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comparable treasury price
means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five reference
treasury dealer quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest reference treasury dealer quotations, or (2) if the quotation agent obtains fewer than five such reference treasury dealer quotations, the average of
all such quotations.
quotation agent
means Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, or its successor, or, if that firm is unwilling or unable to select the comparable treasury issue, an investment bank of national standing appointed by the Issuer.
reference treasury dealer
means (1) Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, unless that firm ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (referred to in this term sheet as a primary treasury dealer), in which case the Issuer will substitute
another primary treasury dealer and (2) four other primary treasury dealer(s) that the Issuer may select.
reference treasury dealer quotations
means, with respect to each reference treasury dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the quotation agent, of the bid and
asked prices for the applicable comparable treasury issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the quotation agent by such reference treasury dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third
business day preceding such redemption date.
Unless the Issuer defaults on
payment of the applicable redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, for so long as such notes are in
book-entry only form, such Notes to be redeemed will be selected in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company.
Because Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is an affiliate of the Issuer, the economic interests of Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated may be adverse to your interests as a holder of the Notes subject to the Issuers redemption, including with respect to certain determinations and judgments it must make as quotation agent in the event that
the Issuer redeems the Notes before their maturity pursuant to the make-whole optional redemption described above. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is obligated to carry out its duties and functions as
quotation agent in good faith.
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