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the denominations in which any registered debt securities will be issuable;
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the identity of each security registrar and paying agent, and the designation of the exchange rate agent, if any, if other than the trustee;
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the portion of the principal amount of debt securities that will be payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities;
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the currency used to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities, if other than U.S. dollars, and whether you or we may elect to have principal, premium and interest paid in a currency other than the currency in which the debt securities are denominated;
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any index, formula or other method used to determine the amount of principal, premium or interest on the debt securities;
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any changes or additions to the events of default, defaults or our covenants made in the applicable indenture;
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whether the debt securities are issuable as registered debt securities or bearer debt securities, whether there are any restrictions relating to the form in which they are issued and whether bearer and registered debt securities may be exchanged for each other;
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to whom interest will be payable
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if other than the registered holder (for registered debt securities),
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if other than upon presentation and surrender of the related coupons (for bearer debt securities), or
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if other than as specified in the indentures (for global debt securities);
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whether the debt securities are to be convertible or exchangeable for other securities and, if so, the terms of conversion or exchange;
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particular terms of subordination with respect to subordinated debt securities; and
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any other terms of the debt securities consistent with the provisions of the applicable indenture. (Section 3.1)
We may issue debt securities as original issue discount securities to be sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. If we issue original issue discount securities, then we will describe the material U.S. federal income tax consequences that apply to those debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Registration and Transfer
We presently plan to issue each series of debt securities only as registered securities. However, we may issue a series of debt securities as bearer securities, or a combination of both registered securities and bearer securities. If we issue senior debt securities as bearer securities, they will have interest coupons attached unless we elect to issue them as zero coupon securities. (Section 2.1) If we issue bearer securities, we may describe material U.S. federal income tax consequences and other material considerations, procedures and limitations in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Holders of registered debt securities may present the debt securities for exchange for different authorized amounts of other debt securities of the same series and in the same aggregate principal amount at the corporate trust office of the trustee or at the office of any other transfer agent we may designate for the purpose and describe in the applicable prospectus supplement. The registered securities must be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer. The agent will not impose a service charge on you for the transfer or exchange. We may, however, require that you pay any applicable tax or other governmental charge. If we issue bearer securities, we will describe any procedures for exchanging those bearer securities for other senior debt securities of the same series in the applicable prospectus supplement. Generally, we will not allow you to exchange registered securities for bearer securities. (Section 3.5)
In general, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue registered securities without coupons and in denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof,