments with respect to Securities of such series be discharged (“legal defeasance”), if:

(1) no Default or Event of Default under clauses (5) and (6) of Section 6.01 hereof shall have occurred at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit contemplated by Section 8.01(b) (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);

(2) unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee to the effect referred to in Section 8.01(b)(4) with respect to such legal defeasance, which opinion is based on (i) a private ruling of the Internal Revenue Service addressed to the Company, (ii) a published ruling of the Internal Revenue Service pertaining to a comparable form of transaction or (iii) a change in the applicable federal income tax law (including regulations) after the date of this Indenture;

(3) the Company and the Guarantor have complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the legal defeasance of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 8.01(c); and

(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Request requesting such legal defeasance of the Securities of such series and an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such legal defeasance of the Securities of such series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.

In such event, the Company and the Guarantor will be discharged from their respective obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series to pay principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, Securities of such series, the Company’s and the Guarantor’s respective obligations under Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 10.01 shall terminate with respect to such Securities, and the entire indebtedness of the Company evidenced by such Securities and of the Guarantor evidenced by the related Guarantee shall be deemed paid and discharged.

(d) If and to the extent additional or alternative means of satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of Securities of a series are specified to be applicable to such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, each of the Company and the Guarantor may terminate any or all of its obligations under this Indenture with respect to Securities of a series and any or all of its obligations under the Securities of such series if it fulfills such other means of satisfaction and discharge as may be so specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the Securities of such series.

(e) If Securities of any series subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8.01 are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory or optional sinking fund provisions, the terms of the applicable trust arrangement shall provide for such redemption, and the Company shall make such arrangements as are reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

 

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SECTION 8.02 Application of Trust Money; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall hold in trust money or Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series with respect to which the deposit was made. Money and securities held in trust are not subject to Article XI.

The Company and the Guarantor shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Securities.

SECTION 8.03 Repayment to Company or Guarantor.

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company or the Guarantor any excess money or Government Obligations (or proceeds therefrom) held by them at any time upon the written request of the Company.

Subject to the requirements of any applicable abandoned property laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium (if any), interest or any Additional Amounts that remain unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations deposited with respect to Securities of any series in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and under the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor has made any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS

SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.

The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision hereof or thereof without the consent of any Holder:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to comply with Section 5.01; (3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or to provide for the issuance of bearer Securities (with or without coupons);

 

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(4) to provide any security for, or to add any guarantees of or additional obligors on, any series of Securities or the related Guarantee;

(5) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(6) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor;

(7) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the Securities (and, if any Event of Default is applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the series to which such Event of Default is applicable);

(8) 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 outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture that is adversely affected in any material respect by such change in or elimination of such provision;

(9) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.01;

(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 8.01; provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or

(11) 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 7.08.

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.06, join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.

SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture with the written consent (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of any one or more series or all series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of any one or more series or all series, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Securities of each such series (but the terms of such offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)) of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all series affected by such amendment or supplement (acting as one class).

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.06, join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture.

 

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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of one or more series or of all series may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company or the Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of then outstanding Securities of such series (but the terms of such offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)).

However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:

(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security;

(3) reduce the principal of, any premium on or any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to, or change the Stated Maturity of, any Security 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 6.02;

(4) reduce the premium, if any, payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may or shall be redeemed;

(5) change any obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any Security;

(6) change the coin or currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which any Security or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect thereto are payable;

(7) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security pursuant to Sections 6.07 and 6.08, except as limited by Section 6.06;

(8) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.07 or make any change in this sentence of Section 9.02;

(9) modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of any Security in a manner adverse to the Holder thereof; or

(10) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities.

An amendment under this Section 9.02 may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article XI of any holder of an issue of Senior Debt unless the holders of the issue pursuant to its terms consent to the change.

A supplemental indenture that 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.

 

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The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any provision of this Indenture (and the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Company or the Guarantor in a notice furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of each Security affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply in form and substance with the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his or her Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before a date and time therefor identified by the Company or the Guarantor in a notice furnished to such Holder in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or, if no such date and time shall be identified, the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

The Company or the Guarantor may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date (which need not comply with TIA Section 316(c)) for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver or to take any other action under this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been given and not revoked within such 90-day period.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (1) through (9) of Section 9.02 hereof. In such case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

If an amendment or supplement changes the terms of an outstanding Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security at the request of the Company regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue, the Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment or supplement.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment or supplement 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 amendment or supplement.

 

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SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement authorized pursuant to this Article if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel provided at the expense of the Company or the Guarantor as conclusive evidence that such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

ARTICLE X GUARANTEE

SECTION 10.01 Guarantee.

The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Holders from time to time of the Securities (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when and as the same shall become due, subject in each case to any applicable grace period. Each payment by the Guarantor with respect to any Security shall be paid in the currency or currencies specified for payments on such Security as contemplated by Section 2.01 and pursuant to this Indenture. The Guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to a series of Securities shall be absolute and unconditional and, subject to Article VIII, shall remain in full force and effect until the entire principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series shall have been paid or provided for in accordance with the provisions of such series and of this Indenture, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Security of such series or this Indenture, any change or amendment thereto, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Trustee or the Holder of any Security of such series with respect to any provision of such Security or this Indenture, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other circumstances that may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives presentment or demand of payment or notice to the Guarantor with respect to such Security and the obligations evidenced thereby or hereby. The Guarantor further waives any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have against any Holder of a Security arising from any other obligations any such Holder may have to the Company or the Guarantor.

It is the intention of the Guarantor that the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to the Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor (other than guarantees of the Guarantor in respect of subordinated debt) that are relevant under such laws, result in the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

SECTION 10.02 Proceedings Against Guarantor.

In the event of a default in the payment of principal of or any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a default in any sinking fund payment, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when and as the same shall become due, each of the Trustee and the Holder of such Security shall have the right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantor under this Indenture without first proceeding against the Company or exhausting any other remedies which the Trustee or such Holder may have and without resorting to any other security held by it.

 

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The Trustee shall have the right, power and authority to do all things it deems necessary or advisable to enforce the provisions of this Indenture relating to the Guarantee and to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities and, in the event of a default in payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when and as the same shall become due, the Trustee may institute or appear in such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of its rights and the rights of the Holders, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture relating to the Guarantee or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of a default in payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security when due, the Trustee may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Guarantor and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Guarantor, wherever situated.

SECTION 10.03 Subrogation.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights against the Company of any Holder of Securities of a series in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation only after the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series have been paid in full.

SECTION 10.04 Guarantee for Benefit of Holders.

The Guarantee contained in this Indenture is entered into by the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Securities. Such provisions shall not be deemed to create any right in, or to be in whole or in part for the benefit of, any Person other than the Trustee, the Guarantor, the Holders from time to time of the Securities and their permitted successors and assigns.

ARTICLE XI

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE

SECTION 11.01 Securities and Guarantee Subordinated to Senior Debt.

The Company and each Holder of a Security of a series and the related Guarantee, by his acceptance thereof, agree that (a) the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to each and all the Securities of such series and the related Guarantee and (b) any other payment payable to a Holder of a Security in respect of the Securities of such series and the related Guarantee, including on account of the acquisition or redemption of Securities of such series by the Company, is subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article XI, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of the Company and, in the case of the related Guarantee, all Senior Debt of the Guarantor, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and that these subordination provisions are for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt of the Company and, in the case of the related Guarantee, Senior Debt of the Guarantor.

This Article XI shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Debt of the Company and, in the case of the related Guarantee, Senior Debt of the Guarantor, and such provisions are made for the benefit of such holders of Senior Debt, and such holders may enforce such provisions.

 

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SECTION 11.02 No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances.

(a) Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, no payment shall be made by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, on account of the principal of, premium (if any) with respect to, or interest of any other amount due on, the Securities of any series, the related Guarantee or to acquire any Securities of such series (including any repurchases of Securities of such series pursuant to the provisions thereof at the option of the Holder thereof) for cash or property, or on account of any redemption provisions of Securities of such series, in the event of default in payment of any principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by acceleration of maturity or otherwise (but subject to any applicable grace periods) (a “Payment Default”), unless and until such Payment Default has been cured or waived or otherwise has ceased to exist or such Senior Debt shall have been discharged or paid in full.

(b) In furtherance of the provisions of Section 11.01, in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.02, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be received by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Holders of Securities of any series and the related Guarantee at a time when such payment or distribution was prohibited by the provisions of this Section 11.02, then, unless such payment or distribution is no longer prohibited by this Section 11.02, such payment or distribution (subject to the provisions of Section 11.07) shall be received and held in trust by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or such Holder for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and shall be paid or delivered by the Trustee (subject to the provisions of Section 11.06), the Paying Agent or such Holders, as the case may be, to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, remaining unpaid or unprovided for or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may have been issued, ratably, according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of such Senior Debt held or represented by each, for application to the payment of all Senior Debt in full after giving effect to all concurrent payments and distributions to or for the holders of such Senior Debt.

SECTION 11.03 Securities and Guarantee Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Debt on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization.

Upon any distribution of assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or upon any dissolution, winding up, total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, whether voluntary or involuntary, in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding or upon assignment for the benefit of creditors:

(1) the holders of all Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall first be entitled to receive payments in full before the Holders of Securities of any series and the related Guarantee are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series and the related Guarantee;

(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of Securities of any series and the related Guarantee or the Trustee on behalf of such Holders would be entitled, except for the provisions of this Article XI, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such a payment or distribution directly to the holders of such Senior Debt or their representative, ratably according to the respective amounts of Senior Debt held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all such Senior Debt remaining unpaid after giving effect to all concurrent payments and distributions to the holders of such Senior Debt; and

(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of Securities of any series and the related Guarantee or any Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any Subsidiary is acting as the Paying Agent, money for any such payment or distribution shall be segregated or held in trust) on account of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series and the related Guarantee before all Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is paid in full, such payment or distribution (subject to the provisions of Section 11.07) shall be received and held in trust by the Trustee or such Holder or Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Debt, or their respective representatives, ratably according to the respective amounts of such Senior Debt held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment as provided herein of all such Senior Debt remaining unpaid after giving effect to all concurrent payments and distributions and all provisions therefor to or for the holders of such Senior Debt, but only to the extent that as to any holder of such Senior Debt, as promptly as practical following notice from the Trustee to the holders of such Senior Debt that such prohibited payment has been received by the Trustee, Holder(s) or Paying Agent (or has been segregated as provided above), such holder (or a representative therefor) notifies the Trustee in writing of the amounts then due and owing on such Senior Debt, if any, held by such holder and only the amounts specified in such notices to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of such Senior Debt.

 

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SECTION 11.04 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.

Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as provided herein, the rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series and the related Guarantee and the rights of the Trustee to the extent of amounts owed to it under Section 7.07 shall be subrogated (to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Article XI) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, applicable to the Senior Debt or the related Guarantee until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series shall be paid in full. For the purpose of such subrogation, no such payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior Debt by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of such Securities or the related Guarantee or the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XI and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XI to the holders of Senior Debt by Holders of such Securities or the related Guarantee or the Trustee on their behalf shall, as between the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, its or their creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and such Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to or on account of such Senior Debt. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XI are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities of a series and the related Guarantee, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Debt, on the other hand.

If any payment or distribution to which the Holders of the Securities and the related Guarantee would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article XI shall have been applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article XI, to the payment of amounts payable under Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, then such Holders shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Senior Debt any payments or distributions received by such holders of Senior Debt in excess of the amount sufficient to pay all amounts payable under or in respect of such Senior Debt in full.

SECTION 11.05 Obligations of the Company and the Guarantor Unconditional.

Nothing contained in this Article XI or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities or the related Guarantee is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Holders of the Securities of any series and the related Guarantee, the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders and creditors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, other than the holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XI, of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XI or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities, upon any distribution of assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, referred to in this Article XI, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, and the Holders of the Securities and the related Guarantee shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to such Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XI so long as such court has been apprised of the provisions of, or the order, decree or certificate makes reference to, the provisions of this Article XI.

 

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SECTION 11.06 Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.

The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall have received, no later than two Business Days prior to such payment, written notice thereof from the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or from one or more holders of Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or from any representative thereof and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to assume that no such fact exists.

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VII of this Indenture, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (or a trustee on behalf of such holder), to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Debt or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XI, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XI, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

SECTION 11.07 Application by Trustee of Amounts Deposited with It.

Amounts deposited in trust with the Trustee pursuant to and in accordance with Article VIII shall be for the sole benefit of Holders of Securities of the series for the benefit of which such amounts were deposited and, as applicable, the Trustee, and, to the extent allocated for the payment of Securities of such series, shall not be subject to the subordination provisions of this Article XI. Otherwise, any deposit of assets with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (whether or not in trust) for the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of any series shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 11.01, 11.02, 11.03 and 11.04; provided that if prior to two Business Days preceding the date on which by the terms of this Indenture any such assets may become distributable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall not have received with respect to such assets the written notice provided for in Section 11.06, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such assets and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it on or after such date; and provided further that nothing contained in this Article XI shall prevent the Company from making, or the Trustee from receiving or applying, any payment in connection with the redemption of Securities of a series if the first publication of notice of such redemption (whether by mail or otherwise in accordance with this Indenture) has been made, and the Trustee has received such payment from the Company, prior to the occurrence of any of the contingencies specified in Section 11.02 or 11.03.

SECTION 11.08 Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company, the Guarantor or Holders of Senior Debt.

Except as may be limited by applicable law, no right of any present or future holders of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination provisions contained in this Article XI shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, with the terms of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Debt may extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Debt or any security therefor and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, all without affecting the liabilities and obligations of the parties to this Indenture or the Holders of the Securities of any series and the related Guarantee.

 

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SECTION 11.09 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination of Securities and Guarantee.

Each Holder of a Security of any series and the related Guarantee by his acceptance thereof authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provisions contained in this Article XI and to protect the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series and the related Guarantee pursuant to this Indenture, and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be), the filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of his Securities or the related Guarantee in the form required in said proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then the holders of the Senior Debt or their representative is hereby authorized to have the right to file and is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of Securities of such series or the related Guarantee. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee or the holders of Senior Debt or their representative to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of Securities of any series any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of such series, the related Guarantee or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee or the holders of Senior Debt or their representative to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of the Securities of such series in any such proceeding.

SECTION 11.10 Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Debt.

The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article XI in respect of any Senior Debt at any time held by it to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

SECTION 11.11 Article XI Not to Prevent Events of Default.

The failure to make a payment on account of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities of any series or the related Guarantee by reason of any provision of this Article XI shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 with respect to Securities of such series or the related Guarantee or in any way prevent the Holders of the Securities of such series or the related Guarantee from exercising any right hereunder other than the right to receive payment on the Securities of such series or the related Guarantee.

SECTION 11.12 No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of Senior Debt.

The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to the Holders of the Securities of any series or the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any other Person, cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XI or otherwise. Nothing in this Section 11.12 shall affect the obligation of any other such Person to hold such payment for the benefit of, and to pay such payment over to, the holders of Senior Debt or their representative.

SECTION 11.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agent.

In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article XI shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article XI in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that this Section 11.13 shall not apply to the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary if the Company, the Guarantor or such Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent.

 

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SECTION 11.14 Rights of Trustee.

Nothing in this Article XI shall apply to claims of or payments to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 12.02 Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address:

If to the Company:

Phillips 66 Company c/o Phillips 66

2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, Texas 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Telephone: (281) 293-6600

Facsimile: (281) 293-6067

If to the Guarantor:

Phillips 66

2331 CityWest Blvd.

Houston, Texas 77042

Attn: General Counsel

Telephone: (281) 293-6600

Facsimile: (281) 293-6067

If to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

8 Greenway Plz, Suite 1100

Houston, Texas 77046

Attn: Corporate Trust Department

Telephone: (713) 212-7576

Facsimile: (713) 212-3718

The Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

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Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder’s address shown on the register kept by the Registrar, or in any case where the Depositary or its nominee is the Holder, any notice or communication will be given by the method specified by the Depositary. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except in the case of notice to the Trustee, in which case, such notice is duly given only when received by the Trustee.

If the Company or the Guarantor sends a notice or communication to Holders, it shall send a copy to the others and to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

All notices or communications, including without limitation notices to the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor by Holders, shall be in writing, except as otherwise set forth herein.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice required by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.

In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail 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 12.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

SECTION 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee at the expense of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be:

(1) an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.

SECTION 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (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;

 

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

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

SECTION 12.07 Legal Holidays.

Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, if a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

SECTION 12.08 No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other owner of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, for any obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee, or for any obligations of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee under this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.

SECTION 12.09 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY.

SECTION 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 12.11 Successors.

All agreements of the Company and the Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

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SECTION 12.12 Severability.

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

SECTION 12.13 Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

SECTION 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The table of contents, cross-reference table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 12.15 U.S.A. Patriot Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY
By:   /s/ Scott Delmoro
Name:   Scott Delmoro
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
PHILLIPS 66
By:   /s/ Kevin J. Mitchell
Name:   Kevin J. Mitchell

Title:

  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/ Alejandro Hoyos
Name:   Alejandro Hoyos
Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Subordinated Indenture]

EX-4.2 4 d25054dex42.htm EX-4.2 EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

PHILLIPS 66

One series of Securities is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Phillips 66 Company, as issuer (the “Company”), Phillips 66, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as follows:

1. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

2. The title of the 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 shall be “5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056” (the “Notes”).

3. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for the Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder) is $1,000,000,000; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased before or after the issuance of any Notes by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such effect and any such additional Notes shall form a single series under the Indenture with the original Notes; provided, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the original Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, those additional Notes will have a different CUSIP, ISIN, or other identifying number so that they are distinguishable from the original Notes. Any such additional Notes shall have the same form and terms as the original Notes (other than the offering price, the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and the first interest payment date, and except that the provisions of the Notes specifying the rate of interest thereon to but excluding the First Reset Date (as defined below) shall not be applicable to any such additional Notes whose date of original issuance is on or after such date). As used here, references to “Notes” shall include any additional Notes issued pursuant to such a reopening.

4. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Global Notes”). The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee are hereby designated as the Depositary and the Security Custodian, respectively, for the Global Notes under the Indenture.

5. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Annex A hereto (the “Form of Note”).


6. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable shall be March 15, 2056 (the “Maturity Date”).

7. The Notes will bear interest (i) from and including September 18, 2025 to, but excluding March 15, 2031 (the “First Reset Date”) at the rate of 5.875% per year and (ii) from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period (as defined below), at a rate per year equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined below) plus a spread of 2.283%, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined below); provided, that the interest rate during any Reset Period will not reset below 5.875%. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Subject to the Company’s right to defer interest payments described in Section 8 below, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable on the Notes shall be March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2026. The record dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the March 1 and September 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day. If interest payments are deferred or otherwise not paid, they will accrue and compound semi-annually until paid at an annual rate equal to the interest rate then applicable to the Notes, to the extent permitted by applicable law (“Additional Interest”). The interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below) as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company of the interest rate for the Reset Period and the Company will promptly notify, or cause the Calculation Agent to promptly notify, the Trustee and each Paying Agent of such interest rate. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate, and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Reset Period beginning on or after the First Reset Date will be on file at the Company’s principal offices, will be made available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

“Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the entity appointed by the Company and serving as such agent with respect to the Notes at such time. Unless the Company has validly called all of the outstanding Notes for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Notes prior to the Reset Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the First Reset Date; provided that, if the Company has called all of the outstanding Notes for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date but the Company does not redeem all of the outstanding Notes on such Redemption Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Notes as promptly as practicable after such proposed Redemption Date. The Company may terminate any such appointment and may appoint a successor Calculation Agent at any time and from time to time (so long as there will always be a Calculation Agent in respect of the Notes when so required). The Company may appoint itself or the Guarantor or one of their respective affiliates as Calculation Agent.

“Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date, (i) an interest rate (expressed as a decimal) determined to be the per annum rate equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), or (ii) if there is no such published U.S. Treasury security with a maturity

 

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of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for each of the two series of U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity trading in the public securities markets, (A) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, in each case for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the methods described in clause (i) or (ii) above, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same rate determined for the prior Reset Interest Determination Date or, if the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be so determined as of the Reset Interest Determination Date preceding the First Reset Date, then the interest rate applicable for the Reset Period beginning on and including the First Reset Date will be deemed to be 5.875% per year.

“H.15” means the statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto).

The “most recent H.15” means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the applicable Reset Date.

“Reset Date” means the First Reset Date and March 15 of every fifth year after 2031.

“Reset Interest Determination Date” means, in respect of any Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the first day of such Reset Period.

“Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date, and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.

8. So long as there is no Event of Default with respect to the Notes under the Indenture, the Company, at its option, may, on one or more occasions, defer payment of all or part of the current and accrued interest otherwise due on the Notes for a period of up to 10 consecutive years (each period, commencing on the date that the first such interest payment would otherwise have been made, an “Optional Deferral Period”). A deferral of interest payments may not end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date and may not extend beyond the Maturity Date, and the Company may not begin a new Optional Deferral Period and may not pay current interest on the Notes until it has paid all accrued interest on the Notes from the previous Optional Deferral Period. Such accrued interest shall be payable to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the record date next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Any deferred interest on the Notes will accrue Additional Interest as provided for in the first paragraph of Section 7 above. Once the Company pays all deferred interest payments on the Notes, including any Additional Interest accrued on the deferred interest, it shall be entitled to again defer interest payments on the Notes as described above, but not beyond the Maturity Date of the Notes.

 

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The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of its election to begin an Optional Deferral Period at least one Business Day before the record date for the next Interest Payment Date, which notice shall contain an instruction for the Trustee to forward such notice to the Holders of the Notes. However, the Company’s failure to pay interest on any Interest Payment Date will itself constitute the commencement of an Optional Deferral Period unless the Company pays such interest within five Business Days after the Interest Payment Date, whether or not the Company provides a notice of deferral.

During an Optional Deferral Period, the Guarantor and the Company will not do any of the following:

 

  (i)

declare or pay any dividends or distributions, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment on any capital stock of the Guarantor;

 

  (ii)

pay any principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor or the Company that rank equally with, or junior to, the Notes in right of payment (including debt securities of other series, such as the Company’s 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, issued under the Indenture); or

 

  (iii)

make any payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor or the Company of indebtedness if the guarantee ranks equally with or junior to the Notes in right of payment.

However, the foregoing restrictions will not apply to:

 

  a)

purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of capital stock of the Guarantor in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, agents or consultants or a stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plan, or the satisfaction of obligations or the Guarantor pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred requiring the Guarantor to purchase, redeem or acquire its capital stock;

 

  b)

any payment, repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of dividend described in clause (i) above as a result of a reclassification of the capital stock the Guarantor, or the exchange or conversion of all or a portion of one class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock;

 

  c)

the purchase of fractional interests in shares of capital stock of the Guarantor pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the capital stock of the Guarantor or the security being converted or exchanged, or in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or in connection with any split, reclassification or similar transaction;

 

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  d)

dividends or distributions paid or made in capital stock of the Guarantor (or rights to acquire capital stock of the Guarantor), or repurchases, redemptions or acquisitions of capital stock in connection with the issuance or exchange of capital stock (or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Guarantor) and distributions in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred;

 

  e)

redemptions, exchanges or repurchases of, or with respect to, any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or the declaration or payment thereunder of a dividend or distribution of or with respect to rights in the future;

 

  f)

payments on the Notes and the Company’s 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, any trust preferred securities, subordinated debentures, junior subordinated debentures or junior subordinated notes, or any guarantees of any of the foregoing, in each case that rank equal in right of payment to the Notes, so long as the amount of payments made on account of such securities or guarantees is paid on all such securities and guarantees then outstanding on a pro rata basis in proportion to the full payment to which each series of such securities and guarantees is then entitled if paid in full;

 

  g)

any payment of deferred interest or principal on, or repayment, redemption or repurchase of, parity securities that, if not made, would cause the Guarantor or the Company to breach the terms of the instrument governing such parity securities;

 

  h)

any regularly scheduled dividend or distribution payments declared prior to the date that the applicable Optional Deferral Period commences; or

 

  i)

for the avoidance of doubt, the conversion of shares of convertible capital stock of the Guarantor, if any, in accordance with the terms of such convertible capital stock.

9. No Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes shall be payable.

10. The place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) on and interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially the office of the Trustee in the City of Houston at 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046, and any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose. Payments in respect of Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of such Notes. In all other cases, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar.

 

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11. The Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes initially shall be the Trustee.

12. The Company shall have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to Article III of the Indenture:

 

  (i)

in whole or in part on one or more occasions at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (a) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (b) after the First Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date;

 

  (ii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event (as defined below); and

 

  (iii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 102% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency Event (as defined below).

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such tax matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws or treaties of the United States or any political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under such laws or treaties, (b) any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation), (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, or (d) threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, or a publicly-known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Notes, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which administrative action is taken or which judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly-known, in each case after September 16, 2025, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Notes is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by us for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

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“Rating Agency Event” means, as of any date, a change, clarification or amendment in the methodology published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor provision thereto), that then publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company (together with any successor thereto, a “Rating Agency”) in assigning equity credit to securities such as the Notes, (a) as such methodology was in effect on September 16, 2025, in the case of any Rating Agency that published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company as of September 16, 2025, or (b) as such methodology was in effect on the date such Rating Agency first published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company, in the case of any Rating Agency that first publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company after September 16, 2025 (in the case of either clause (a) or (b), the “current methodology”), that results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which a particular level of equity credit pertaining to the Notes by such Rating Agency would have been in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (ii) a lower equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) being assigned by such Rating Agency to the Notes as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Notes by such Rating Agency had the current methodology not been changed.

Installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on that Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, except that, if the Redemption Date falls on any day during an Optional Deferral Period, accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes will be paid on such Redemption Date to the persons entitled to receive the Redemption Price of such Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interest Payment Date falling immediately after the last day of an Optional Deferral Period will not be deemed to fall on a day during such Optional Deferral Period.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If, at the time a notice of redemption is given, the Company has not effected satisfaction and discharge in accordance with Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture or covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.01(b) or (c) of the Indenture, as applicable, and such notice of redemption is not being given in connection with or in order to effect satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Notes, then, if the notice of redemption so provides and at the Company’s option, the redemption may be subject to the condition that the Trustee shall have received, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, monies in an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes called for redemption to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If monies in such amount are not received by the Trustee on or before such Redemption Date, such notice of redemption shall be automatically canceled and of no force or effect, such proposed redemption shall be automatically canceled and the Company shall not be required to redeem the Notes called for redemption on such Redemption Date. In the event that a redemption is canceled, the Company will, not later than the Business Day immediately following the proposed Redemption Date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, notice of such cancellation to the Holders of the Notes called for redemption (which notice will also indicate that any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for redemption will be returned to the applicable Holders), and the Company will direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee will, promptly return any Notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for redemption to the applicable Holders.

Unless the Company or the Guarantor defaults in payment of the Redemption Price or the proposed redemption is canceled in accordance with the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part.

 

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13. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof.

14. The Event of Default in Section 6.01(1) of the Indenture is subject to the Company’s right to defer the payment of interest on the Notes as described in Section 8 above.

15. Each Global Note shall bear the legend set forth on the face of the Form of Note.

16. The term “Senior Debt,” when used with respect to the Notes, is amended in its entirety as follows: “Senior Debt” means all Debt of the Company and, in the case of the Guarantees, the Guarantor, whether outstanding as of the date of the Indenture or created, incurred or assumed after such date, unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Debt or pursuant to which such Debt is outstanding, it is provided that such Debt is not superior in right of payment to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Guarantees, in the case of the Guarantor, or to other Debt which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Guarantees, in the case of the Guarantor; provided that, in no event shall “Senior Debt” include (a) the Notes or the 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, (b) Debt of the Company or the Guarantor owed or owing to any subsidiary or any officer, director or employee of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, (c) trade accounts payable owed to trade creditors or (d) any liability for taxes owed or owing by the Company or the Guarantor.

17. Each Holder will, by accepting the Notes or a beneficial interest therein, be deemed to have agreed that the Holder intends that the Notes constitute debt and will treat the Notes as debt for United States federal, state and local tax purposes.

 

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Annex A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK), A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), SHALL ACT AS THE DEPOSITARY UNTIL A SUCCESSOR SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTRAR. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

5.875% SERIES A JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2056

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY

PHILLIPS 66

CUSIP No. 718547AZ5

ISIN No. US718547AZ55

 

No.___________

   $_____________

Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to ____________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________________ Dollars[, or such greater or lesser amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Securities hereto,]2 on March 15, 2056 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from and including September 18, 2025 (the “Original Issue Date”) or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing March 15, 2026 (subject to the right of the Company to defer the payment of interest, but not beyond the Maturity Date, in accordance with

 

To be included only if the Security is a Global Security

To be included only if the Security is a Global Security

 

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the provisions set forth below), and on the Maturity Date (i) from and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding March 15, 2031 (the “First Reset Date”), at the rate of 5.875% per annum and (ii) from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined below) plus a spread of 2.283%, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined below), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, that the interest rate during any Reset Period will not reset below 5.875%. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium (if any) from time to time at a rate equal to the interest rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest on this Security (as defined on the reverse hereof) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

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 Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “Record Date”). The Holder (as defined in the Indenture) must surrender this Security to a Paying Agent (as defined in the Indenture) to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay the principal of, premium (if any) on and interest on the Securities in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such amounts shall be payable at the offices of the Trustee (as defined on the reverse hereof), provided that at the option of the Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities (as defined in the Indenture) or (2) by check payable in such money mailed to a Holder’s registered address with respect to any Securities.

If an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date (as defined in the Indenture) or the Stated Maturity (as defined in the Indenture) of the Securities falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date, redemption date or the Stated Maturity, as applicable.

The applicable interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below), as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions:

“Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the entity appointed by the Company and serving as such agent with respect to the Securities at such time. Unless the Company has validly called all of the outstanding Securities for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Securities prior to the Reset Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the First Reset Date; provided that, if the Company has called all of the outstanding Securities for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date but the Company does not redeem all of the outstanding Securities on such Redemption Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Securities as promptly as practicable after such proposed Redemption Date. The Company may terminate any such appointment and may appoint a successor Calculation Agent at any time and from time to time (so long as there will always be a Calculation Agent in respect of the Securities when so required). The Company may appoint itself or the Guarantor (as defined on the reverse hereof) or one of their respective affiliates as Calculation Agent.

 

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“Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date, (i) an interest rate (expressed as a decimal) determined to be the per annum rate equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), or (ii) if there is no such published U.S. Treasury security with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for each of the two series of U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity trading in the public securities markets, (A) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, in each case for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the methods described in clause (i) or (ii) above, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same rate determined for the prior Reset Interest Determination Date or, if the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be so determined as of the Reset Interest Determination Date preceding the First Reset Date, then the interest rate applicable for the Reset Period beginning on and including the First Reset Date will be deemed to be 5.875% per year.

“H.15” means the statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto).

The “most recent H.15” means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the applicable Reset Date.

“Reset Date” means the First Reset Date and March 15 of every fifth year after 2031.

“Reset Interest Determination Date” means, in respect of any Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the first day of such Reset Period.

“Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date, and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.

 

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As provided above, the interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company of the interest rate for the Reset Period and the Company will promptly notify, or cause the Calculation Agent to promptly notify, the Trustee and each Paying Agent of such interest rate. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate, and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Reset Period beginning on or after the First Reset Date will be on file at the Company’s principal offices, will be made available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Securities upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

So long as there is no Event of Default with respect to the Securities under the Indenture, the Company, at its option, may, on one or more occasions, defer payment of all or part of the current and accrued interest otherwise due on the Securities for a period of up to 10 consecutive years (each period, commencing on the date that the first such interest payment would otherwise have been made, an “Optional Deferral Period”). A deferral of interest payments may not end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date and may not extend beyond the Maturity Date, and the Company may not begin a new Optional Deferral Period and may not pay current interest on the Securities until it has paid all accrued interest on the Securities from the previous Optional Deferral Period. Such accrued interest shall be payable to the persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Any deferred interest on the Securities will accrue additional interest at a rate equal to the interest rate then applicable to the Securities to the extent permitted by applicable law. Once the Company pays all deferred interest payments on the Securities, including any additional interest accrued on the deferred interest, it shall be entitled to again defer interest payments on the Securities as described above, but not beyond the Maturity Date of the Securities.

The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of its election to begin an Optional Deferral Period at least one Business Day before the Record Date for the next Interest Payment Date, which notice shall contain an instruction for the Trustee to forward such notice to the Holders of the Securities. However, the Company’s failure to pay interest on any Interest Payment Date will itself constitute the commencement of an Optional Deferral Period unless the Company pays such interest within five Business Days after the Interest Payment Date, whether or not the Company provides a notice of deferral.

During an Optional Deferral Period, the Guarantor and the Company will not do any of the following:

 

  (i)

declare or pay any dividends or distributions, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment on any capital stock of the Guarantor;

 

  (ii)

pay any principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor or the Company that rank equally with, or junior to, the Securities in right of payment (including debt securities of other series, such as the 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, issued under the Indenture); or

 

  (iii)

make any payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor or the Company of indebtedness if the guarantee ranks equally with or junior to the Securities in right of payment.

 

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However, the foregoing restrictions will not apply to:

 

  (a)

purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of capital stock of the Guarantor in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, agents or consultants or a stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plan, or the satisfaction of obligations or the Guarantor pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred requiring the Guarantor to purchase, redeem or acquire its capital stock;

 

  (b)

any payment, repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of dividend described in clause (i) above as a result of a reclassification of the capital stock the Guarantor, or the exchange or conversion of all or a portion of one class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock;

 

  (c)

the purchase of fractional interests in shares of capital stock of the Guarantor pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the capital stock of the Guarantor or the security being converted or exchanged, or in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or in connection with any split, reclassification or similar transaction;

 

  (d)

dividends or distributions paid or made in capital stock of the Guarantor (or rights to acquire capital stock of the Guarantor), or repurchases, redemptions or acquisitions of capital stock in connection with the issuance or exchange of capital stock (or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Guarantor) and distributions in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred;

 

  (e)

redemptions, exchanges or repurchases of, or with respect to, any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or the declaration or payment thereunder of a dividend or distribution of or with respect to rights in the future;

 

  (f)

payments on the Securities and the Company’s 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, any trust preferred securities, subordinated debentures, junior subordinated debentures or junior subordinated notes, or any guarantees of any of the foregoing, in each case that rank equal in right of payment to the Securities and the Company’s 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, so long as the amount of payments made on account of such securities or guarantees is paid on all such securities and guarantees then outstanding on a pro rata basis in proportion to the full payment to which each series of such securities and guarantees is then entitled if paid in full;

 

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  (g)

any payment of deferred interest or principal on, or repayment, redemption or repurchase of, parity securities that, if not made, would cause the Guarantor or the Company to breach the terms of the instrument governing such parity securities;

 

  (h)

any regularly scheduled dividend or distribution payments declared prior to the date that the applicable Optional Deferral Period commences; or

 

  (i)

for the avoidance of doubt, the conversion of shares of convertible capital stock of the Guarantor, if any, in accordance with the terms of such convertible capital stock.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

GUARANTEE

Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation, unconditionally guarantees to the holder of this Security, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture referenced on the reverse hereof, (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on this Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of interest on this Security when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace period.

 

PHILLIPS 66
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Certificate of Authentication:

This is one of the Securities of the series

designated therein referred to in the within-

mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:    

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

5.875% SERIES A JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2056

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY

PHILLIPS 66

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (the “Securities”) of Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

1. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “Trustee”), the trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or additional paying agent without notice to any Holder. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company may act in any such capacity.

2. Guarantee. Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), unconditionally guarantees to the Holders from time to time of the Securities, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture (as defined below), (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any interest on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace period. The Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection. In the event of a default in the payment of principal of or any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace period, each of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall have the right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantor under the Indenture without first proceeding against the Company or exhausting any other remedies which the Trustee or such Holder may have and without resorting to any other security held by it.

3. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of execution of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and for the definitions of capitalized terms used but not defined herein. The Securities are subordinated, unsecured obligations of the Company limited to $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased before or after the issuance of any Securities by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board

 

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Resolution) to such effect; provided, however, that if the additional Securities are not fungible with the original Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, those additional Securities will have a different CUSIP, ISIN, or other identifying number so that they are distinguishable from the original Securities. The Indenture provides for the issuance of other series of debt securities (including the Securities, the “Debt Securities”) thereunder.

4. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 above such amount. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Registrar shall be required to register the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security during the period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing.

5. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.

6. Optional Redemption. The Company shall have the option to redeem the Securities pursuant to Article III of the Indenture:

 

  (i)

in whole or in part on one or more occasions at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (a) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (b) after the First Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date;

 

  (ii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event (as defined below); and

 

  (iii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 102% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency Event (as defined below).

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such tax matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws or treaties of the United States or any political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under such laws or treaties, (b) any

 

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judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation), (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, or (d) threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, or a publicly-known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Securities, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which administrative action is taken or which judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly-known, in each case after September 16, 2025, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Securities is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for United States federal income tax purposes.

“Rating Agency Event” means, as of any date, a change, clarification or amendment in the methodology published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor provision thereto), that then publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company (together with any successor thereto, a “Rating Agency”) in assigning equity credit to securities such as the Securities, (a) as such methodology was in effect on September 16, 2025, in the case of any Rating Agency that published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company as of September 16, 2025, or (b) as such methodology was in effect on the date such Rating Agency first published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company, in the case of any Rating Agency that first publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company after September 16, 2025 (in the case of either clause (a) or (b), the “current methodology”), that results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which a particular level of equity credit pertaining to the Securities by such Rating Agency would have been in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (ii) a lower equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) being assigned by such Rating Agency to the Securities as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Securities by such Rating Agency had the current methodology not been changed.

Installments of interest on the Securities that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on that Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, except that, if the Redemption Date falls on any day during an Optional Deferral Period, accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities will be paid on such Redemption Date to the persons entitled to receive the Redemption Price of such Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interest Payment Date falling immediately after the last day of an Optional Deferral Period will not be deemed to fall on a day during such Optional Deferral Period.

 

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Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. If, at the time a notice of redemption is given, the Company has not effected satisfaction and discharge in accordance with Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture or covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Securities in accordance with Section 8.01(b) or (c) of the Indenture, as applicable, and such notice of redemption is not being given in connection with or in order to effect satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Securities, then, if the notice of redemption so provides and at the Company’s option, the redemption may be subject to the condition that the Trustee shall have received, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, monies in an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities called for redemption to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If monies in such amount are not received by the Trustee on or before such Redemption Date, such notice of redemption shall be automatically canceled and of no force or effect, such proposed redemption shall be automatically canceled and the Company shall not be required to redeem the Securities called for redemption on such Redemption Date. In the event that a redemption is canceled, the Company will, not later than the Business Day immediately following the proposed Redemption Date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, notice of such cancellation to the Holders of the Securities called for redemption (which notice will also indicate that any Securities or portions thereof surrendered for redemption will be returned to the applicable Holders), and the Company will direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee will, promptly return any Securities or portions thereof that have been surrendered for redemption to the applicable Holders.

Unless the Company or the Guarantor defaults in payment of the Redemption Price or the proposed redemption is canceled in accordance with the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part.

7. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all series affected by such amendment or supplement (acting as one class). Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision of either: (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) if required, to provide for the assumption of the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor under the Indenture in the case of the merger, consolidation or sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Guarantor; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities or to provide for the issuance of bearer Securities (with or without coupons); (iv) to provide any security for, or to add any guarantees of or additional obligors on, the Securities or the related Guarantees; (v) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (vi) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, or to surrender any right or power conferred by the Indenture upon the Company or the Guarantor; (vii) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the Debt Securities; (viii) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided that no outstanding Security is adversely affected in any material respect; (ix) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series; (x) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture, provided that no interest of any Holders of Securities is adversely affected in any material respect; or (xi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and to 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 thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture.

 

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The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any provision of the Indenture (and the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Company or the Guarantor in a notice furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

Without the consent of each Holder affected, the Company may not (i) reduce the amount of Debt Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (ii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security; (iii) reduce the principal of or premium on or any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to, or change the Stated Maturity of, any Security 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 the Indenture; (iv) reduce the premium, if any, payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may or shall be redeemed; (v) change any obligation of the Issuer or a Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any Security; (vi) change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable; (vii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on any Security, except as provided in the Indenture; (viii) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of Debt Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or make any change in the provision for modification; or (ix) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default, each as defined in the Indenture, in the payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities. In addition, the Company may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under the subordination provisions in Article XI of the Indenture of any holder of Senior Debt unless the holders of the issue pursuant to its terms consent to the change.

A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities under the Indenture, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities of any other series.

8. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are defined in the Indenture and generally include: (i) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Securities (subject to the Company’s right to defer interest payments); (ii) default in any payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Securities when due and payable; (iii) default by the Company or the Guarantor in compliance with any of its other covenants or agreements in, or provisions of, the Securities or in the Indenture which shall not have been remedied within 90 days after written notice by the Trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then

 

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outstanding; or (iv) certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company and the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default by notice to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and interest on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable, except that in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor, all outstanding Debt Securities under the Indenture become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. The amount due and payable upon the acceleration of any Security is equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of payment. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment of principal, premium or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company and the Guarantor must furnish annual compliance certificates to the Trustee.

9. Discharge Prior to Maturity. The Indenture with respect to the Securities shall be discharged and canceled upon the payment of all of the Securities and shall be discharged except for certain obligations upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of any combination of funds and U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for such payment.

10. Trustee Dealings with Company and Guarantor. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Guarantor or any such Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

11. Subordination. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by this Security, including the principal hereof and interest hereon, is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Company’s obligations to holders of Senior Debt of the Company and each holder of this Security, by acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions of the Indenture and all other provisions of the Indenture.

12. Tax Treatment. By acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest in this Security, each Holder hereof and any Person acquiring a beneficial interest herein, for United States federal, state and local tax purposes, agrees to treat this Security as indebtedness and to take other positions for such tax purposes as set forth in the Indenture.

 

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13. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other owner of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, for any obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee or for any obligations of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee under the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.

14. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

15. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed thereon.

16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:

Phillips 66 Company

2331 CityWest Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77042

Telephone: (832) 765-3010

Attention: Treasurer

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES*

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for other Securities have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

Decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global Security

  

Amount of

Increase in

Principal Amount

of this Global Security

  

Principal Amount

of this Global

Security Following

Such Decrease

or Increase

  

Signature of

Authorized Officer

of Trustee or

Security Custodian

 

*

To be included only if the Security is a Global Security

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

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

 

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint     

as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                Your Signature:    
     

(Sign exactly as your name appears on

the face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:

    
  

(Participant in a Recognized Signature

  

Guaranty Medallion Program)

 

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EX-4.3 5 d25054dex43.htm EX-4.3 EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

PHILLIPS 66

One series of Securities is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Phillips 66 Company, as issuer (the “Company”), Phillips 66, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as follows:

1. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.

2. The title of the 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 shall be “6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056” (the “Notes”).

3. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for the Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder) is $1,000,000,000; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased before or after the issuance of any Notes by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such effect and any such additional Notes shall form a single series under the Indenture with the original Notes; provided, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the original Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, those additional Notes will have a different CUSIP, ISIN, or other identifying number so that they are distinguishable from the original Notes. Any such additional Notes shall have the same form and terms as the original Notes (other than the offering price, the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the date from which interest thereon shall begin to accrue and the first interest payment date, and except that the provisions of the Notes specifying the rate of interest thereon to but excluding the First Reset Date (as defined below) shall not be applicable to any such additional Notes whose date of original issuance is on or after such date). As used here, references to “Notes” shall include any additional Notes issued pursuant to such a reopening.

4. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Global Notes”). The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee are hereby designated as the Depositary and the Security Custodian, respectively, for the Global Notes under the Indenture.

5. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Annex A hereto (the “Form of Note”).


6. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable shall be March 15, 2056 (the “Maturity Date”).

7. The Notes will bear interest (i) from and including September 18, 2025 to, but excluding March 15, 2036 (the “First Reset Date”) at the rate of 6.200% per year and (ii) from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period (as defined below), at a rate per year equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined below) plus a spread of 2.166%, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined below); provided, that the interest rate during any Reset Period will not reset below 6.200%. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Subject to the Company’s right to defer interest payments described in Section 8 below, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable on the Notes shall be March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2026. The record dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the March 1 and September 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day. If interest payments are deferred or otherwise not paid, they will accrue and compound semi-annually until paid at an annual rate equal to the interest rate then applicable to the Notes, to the extent permitted by applicable law (“Additional Interest”). The interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below) as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company of the interest rate for the Reset Period and the Company will promptly notify, or cause the Calculation Agent to promptly notify, the Trustee and each Paying Agent of such interest rate. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate, and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Reset Period beginning on or after the First Reset Date will be on file at the Company’s principal offices, will be made available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Notes upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

“Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the entity appointed by the Company and serving as such agent with respect to the Notes at such time. Unless the Company has validly called all of the outstanding Notes for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Notes prior to the Reset Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the First Reset Date; provided that, if the Company has called all of the outstanding Notes for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date but the Company does not redeem all of the outstanding Notes on such Redemption Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Notes as promptly as practicable after such proposed Redemption Date. The Company may terminate any such appointment and may appoint a successor Calculation Agent at any time and from time to time (so long as there will always be a Calculation Agent in respect of the Notes when so required). The Company may appoint itself or the Guarantor or one of their respective affiliates as Calculation Agent.

“Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date, (i) an interest rate (expressed as a decimal) determined to be the per annum rate equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), or (ii) if there is no such published U.S. Treasury security with a maturity

 

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of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for each of the two series of U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity trading in the public securities markets, (A) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, in each case for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the methods described in clause (i) or (ii) above, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same rate determined for the prior Reset Interest Determination Date or, if the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be so determined as of the Reset Interest Determination Date preceding the First Reset Date, then the interest rate applicable for the Reset Period beginning on and including the First Reset Date will be deemed to be 6.200% per year.

“H.15” means the statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto).

The “most recent H.15” means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the applicable Reset Date.

“Reset Date” means the First Reset Date and March 15 of every fifth year after 2036.

“Reset Interest Determination Date” means, in respect of any Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the first day of such Reset Period.

“Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date, and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.

8. So long as there is no Event of Default with respect to the Notes under the Indenture, the Company, at its option, may, on one or more occasions, defer payment of all or part of the current and accrued interest otherwise due on the Notes for a period of up to 10 consecutive years (each period, commencing on the date that the first such interest payment would otherwise have been made, an “Optional Deferral Period”). A deferral of interest payments may not end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date and may not extend beyond the Maturity Date, and the Company may not begin a new Optional Deferral Period and may not pay current interest on the Notes until it has paid all accrued interest on the Notes from the previous Optional Deferral Period. Such accrued interest shall be payable to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the record date next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Any deferred interest on the Notes will accrue Additional Interest as provided for in the first paragraph of Section 7 above. Once the Company pays all deferred interest payments on the Notes, including any Additional Interest accrued on the deferred interest, it shall be entitled to again defer interest payments on the Notes as described above, but not beyond the Maturity Date of the Notes.

 

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The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of its election to begin an Optional Deferral Period at least one Business Day before the record date for the next Interest Payment Date, which notice shall contain an instruction for the Trustee to forward such notice to the Holders of the Notes. However, the Company’s failure to pay interest on any Interest Payment Date will itself constitute the commencement of an Optional Deferral Period unless the Company pays such interest within five Business Days after the Interest Payment Date, whether or not the Company provides a notice of deferral.

During an Optional Deferral Period, the Guarantor and the Company will not do any of the following:

 

  (i)

declare or pay any dividends or distributions, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment on any capital stock of the Guarantor;

 

  (ii)

pay any principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor or the Company that rank equally with, or junior to, the Notes in right of payment (including debt securities of other series, such as the Company’s 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, issued under the Indenture); or

 

  (iii)

make any payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor or the Company of indebtedness if the guarantee ranks equally with or junior to the Notes in right of payment.

 

  However,

the foregoing restrictions will not apply to:

 

  a)

purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of capital stock of the Guarantor in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, agents or consultants or a stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plan, or the satisfaction of obligations or the Guarantor pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred requiring the Guarantor to purchase, redeem or acquire its capital stock;

 

  b)

any payment, repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of dividend described in clause (i) above as a result of a reclassification of the capital stock the Guarantor, or the exchange or conversion of all or a portion of one class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock;

 

  c)

the purchase of fractional interests in shares of capital stock of the Guarantor pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the capital stock of the Guarantor or the security being converted or exchanged, or in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or in connection with any split, reclassification or similar transaction;

 

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  d)

dividends or distributions paid or made in capital stock of the Guarantor (or rights to acquire capital stock of the Guarantor), or repurchases, redemptions or acquisitions of capital stock in connection with the issuance or exchange of capital stock (or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Guarantor) and distributions in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred;

 

  e)

redemptions, exchanges or repurchases of, or with respect to, any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or the declaration or payment thereunder of a dividend or distribution of or with respect to rights in the future;

 

  f)

payments on the Notes and the Company’s 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, any trust preferred securities, subordinated debentures, junior subordinated debentures or junior subordinated notes, or any guarantees of any of the foregoing, in each case that rank equal in right of payment to the Notes, so long as the amount of payments made on account of such securities or guarantees is paid on all such securities and guarantees then outstanding on a pro rata basis in proportion to the full payment to which each series of such securities and guarantees is then entitled if paid in full;

 

  g)

any payment of deferred interest or principal on, or repayment, redemption or repurchase of, parity securities that, if not made, would cause the Guarantor or the Company to breach the terms of the instrument governing such parity securities;

 

  h)

any regularly scheduled dividend or distribution payments declared prior to the date that the applicable Optional Deferral Period commences; or

 

  i)

for the avoidance of doubt, the conversion of shares of convertible capital stock of the Guarantor, if any, in accordance with the terms of such convertible capital stock.

9. No Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes shall be payable.

10. The place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) on and interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, initially the office of the Trustee in the City of Houston at 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046, and any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose. Payments in respect of Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of such Notes. In all other cases, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar.

 

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11. The Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes initially shall be the Trustee.

12. The Company shall have the option to redeem the Notes pursuant to Article III of the Indenture:

 

  (i)

in whole or in part on one or more occasions at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (a) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (b) after the First Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date;

 

  (ii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event (as defined below); and

 

  (iii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 102% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency Event (as defined below).

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such tax matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws or treaties of the United States or any political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under such laws or treaties, (b) any judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation), (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, or (d) threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, or a publicly-known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Notes, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which administrative action is taken or which judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly-known, in each case after September 16, 2025, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Notes is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by us for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

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“Rating Agency Event” means, as of any date, a change, clarification or amendment in the methodology published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor provision thereto), that then publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company (together with any successor thereto, a “Rating Agency”) in assigning equity credit to securities such as the Notes, (a) as such methodology was in effect on September 16, 2025, in the case of any Rating Agency that published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company as of September 16, 2025, or (b) as such methodology was in effect on the date such Rating Agency first published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company, in the case of any Rating Agency that first publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company after September 16, 2025 (in the case of either clause (a) or (b), the “current methodology”), that results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which a particular level of equity credit pertaining to the Notes by such Rating Agency would have been in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (ii) a lower equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) being assigned by such Rating Agency to the Notes as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Notes by such Rating Agency had the current methodology not been changed.

Installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on that Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, except that, if the Redemption Date falls on any day during an Optional Deferral Period, accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes will be paid on such Redemption Date to the persons entitled to receive the Redemption Price of such Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interest Payment Date falling immediately after the last day of an Optional Deferral Period will not be deemed to fall on a day during such Optional Deferral Period.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If, at the time a notice of redemption is given, the Company has not effected satisfaction and discharge in accordance with Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture or covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.01(b) or (c) of the Indenture, as applicable, and such notice of redemption is not being given in connection with or in order to effect satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Notes, then, if the notice of redemption so provides and at the Company’s option, the redemption may be subject to the condition that the Trustee shall have received, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, monies in an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes called for redemption to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If monies in such amount are not received by the Trustee on or before such Redemption Date, such notice of redemption shall be automatically canceled and of no force or effect, such proposed redemption shall be automatically canceled and the Company shall not be required to redeem the Notes called for redemption on such Redemption Date. In the event that a redemption is canceled, the Company will, not later than the Business Day immediately following the proposed Redemption Date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, notice of such cancellation to the Holders of the Notes called for redemption (which notice will also indicate that any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for redemption will be returned to the applicable Holders), and the Company will direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee will, promptly return any Notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for redemption to the applicable Holders.

Unless the Company or the Guarantor defaults in payment of the Redemption Price or the proposed redemption is canceled in accordance with the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part.

 

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13. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof.

14. The Event of Default in Section 6.01(1) of the Indenture is subject to the Company’s right to defer the payment of interest on the Notes as described in Section 8 above.

15. Each Global Note shall bear the legend set forth on the face of the Form of Note.

16. The term “Senior Debt,” when used with respect to the Notes, is amended in its entirety as follows: “Senior Debt” means all Debt of the Company and, in the case of the Guarantees, the Guarantor, whether outstanding as of the date of the Indenture or created, incurred or assumed after such date, unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Debt or pursuant to which such Debt is outstanding, it is provided that such Debt is not superior in right of payment to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Guarantees, in the case of the Guarantor, or to other Debt which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Guarantees, in the case of the Guarantor; provided that, in no event shall “Senior Debt” include (a) the Notes or the 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, (b) Debt of the Company or the Guarantor owed or owing to any subsidiary or any officer, director or employee of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, (c) trade accounts payable owed to trade creditors or (d) any liability for taxes owed or owing by the Company or the Guarantor.

17. Each Holder will, by accepting the Notes or a beneficial interest therein, be deemed to have agreed that the Holder intends that the Notes constitute debt and will treat the Notes as debt for United States federal, state and local tax purposes.

 

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Annex A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK), A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), SHALL ACT AS THE DEPOSITARY UNTIL A SUCCESSOR SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTRAR. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

6.200% SERIES B JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2056

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY

PHILLIPS 66

CUSIP No. 718547BA9

ISIN No. US718547BA95

 

No.___________    $_____________

Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to ____________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________________ Dollars[, or such greater or lesser amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Securities hereto,]2 on March 15, 2056 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from and including September 18, 2025 (the “Original Issue Date”) or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing March 15, 2026 (subject to the right of the Company to defer the payment of interest, but not beyond the Maturity Date, in accordance with

 

To be included only if the Security is a Global Security

To be included only if the Security is a Global Security

 

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the provisions set forth below), and on the Maturity Date (i) from and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding March 15, 2036 (the “First Reset Date”), at the rate of 6.200% per annum and (ii) from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined below) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined below) plus a spread of 2.166%, to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined below), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, that the interest rate during any Reset Period will not reset below 6.200%. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium (if any) from time to time at a rate equal to the interest rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest on this Security (as defined on the reverse hereof) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

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 Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “Record Date”). The Holder (as defined in the Indenture) must surrender this Security to a Paying Agent (as defined in the Indenture) to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay the principal of, premium (if any) on and interest on the Securities in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such amounts shall be payable at the offices of the Trustee (as defined on the reverse hereof), provided that at the option of the Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities (as defined in the Indenture) or (2) by check payable in such money mailed to a Holder’s registered address with respect to any Securities.

If an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date (as defined in the Indenture) or the Stated Maturity (as defined in the Indenture) of the Securities falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date, redemption date or the Stated Maturity, as applicable.

The applicable interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below), as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date, in accordance with the following provisions:

“Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the entity appointed by the Company and serving as such agent with respect to the Securities at such time. Unless the Company has validly called all of the outstanding Securities for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Securities prior to the Reset Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the First Reset Date; provided that, if the Company has called all of the outstanding Securities for redemption on a Redemption Date occurring prior to the First Reset Date but the Company does not redeem all of the outstanding Securities on such Redemption Date, the Company will appoint a Calculation Agent for the Securities as promptly as practicable after such proposed Redemption Date. The Company may terminate any such appointment and may appoint a successor Calculation Agent at any time and from time to time (so long as there will always be a Calculation Agent in respect of the Securities when so required). The Company may appoint itself or the Guarantor (as defined on the reverse hereof) or one of their respective affiliates as Calculation Agent.

 

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“Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Interest Determination Date, (i) an interest rate (expressed as a decimal) determined to be the per annum rate equal to the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), or (ii) if there is no such published U.S. Treasury security with a maturity of five years from the next Reset Date and trading in the public securities markets, then the rate will be determined by interpolation between the arithmetic mean of the yields to maturity for each of the two series of U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity trading in the public securities markets, (A) one maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Interest Determination Date, in each case for the five consecutive Business Days immediately prior to the respective Reset Interest Determination Date as published under the heading “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recent H.15 as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be determined pursuant to the methods described in clause (i) or (ii) above, then the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate will be the same rate determined for the prior Reset Interest Determination Date or, if the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate cannot be so determined as of the Reset Interest Determination Date preceding the First Reset Date, then the interest rate applicable for the Reset Period beginning on and including the First Reset Date will be deemed to be 6.200% per year.

“H.15” means the statistical release designated as such, or any successor publication, published by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto).

The “most recent H.15” means the H.15 published closest in time but prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the applicable Reset Date.

“Reset Date” means the First Reset Date and March 15 of every fifth year after 2036.

“Reset Interest Determination Date” means, in respect of any Reset Period, the day falling two Business Days prior to the first day of such Reset Period.

“Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date, and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.

 

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As provided above, the interest rate for each Reset Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent as of the applicable Reset Interest Determination Date. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company of the interest rate for the Reset Period and the Company will promptly notify, or cause the Calculation Agent to promptly notify, the Trustee and each Paying Agent of such interest rate. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate, and its calculation of the amount of interest for any Reset Period beginning on or after the First Reset Date will be on file at the Company’s principal offices, will be made available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Securities upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.

So long as there is no Event of Default with respect to the Securities under the Indenture, the Company, at its option, may, on one or more occasions, defer payment of all or part of the current and accrued interest otherwise due on the Securities for a period of up to 10 consecutive years (each period, commencing on the date that the first such interest payment would otherwise have been made, an “Optional Deferral Period”). A deferral of interest payments may not end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date and may not extend beyond the Maturity Date, and the Company may not begin a new Optional Deferral Period and may not pay current interest on the Securities until it has paid all accrued interest on the Securities from the previous Optional Deferral Period. Such accrued interest shall be payable to the persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Any deferred interest on the Securities will accrue additional interest at a rate equal to the interest rate then applicable to the Securities to the extent permitted by applicable law. Once the Company pays all deferred interest payments on the Securities, including any additional interest accrued on the deferred interest, it shall be entitled to again defer interest payments on the Securities as described above, but not beyond the Maturity Date of the Securities.

The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of its election to begin an Optional Deferral Period at least one Business Day before the Record Date for the next Interest Payment Date, which notice shall contain an instruction for the Trustee to forward such notice to the Holders of the Securities. However, the Company’s failure to pay interest on any Interest Payment Date will itself constitute the commencement of an Optional Deferral Period unless the Company pays such interest within five Business Days after the Interest Payment Date, whether or not the Company provides a notice of deferral.

During an Optional Deferral Period, the Guarantor and the Company will not do any of the following:

 

  (i)

declare or pay any dividends or distributions, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment on any capital stock of the Guarantor;

 

  (ii)

pay any principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor or the Company that rank equally with, or junior to, the Securities in right of payment (including debt securities of other series, such as the 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, issued under the Indenture); or

 

  (iii)

make any payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor or the Company of indebtedness if the guarantee ranks equally with or junior to the Securities in right of payment.

 

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However, the foregoing restrictions will not apply to:

 

  (a)

purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of capital stock of the Guarantor in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, agents or consultants or a stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plan, or the satisfaction of obligations or the Guarantor pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred requiring the Guarantor to purchase, redeem or acquire its capital stock;

 

  (b)

any payment, repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of dividend described in clause (i) above as a result of a reclassification of the capital stock the Guarantor, or the exchange or conversion of all or a portion of one class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock;

 

  (c)

the purchase of fractional interests in shares of capital stock of the Guarantor pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the capital stock of the Guarantor or the security being converted or exchanged, or in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or in connection with any split, reclassification or similar transaction;

 

  (d)

dividends or distributions paid or made in capital stock of the Guarantor (or rights to acquire capital stock of the Guarantor), or repurchases, redemptions or acquisitions of capital stock in connection with the issuance or exchange of capital stock (or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Guarantor) and distributions in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred;

 

  (e)

redemptions, exchanges or repurchases of, or with respect to, any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan outstanding on the date that the payment of interest is deferred or the declaration or payment thereunder of a dividend or distribution of or with respect to rights in the future;

 

  (f)

payments on the Securities and the Company’s 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, any trust preferred securities, subordinated debentures, junior subordinated debentures or junior subordinated notes, or any guarantees of any of the foregoing, in each case that rank equal in right of payment to the Securities and the Company’s 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, so long as the amount of payments made on account of such securities or guarantees is paid on all such securities and guarantees then outstanding on a pro rata basis in proportion to the full payment to which each series of such securities and guarantees is then entitled if paid in full;

 

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  (g)

any payment of deferred interest or principal on, or repayment, redemption or repurchase of, parity securities that, if not made, would cause the Guarantor or the Company to breach the terms of the instrument governing such parity securities;

 

  (h)

any regularly scheduled dividend or distribution payments declared prior to the date that the applicable Optional Deferral Period commences; or

 

  (i)

for the avoidance of doubt, the conversion of shares of convertible capital stock of the Guarantor, if any, in accordance with the terms of such convertible capital stock.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

GUARANTEE

Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation, unconditionally guarantees to the holder of this Security, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture referenced on the reverse hereof, (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on this Security when and as the same shall become due, whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of interest on this Security when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace period.

 

PHILLIPS 66
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Certificate of Authentication:

This is one of the Securities of the series

designated therein referred to in the within-

mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:    

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY

6.200% SERIES B JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2056

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY

PHILLIPS 66

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (the “Securities”) of Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

1. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “Trustee”), the trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or additional paying agent without notice to any Holder. The Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company may act in any such capacity.

2. Guarantee. Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), unconditionally guarantees to the Holders from time to time of the Securities, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture (as defined below), (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any interest on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace period. The Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection. In the event of a default in the payment of principal of or any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace period, each of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall have the right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantor under the Indenture without first proceeding against the Company or exhausting any other remedies which the Trustee or such Holder may have and without resorting to any other security held by it.

3. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), as in effect on the date of execution of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and for the definitions of capitalized terms used but not defined herein. The Securities are subordinated, unsecured obligations of the Company limited to $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased before or after the issuance of any Securities by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board

 

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Resolution) to such effect; provided, however, that if the additional Securities are not fungible with the original Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, those additional Securities will have a different CUSIP, ISIN, or other identifying number so that they are distinguishable from the original Securities. The Indenture provides for the issuance of other series of debt securities (including the Securities, the “Debt Securities”) thereunder.

4. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 above such amount. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Registrar shall be required to register the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security during the period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing.

5. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.

6. Optional Redemption. The Company shall have the option to redeem the Securities pursuant to Article III of the Indenture:

 

  (i)

in whole or in part on one or more occasions at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (a) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (b) after the First Reset Date, on any Interest Payment Date;

 

  (ii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Tax Event (as defined below); and

 

  (iii)

in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 102% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Rating Agency Event (as defined below).

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such tax matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in the laws or treaties of the United States or any political subdivisions or taxing authorities, or any regulations under such laws or treaties, (b) any

 

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judicial decision or any official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement (including any notice or announcement of intent to issue or adopt any such administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation), (c) any amendment to, clarification of, or change in the official position or the interpretation of any administrative action or judicial decision or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to an administrative action or judicial decision that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or regulatory body, irrespective of the time or manner in which such amendment, clarification or change is introduced or made known, or (d) threatened challenge asserted in writing in connection with an audit of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, or a publicly-known threatened challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Securities, which amendment, clarification, or change is effective, or which administrative action is taken or which judicial decision, interpretation or pronouncement is issued or threatened challenge is asserted or becomes publicly-known, in each case after September 16, 2025, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the Securities is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for United States federal income tax purposes.

“Rating Agency Event” means, as of any date, a change, clarification or amendment in the methodology published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor provision thereto), that then publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company (together with any successor thereto, a “Rating Agency”) in assigning equity credit to securities such as the Securities, (a) as such methodology was in effect on September 16, 2025, in the case of any Rating Agency that published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company as of September 16, 2025, or (b) as such methodology was in effect on the date such Rating Agency first published a rating for the Guarantor or the Company, in the case of any Rating Agency that first publishes a rating for the Guarantor or the Company after September 16, 2025 (in the case of either clause (a) or (b), the “current methodology”), that results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which a particular level of equity credit pertaining to the Securities by such Rating Agency would have been in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (ii) a lower equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) being assigned by such Rating Agency to the Securities as of the date of such change, clarification or amendment than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the Securities by such Rating Agency had the current methodology not been changed.

Installments of interest on the Securities that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on that Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, except that, if the Redemption Date falls on any day during an Optional Deferral Period, accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities will be paid on such Redemption Date to the persons entitled to receive the Redemption Price of such Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interest Payment Date falling immediately after the last day of an Optional Deferral Period will not be deemed to fall on a day during such Optional Deferral Period.

 

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Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. If, at the time a notice of redemption is given, the Company has not effected satisfaction and discharge in accordance with Section 8.01(a) of the Indenture or covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Securities in accordance with Section 8.01(b) or (c) of the Indenture, as applicable, and such notice of redemption is not being given in connection with or in order to effect satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or legal defeasance of the Securities, then, if the notice of redemption so provides and at the Company’s option, the redemption may be subject to the condition that the Trustee shall have received, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, monies in an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities called for redemption to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If monies in such amount are not received by the Trustee on or before such Redemption Date, such notice of redemption shall be automatically canceled and of no force or effect, such proposed redemption shall be automatically canceled and the Company shall not be required to redeem the Securities called for redemption on such Redemption Date. In the event that a redemption is canceled, the Company will, not later than the Business Day immediately following the proposed Redemption Date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, notice of such cancellation to the Holders of the Securities called for redemption (which notice will also indicate that any Securities or portions thereof surrendered for redemption will be returned to the applicable Holders), and the Company will direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee will, promptly return any Securities or portions thereof that have been surrendered for redemption to the applicable Holders.

Unless the Company or the Guarantor defaults in payment of the Redemption Price or the proposed redemption is canceled in accordance with the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption. No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part.

7. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all series affected by such amendment or supplement (acting as one class). Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision of either: (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) if required, to provide for the assumption of the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor under the Indenture in the case of the merger, consolidation or sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Guarantor; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities or to provide for the issuance of bearer Securities (with or without coupons); (iv) to provide any security for, or to add any guarantees of or additional obligors on, the Securities or the related Guarantees; (v) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (vi) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, or to surrender any right or power conferred by the Indenture upon the Company or the Guarantor; (vii) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the Debt Securities; (viii) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided that no outstanding Security is adversely affected in any material respect; (ix) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series; (x) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture, provided that no interest of any Holders of Securities is adversely affected in any material respect; or (xi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and to 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 thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture.

 

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The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any provision of the Indenture (and the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of a date identified by the Company or the Guarantor in a notice furnished to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

Without the consent of each Holder affected, the Company may not (i) reduce the amount of Debt Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (ii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security; (iii) reduce the principal of or premium on or any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to, or change the Stated Maturity of, any Security 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 the Indenture; (iv) reduce the premium, if any, payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may or shall be redeemed; (v) change any obligation of the Issuer or a Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any Security; (vi) change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable; (vii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on any Security, except as provided in the Indenture; (viii) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of Debt Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or make any change in the provision for modification; or (ix) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default, each as defined in the Indenture, in the payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities. In addition, the Company may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under the subordination provisions in Article XI of the Indenture of any holder of Senior Debt unless the holders of the issue pursuant to its terms consent to the change.

A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities under the Indenture, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities of any other series.

8. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are defined in the Indenture and generally include: (i) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Securities (subject to the Company’s right to defer interest payments); (ii) default in any payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Securities when due and payable; (iii) default by the Company or the Guarantor in compliance with any of its other covenants or agreements in, or provisions of, the Securities or in the Indenture which shall not have been remedied within 90 days after written notice by the Trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then

 

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outstanding; or (iv) certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company and the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default by notice to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and interest on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable, except that in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor, all outstanding Debt Securities under the Indenture become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. The amount due and payable upon the acceleration of any Security is equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of payment. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment of principal, premium or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company and the Guarantor must furnish annual compliance certificates to the Trustee.

9. Discharge Prior to Maturity. The Indenture with respect to the Securities shall be discharged and canceled upon the payment of all of the Securities and shall be discharged except for certain obligations upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of any combination of funds and U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for such payment.

10. Trustee Dealings with Company and Guarantor. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Guarantor or any such Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

11. Subordination. The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by this Security, including the principal hereof and interest hereon, is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Company’s obligations to holders of Senior Debt of the Company and each holder of this Security, by acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions of the Indenture and all other provisions of the Indenture.

12. Tax Treatment. By acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest in this Security, each Holder hereof and any Person acquiring a beneficial interest herein, for United States federal, state and local tax purposes, agrees to treat this Security as indebtedness and to take other positions for such tax purposes as set forth in the Indenture.

 

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13. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other owner of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, for any obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee or for any obligations of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee under the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.

14. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

15. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed thereon.

16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:

Phillips 66 Company

2331 CityWest Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77042

Telephone: (832) 765-3010

Attention: Treasurer

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES*

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for other Securities have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of

Decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global Security

  

Amount of

Increase in

Principal Amount

of this Global Security

  

Principal Amount

of this Global

Security Following

Such Decrease

or Increase

  

Signature of

Authorized Officer

of Trustee or

Security Custodian

 

*

To be included only if the Security is a Global Security

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

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

 

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint     

as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                Your Signature:    
     

(Sign exactly as your name appears on

the face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:

    
  

(Participant in a Recognized Signature

  

Guaranty Medallion Program)

 

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EX-5.1 6 d25054dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

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September 18, 2025

Phillips 66 Company

2331 CityWest Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77042

 

Re:

Phillips 66 Company and Phillips 66

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-289011 and 333-289011-01)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Phillips 66, a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3, file nos. 333-289011 and 333-289011-01 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the prospectus included therein, the prospectus supplement, dated September 16, 2025, filed with the Commission on September 17, 2025, pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and the offering by the Company pursuant thereto of $1,000,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (the “Series A 2056 Notes”) and $1,000,000,000 principal amount of 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (the “Series B 2056 Notes” and, together with the Series A 2056 Notes, the “Notes”).

The Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated September 18, 2025 (as modified by the Officers’ Certificate in respect of the Notes, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and are guaranteed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture by the Guarantor (the “Guarantees”).

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and the Guarantor and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantor and others.

 

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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, and the Guarantees of the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor obligated thereon, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms.

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:

A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York and the United States of America and, to the extent relevant for our opinions herein, the Delaware General Corporation Law. We are not admitted to practice in the State of Delaware; however, we are generally familiar with the Delaware General Corporation Law as currently in effect and have made such inquiries as we consider necessary to render the opinions above. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York, the United States of America and, to the limited extent set forth above, the laws of the State of Delaware and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.

B. The opinions above are each subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors’ generally, including without limitation the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers, and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

C. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or of unknown future rights; (ii) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) or limitations under the Indenture, the Guarantees or the certificates evidencing the global Notes (collectively, the “Specified Note Documents”) of, or any consent thereunder relating to, unknown future rights or the rights of any party thereto existing, or duties owing to it, as a matter of law; (iii) any provision that would require payment of any unamortized original issue discount (including any original issue discount effectively created by payment of a fee); (iv) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) contained in the Specified Note Documents of rights of any party, or duties owing to it, that is broadly or vaguely stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonable specificity; (v) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws or due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified party; (vi) any purported fraudulent transfer “savings” clause; (vii) any provision in any Specified Note Document waiving the right to object to venue in any court; (viii) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any Federal court; (ix) any waiver of the right to jury trial; or (x) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others.


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We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit 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 promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

EX-8.1 7 d25054dex81.htm EX-8.1 EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1

 

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September 18, 2025

Phillips 66 Company

2331 CityWest Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77042

Re: 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 and 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as tax counsel to Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the issuance and sale of 5.875% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 and 6.200% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (collectively, the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2025, between the Issuer, Phillips 66, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee.

In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-289011 and 333-289011-1) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the prospectus dated July 28, 2025 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 16, 2025 relating to the Notes (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act and the prospectus supplement dated September 16, 2025 relating to the Notes (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act, in each case, including the documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as the case may be; the pricing term sheet dated September 16, 2025 relating to the Notes (such pricing term sheet, together with the Preliminary Prospectus, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”) filed by the Company as a free writing prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act; the Indenture; the officer’s certificate, dated September 18, 2025, delivered pursuant to the Indenture setting forth the terms of the Notes; the officer’s certificate, dated September 18, 2025, delivered to support this opinion letter (the “Tax Officer’s Certificate”); a duplicate of the global notes representing the Notes; and the underwriting agreement dated September 16, 2025 between the Company and certain banks, as representatives of the underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Reviewed Materials”).

 

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Phillips 66 Company

September 18, 2025

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In our examination, we have assumed without independent investigation the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to this opinion, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company.

Our opinion is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions, published positions of the Internal Revenue Service, and such other authorities as we have considered relevant, all as of the date of this opinion and all of which are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving any laws other than the federal income tax laws. Any change in applicable laws or the facts and circumstances surrounding the offering of the Notes, or any inaccuracy in the statements, facts, assumptions, or representations upon which we have relied, may affect the continuing validity of our opinion as set forth in this letter.

In this regard, with your consent we have assumed the following:

 

  1.

the Notes will be issued as described in the Prospectus;

 

  2.

no transaction, covenant, or condition described in the Prospectus and affecting this opinion letter will be waived by any party;

 

  3.

the statements and representations made in the Tax Officer’s Certificate are true, complete, and correct as of the date of this opinion and will remain true, complete, and correct at all times;

 

  4.

any representation or statement made as a belief or made “to the knowledge of” or similarly qualified as to knowledge, reasonableness, or level of effort is correct and accurate, without such qualification; and

 

  5.

each of the obligations of the parties described in the Reviewed Materials has been or will be performed or satisfied in accordance with its terms without regard to any qualification as to the level of effort in satisfying such obligations.

Any material variation or difference in the facts from those set forth in the Reviewed Materials may adversely affect the conclusions stated herein.

Based upon, subject to, and limited by the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1.

The Notes will be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.


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Phillips 66 Company

September 18, 2025

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To the extent that the statements in the Prospectus under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” purport to describe specific provisions of the Code, or the rules and regulations thereunder, such statements present in all material respects an accurate summary of such provisions.

We express no opinion on any issue relating to the tax consequences of the offering of the Notes other than the opinion set forth above. We undertake no responsibility to advise you of any new developments in the facts or in the application or interpretation of the federal income tax laws.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP