Alphabet Inc 8-K, filed Nov 5, 2026
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
About this 8-K
Alphabet Inc filed this 8-K on November 5, 2026.
Alphabet Inc. closed its €6 billion euro-denominated senior notes offering on November 5, 2026, spanning floating rate notes due 2028 and fixed-rate notes due 2028, 2030, 2032, 2035, 2039 and 2045. AI summary
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
Alphabet Inc. Euro-Denominated Senior Notes Offering
On November 5, 2026, Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet”) closed its underwritten public offering of €6 billion aggregate principal amount of euro-denominated senior notes (the “Notes”) pursuant to Alphabet’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-296395). The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of February 12, 2016, between Alphabet and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
The Notes consist of €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of floating rate notes due 2028, €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.700% notes due 2028, €1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.050% notes due 2030, €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.250% notes due 2032, €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% notes due 2035, €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% notes due 2039 and €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.250% notes due 2045.
The foregoing description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of such agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing descriptions of the Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the respective forms of the Notes filed as Exhibits 4.2–4.8 hereto, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ALPHABET INC. | ||||||
| Date: November 5, 2026 |
/s/ Anat Ashkenazi | |||||
| Anat Ashkenazi | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Exhibit 4.2
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
Floating Rate Notes Due 2028
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €750,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K CW5
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563602906
COMMON CODE: 356360290
No.: A-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION EURO (€750,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2028, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on February 5, May 5, August 5 and November 5 of each year, beginning on February 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate equal to the Applicable EURIBOR Rate (as defined herein), reset quarterly, plus 0.50% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed during the period, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
The interest rate will be reset quarterly on February 5, May 5, August 5 and November 5 of each year, beginning on February 5, 2027 (each, a “floating rate interest reset date”); provided that, if any floating rate interest reset date is not a Business Day, such floating rate interest reset date will be the next succeeding Business Day unless that business day is in the succeeding calendar month, in which case such floating rate interest reset date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. The Applicable EURIBOR Rate during the initial interest period will be the Applicable EURIBOR Rate in effect on November 3, 2026. The Applicable EURIBOR Rate for each subsequent interest period will be determined on each Floating Rate Interest Determination Date (as defined herein) preceding the applicable floating rate interest reset date. In no event will the interest on the Securities of this series be less than zero.
On each Floating Rate Interest Determination Date relating to the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the amount of accrued interest payable on this Security by multiplying (i) the outstanding principal amount of this Security by (ii) the product of (a) the interest rate for the relevant Interest Period multiplied by (b) the quotient of the actual number of calendar days in such Interest Period divided by 360. As soon as practicable after each determination, the Calculation Agent shall communicate the interest rate of the Securities of this series to the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date; provided that, in the case of Securities of this series represented by a certificated Security, the Record Date will be the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
“Interest Period” means (i) the period from and including any Interest Payment Date (or, with respect to the initial interest period only, from and including November 5, 2026) to but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (ii) in the case of the last such period, from and including the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the Stated Maturity to but excluding such Stated Maturity.
If any Interest Payment Date (other than the Stated Maturity) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the applicable Interest Payment Date (other than the Stated Maturity) will be the next succeeding Business Day unless that Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, in which case the applicable Interest Payment Date (other than the Stated Maturity) will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If any such Interest Payment Date (other than the Stated Maturity) is postponed or brought forward as described above, the interest amount will be adjusted accordingly to the number of days in the applicable period and the holder will be entitled to more or less interest, respectively. If the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent and Calculation Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Calculation Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
“T2 business day” means any day on which the T2 system, or any successor thereto, operates.
“T2 system” means the Eurosystem’s real-time gross settlement system.
“Applicable EURIBOR Rate” will be equal to the interest rate for deposits in euro designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI - the Financial Market Association (or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate) determined on the second T2 business day preceding the applicable floating rate interest reset date (each such date, a “Floating Rate Interest Determination Date”) in accordance with the following provisions:
| (i) | The Applicable EURIBOR Rate will be the offered rate for deposits in euro having a maturity of three months, as the rate appears on the display designated on page “EURIBOR01” on Reuters (or such other page as may replace the EURIBOR01 page on that service or any successor service for the purpose of displaying Euro-Zone interbank offered rates for Euro-denominated deposits of major banks) (“Reuters Page EURIBOR01”) as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant Floating Rate Interest Determination Date. |
| (ii) | If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, the Applicable EURIBOR Rate will be determined by the Company on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant Floating Rate Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the Euro-Zone interbank market by the principal Euro-Zone office of each of the four major banks in that market selected by the Company: euro deposits having a maturity of three months beginning on such Floating Rate Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. The Company or its designee will request the principal Euro-Zone office of each of these banks to provide to the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent a quotation in writing of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided in writing, the Applicable EURIBOR Rate for such Floating Rate Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards) of such quotations. |
| (iii) | If fewer than two quotations are provided by the Company as described in clause (ii) above, the Applicable EURIBOR Rate for the relevant Floating Rate Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards) of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading Euro-Zone banks quoted in writing, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such Floating Rate Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the Euro-Zone selected by the Company: loans of euro having a maturity of three months beginning on such Floating Rate Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. The Company or its designee will request the principal Euro-Zone office of each of these banks to provide to the paying agent and the calculation agent a quotation in writing of its rate. |
| (iv) | If fewer than three banks selected by the Company are quoting as described in clause (iii) above, the Applicable EURIBOR Rate shall be the Applicable EURIBOR Rate then in effect on such Floating Rate Interest Determination Date (i.e., the same rate as the rate determined on the immediately preceding Floating Rate Interest Determination Date). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that EURIBOR has been permanently discontinued or that the reference to EURIBOR becomes illegal or most other debt obligations similar to the Securities of this series have converted away from EURIBOR to a new reference rate, the Calculation Agent shall use, as directed in writing by the Company, as a substitute for EURIBOR for each future interest determination date, the alternative reference rate (the “Alternative Rate”) selected by a central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority, or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with accepted market practice regarding a substitute for EURIBOR. As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent shall, as directed in writing by the Company, make such adjustments to the Alternative Rate and/or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention, Floating Rate Interest Determination Date, and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with accepted market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate for debt obligations such as the floating rate notes. If the Company determines there is no clear market consensus as to whether any rate has replaced EURIBOR in customary market usage, the Company may appoint an independent financial advisor to determine an appropriate Alternative Rate and any adjustments thereto. The decision of such independent financial advisor will be binding on the Company, the Calculation Agent, the Trustee, and the holders of this Security. If, however, the Company determines that EURIBOR has been discontinued, but for any reason an Alternative Rate has not been determined, the rate of EURIBOR for the next interest period will be equal to such rate on the Floating Rate Interest Determination Date when EURIBOR was last available on Reuters Page EURIBOR01. The Company will notify the Calculation Agent (by way of an officers’ certificate on which the Calculation Agent may conclusively rely, without liability or further inquiry) of the adoption of any Alternative Rate. Following the adoption of an Alternative Rate pursuant to this paragraph, all references to “EURIBOR” or the “Applicable EURIBOR Rate” will be deemed to refer to such Alternative Rate.
None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Calculation Agent shall be liable for any inability, failure, or delay on its part to perform any of its duties set forth in this Security or in the calculation agency agreement as a result of the unavailability of EURIBOR or other replacement benchmark, including as a result of any failure, inability, delay, error, or inaccuracy on the part of any other transaction party in providing any direction, instruction, notice, or information required or contemplated by the terms of the Indenture or this Security and reasonably required for the performance of such duties. In connection with any determinations made hereunder, none of the Trustee, the paying agent or the Calculation Agent shall be responsible or liable for the Company’s actions or omissions or those of the Company’s designee, nor shall any of the Trustee, Paying Agent, or Calculation Agent be under any obligation to oversee or monitor the Company’s performance or that of the Company’s designee.
All calculations made by the Calculation Agent for the purposes of calculating interest on this Security shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders of the Securities of this series, the Trustee and the Company, absent manifest error. So long as the Applicable EURIBOR Rate is required to be determined with respect to the Securities of this series, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or the Calculation Agent shall be under any obligation (i) to monitor, determine, or verify the unavailability or cessation of EURIBOR, or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other transaction party of the occurrence of, the permanent discontinuance or illegality of EURIBOR, or conversion from EURIBOR to a new reference rate in most other debt obligations similar to the Securities of this series, (ii) to select, determine, or designate any Alternative Rate, or other successor or replacement benchmark index, or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate or index have been satisfied, (iii) to select, determine, or designate any adjustment, or other modifier to any replacement or successor index, or (iv) to determine whether or what other conforming changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing. Each of the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determinations made by the Company without independent investigation, and none will have any liability for actions taken at the Company’s direction in connection therewith.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event The Wall Street Journal has not published such exchange rate, the rate will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion on the basis of the most recently available market U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. None of the Trustee, the Calculation Agent nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing. All determinations referred to above in this paragraph made by the Company shall be at its sole discretion and, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holders of the Securities of this series.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| ALPHABET INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Juan Rajlin | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
Floating Rate Notes Due 2028
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the Floating Rate Notes due 2028 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €750,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Floating Rate Notes due 2028 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right
to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of the Company; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date. The Securities of this Series shall not be redeemable prior to Stated Maturity except as provided above. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series. The Securities of this series are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year,
and in the case of (A) or (B) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief
under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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| NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €750,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
Exhibit 4.3
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
3.700% Notes Due 2028
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €750,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K CX3
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563602492
COMMON CODE: 356360249
No.: B-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION EURO (€750,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2028, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on November 5 of each year, beginning on November 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate of 3.700% per annum, on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the date that is the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. A Clearing System Business Day is every Monday to Friday inclusive, except December 25th and January 1st. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| ALPHABET INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Juan Rajlin | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
3.700% Notes Due 2028
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the 3.700% Notes due 2028 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €750,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Interest on the Securities of this series will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities of this series (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid on the Securities of this series), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the 3.700% Notes due 2028 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity, at the Company’s option in whole or in part at any time or from time to time. Prior to their Stated Maturity, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate described below plus 15 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. On or after their Stated Maturity, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
For the purposes of determining the Redemption Price, “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, calculated in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of comparable corporate debt securities paying interest on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Government Bond Price for such Redemption Date. “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, the German government bond (Bundesanleihe) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers selected by the Company. “Comparable Government Bond Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations. “Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Government Bond Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Government Bond Dealer at 11:00 a.m., Central European Time (CET), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. “Reference Government Bond Dealer” means (i) each of Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, or any of their affiliates that are primary European government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing or any of their affiliates shall cease to be a primary European government securities dealer (“Primary Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Dealer and (ii) two other Primary Dealers selected by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with Clearstream or Euroclear procedures, as applicable) at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of record of the Securities of this series. Notice of any redemption of the Securities of this series in connection with a transaction or an event may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of a related transaction or event. At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee will provide such notice to each holder of the Securities to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.
No Securities of this series of a principal amount of €1,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If this Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to this Security will state the portion of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed. A new security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. For so long as the Securities of this series are held by Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, the redemption and the selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable clearing system.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of us; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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| NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €750,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
Exhibit 4.4
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
4.050% Notes Due 2030
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €1,250,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K CY1
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563603110
COMMON CODE: 356360311
No.: C-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION EURO (€1,250,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2030, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on November 5 of each year, beginning on November 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate of 4.050% per annum, on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the date that is the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. A Clearing System Business Day is every Monday to Friday inclusive, except December 25th and January 1st. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| ALPHABET INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Juan Rajlin Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
4.050% Notes Due 2030
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.050% Notes due 2030 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €1,250,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Interest on the Securities of this series will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities of this series (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid on the Securities of this series), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the 4.050% Notes due 2030 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are redeemable prior to October 5, 2030 at the Company’s option in whole or in part at any time or from time to time. Prior to October 5, 2030, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate described below plus 15 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. On or after October 5, 2030, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
For the purposes of determining the Redemption Price, “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, calculated in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of comparable corporate debt securities paying interest on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Government Bond Price for such Redemption Date. “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, the German government bond (Bundesanleihe) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers selected by the Company. “Comparable Government Bond Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations. “Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Government Bond Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Government Bond Dealer at 11:00 a.m., Central European Time (CET), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. “Reference Government Bond Dealer” means (i) each of Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, or any of their affiliates that are primary European government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing or any of their affiliates shall cease to be a primary European government securities dealer (“Primary Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Dealer and (ii) two other Primary Dealers selected by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with Clearstream or Euroclear procedures, as applicable) at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of record of the Securities of this series. Notice of any redemption of the Securities of this series in connection with a transaction or an event may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of a related transaction or event. At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee will provide such notice to each holder of the Securities to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.
No Securities of this series of a principal amount of €1,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If this Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to this Security will state the portion of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed. A new security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. For so long as the Securities of this series are held by Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, the redemption and the selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable clearing system.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of us; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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| NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €1,250,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
Exhibit 4.5
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
4.250% Notes Due 2032
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €750,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K CZ8
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563603383
COMMON CODE: 356360338
No.: D-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION EURO (€750,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2032, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on November 5 of each year, beginning on November 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate of 4.250% per annum, on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the date that is the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. A Clearing System Business Day is every Monday to Friday inclusive, except December 25th and January 1st. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| ALPHABET INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Juan Rajlin | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
4.250% Notes Due 2032
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.250% Notes due 2032 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €750,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Interest on the Securities of this series will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities of this series (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid on the Securities of this series), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the 4.250% Notes due 2032 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are redeemable prior to September 5, 2032 at the Company’s option in whole or in part at any time or from time to time. Prior to September 5, 2032, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate described below plus 20 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. On or after September 5, 2032, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
For the purposes of determining the Redemption Price, “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, calculated in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of comparable corporate debt securities paying interest on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Government Bond Price for such Redemption Date. “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, the German government bond (Bundesanleihe) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers selected by the Company. “Comparable Government Bond Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations. “Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Government Bond Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Government Bond Dealer at 11:00 a.m., Central European Time (CET), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. “Reference Government Bond Dealer” means (i) each of Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, or any of their affiliates that are primary European government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing or any of their affiliates shall cease to be a primary European government securities dealer (“Primary Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Dealer and (ii) two other Primary Dealers selected by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with Clearstream or Euroclear procedures, as applicable) at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of record of the Securities of this series. Notice of any redemption of the Securities of this series in connection with a transaction or an event may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of a related transaction or event. At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee will provide such notice to each holder of the Securities to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.
No Securities of this series of a principal amount of €1,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If this Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to this Security will state the portion of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed. A new security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. For so long as the Securities of this series are held by Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, the redemption and the selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable clearing system.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of us; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €750,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Exhibit 4.6
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
4.500% Notes Due 2035
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €750,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K DA2
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563603623
COMMON CODE: 356360362
No.: E-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION EURO (€750,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2035, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on November 5 of each year, beginning on November 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate of 4.500% per annum, on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the date that is the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. A Clearing System Business Day is every Monday to Friday inclusive, except December 25th and January 1st. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed
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| Name: Juan Rajlin Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
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REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
4.500% Notes Due 2035
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.500% Notes due 2035 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €750,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Interest on the Securities of this series will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities of this series (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid on the Securities of this series), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the 4.500% Notes due 2035 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are redeemable prior to August 5, 2035 at the Company’s option in whole or in part at any time or from time to time. Prior to August 5, 2035, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate described below plus 20 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. On or after August 5, 2035, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
For the purposes of determining the Redemption Price, “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, calculated in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of comparable corporate debt securities paying interest on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Government Bond Price for such Redemption Date. “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, the German government bond (Bundesanleihe) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers selected by the Company. “Comparable Government Bond Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations. “Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Government Bond Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Government Bond Dealer at 11:00 a.m., Central European Time (CET), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. “Reference Government Bond Dealer” means (i) each of Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, or any of their affiliates that are primary European government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing or any of their affiliates shall cease to be a primary European government securities dealer (“Primary Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Dealer and (ii) two other Primary Dealers selected by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with Clearstream or Euroclear procedures, as applicable) at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of record of the Securities of this series. Notice of any redemption of the Securities of this series in connection with a transaction or an event may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of a related transaction or event. At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee will provide such notice to each holder of the Securities to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.
No Securities of this series of a principal amount of €1,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If this Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to this Security will state the portion of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed. A new security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. For so long as the Securities of this series are held by Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, the redemption and the selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable clearing system.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of us; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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| NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €750,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
Exhibit 4.7
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
4.875% Notes Due 2039
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €750,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K DB0
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563604191
COMMON CODE: 356360419
No.: F-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION EURO (€750,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2039, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on November 5 of each year, beginning on November 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate of 4.875% per annum, on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the date that is the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. A Clearing System Business Day is every Monday to Friday inclusive, except December 25th and January 1st. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed
| ALPHABET INC. | ||
| By: |
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| Name: Juan Rajlin Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
| By: |
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
4.875% Notes Due 2039
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.875% Notes due 2039 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €750,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Interest on the Securities of this series will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities of this series (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid on the Securities of this series), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the 4.875% Notes due 2039 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are redeemable prior to August 5, 2039 at the Company’s option in whole or in part at any time or from time to time. Prior to August 5, 2039, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate described below plus 25 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. On or after August 5, 2039, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
For the purposes of determining the Redemption Price, “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, calculated in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of comparable corporate debt securities paying interest on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Government Bond Price for such Redemption Date. “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, the German government bond (Bundesanleihe) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers selected by the Company. “Comparable Government Bond Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations. “Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Government Bond Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Government Bond Dealer at 11:00 a.m., Central European Time (CET), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. “Reference Government Bond Dealer” means (i) each of Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, or any of their affiliates that are primary European government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing or any of their affiliates shall cease to be a primary European government securities dealer (“Primary Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Dealer and (ii) two other Primary Dealers selected by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with Clearstream or Euroclear procedures, as applicable) at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of record of the Securities of this series. Notice of any redemption of the Securities of this series in connection with a transaction or an event may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of a related transaction or event. At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee will provide such notice to each holder of the Securities to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.
No Securities of this series of a principal amount of €1,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If this Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to this Security will state the portion of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed. A new security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. For so long as the Securities of this series are held by Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, the redemption and the selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable clearing system.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of us; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €750,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
Exhibit 4.8
GLOBAL SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (EACH, A “DEPOSITARY”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ALPHABET INC.
5.250% Notes Due 2045
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: €1,000,000,000
CUSIP: 02079K DC8
ISIN NUMBER: XS3563604274
COMMON CODE: 356360427
No.: G-1
ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Clearstream
Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”), or their registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, the principal sum of ONE BILLION EURO (€1,000,000,000) (or such other principal amount as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto) on November 5, 2045, and to pay interest thereon from November 5, 2026 or from the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on November 5 of each year, beginning on November 5, 2027 on said principal sum, at the rate of 5.250% per annum, on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at such rate on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest.
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 (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the date that is the Clearing System Business Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. A Clearing System Business Day is every Monday to Friday inclusive, except December 25th and January 1st. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as, more fully provided in said Indenture.
As used in this Security, the term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or the City of London are authorized or required by law or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the T2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. Payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in London (initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent); provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Register or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture.
The term “euros,” “the euro” or “€” means the currency of the member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
All payments on the Securities of this series will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after November 5, 2026, the euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. Dollar/euro exchange rate published in The Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date. Any payment in respect of the Securities of this series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities of this series or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALPHABET INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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| Name: Juan Rajlin Title: Treasurer | ||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
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REVERSE OF SECURITY
ALPHABET INC.
5.250% Notes Due 2045
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Security is one of a series designated as the 5.250% Notes due 2045 of the Company, limited in aggregate principal amount to €1,000,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date). Any additional Securities shall be issued under one or more separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number unless such additional Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening,” are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with less than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Interest on the Securities of this series will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities of this series (or November 5, 2026 if no interest has been paid on the Securities of this series), to, but not including, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next succeeding Business Day.
In case an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the 5.250% Notes due 2045 shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the interest accrued hereon, if any, may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions that provide that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of amending any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such amendment voting separately; provided that, without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment may not: (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, 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, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of the Holder’s right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided in the Indenture; (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments or waivers with the consent of Holders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; or (iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions and exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Securities of this series will be issued in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof and are transferable and exchangeable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are redeemable prior to May 5, 2045 at the Company’s option in whole or in part at any time or from time to time. Prior to May 5, 2045, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate described below plus 25 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. On or after May 5, 2045, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series by paying a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
For the purposes of determining the Redemption Price, “Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, calculated in accordance with customary financial practice in pricing new issues of comparable corporate debt securities paying interest on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Government Bond Price for such Redemption Date. “Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, the German government bond (Bundesanleihe) selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers selected by the Company. “Comparable Government Bond Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations. “Reference Government Bond Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Government Bond Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Government Bond (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Government Bond Dealer at 11:00 a.m., Central European Time (CET), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. “Reference Government Bond Dealer” means (i) each of Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, or any of their affiliates that are primary European government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided that if any of the foregoing or any of their affiliates shall cease to be a primary European government securities dealer (“Primary Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Dealer and (ii) two other Primary Dealers selected by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with Clearstream or Euroclear procedures, as applicable) at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of record of the Securities of this series. Notice of any redemption of the Securities of this series in connection with a transaction or an event may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof. Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of a related transaction or event. At the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company will provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee will provide such notice to each holder of the Securities to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.
No Securities of this series of a principal amount of €1,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If this Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to this Security will state the portion of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed. A new security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security. For so long as the Securities of this series are held by Clearstream or Euroclear, as applicable, the redemption and the selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures of the applicable clearing system.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, the Company will pay as additional interest on the Securities of this series such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment by the Company or a paying agent of the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of this series to the beneficial owner that is not a United States person (as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will not be less than the amount provided in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts will not apply:
| 1. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the holder, a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder, being treated as: |
| a. | being or having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, being treated as having been present in, or engaged in a trade or business in, the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States; |
| b. | having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Securities, the receipt of any payment in respect of the Securities or the enforcement of any rights under the Indenture), including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as being or having been a resident thereof; |
| c. | being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; |
| d. | being or having been a “10-percent shareholder”, as defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision, of us; or |
| e. | being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within the meaning of section 881(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision; |
| 2. | to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion of the Securities, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment; |
| 3. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the Securities, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 4. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment; |
| 5. | to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
| 6. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the holder of any Security, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 7. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted that is imposed on a payment pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other official interpretations thereof (collectively, “FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; |
| 8. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; |
| 9. | to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner to fulfill the statement requirements of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code; |
| 10. | to any tax imposed pursuant to Section 871(h)(6) or 881(c)(6) of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions); or |
| 11. | to any tax imposed as a result of any combination of items (1) through (10). |
Except as specifically provided above, the Company will not be required to pay additional amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge. References in this Security to any payment on the Securities include the related payment of additional amounts, as applicable.
The term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States person” means (i) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (iii) any estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) any trust if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons can control all substantial trust decisions, or if a valid election is in place to treat the trust as a United States person.
If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws of the United States or the official interpretation thereof that is announced or becomes effective on or after November 5, 2026, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to be redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Solely with respect to Securities of this series, Section 12.02 of the Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
“This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities expressly provided for in the Indenture and rights to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when,
(a) either:
(i) all Securities of this series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 of the Indenture and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Securities of this series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust (i) funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities are denominated, (ii) Foreign Government Securities that through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Indenture and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (a)(i) above, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) of the Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
For purposes of the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge above, “Foreign Government Securities” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.”
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and, subject to the provisions hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof) shall govern this Security.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Attorney to transfer such Security on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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| NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
[Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Note is €1,000,000,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Note have been made:
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Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
Exhibit 5.1
| AMERICAS NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO SAO PAULO SILICON VALLEY WASHINGTON, D.C.
ASIA HONG KONG SEOUL |
One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006-1470 T: +1212 225 2000 F: +1 212 225 3999
clearygottlieb.com
D: +1 212 225 2451 shwang@cgsh.com |
EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST ABU DHABI BRUSSELS COLOGNE LONDON MILAN PARIS ROME |
November 5, 2026
Alphabet Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Alphabet Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-296395) (the “Registration Statement”) and the prospectus, dated June 1, 2026, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated November 2, 2026 (together, the “Prospectus”), of:
| • | €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of floating rate notes due 2028, |
| • | €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.700% notes due 2028, |
| • | €1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.050% notes due 2030, |
| • | €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.250% notes due 2032, |
| • | €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% notes due 2035, |
| • | €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% notes due 2039 and |
| • | €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.250% notes due 2045 (collectively, the “Securities”). |
The Securities were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of February 12, 2016 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP or an affiliated entity has an office in each of the locations listed above.
Alphabet Inc., p. 2
In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have reviewed the following documents:
| (a) | the Registration Statement and the documents incorporated by reference therein; |
| (b) | the Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference therein; |
| (c) | an executed copy of the Terms Agreement (including the Underwriting Agreement in the form in which it was incorporated into the Terms Agreement) dated November 2, 2026 between the Company and the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto; |
| (d) | executed copies of the Indenture dated February 12, 2016 and the Officer’s Certificate dated November 5, 2026, establishing the terms of the Securities in accordance with Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 3.03 of the Indenture; |
| (e) | facsimile copies of the Securities in global form as executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee; and |
| (f) | copies of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the corporate secretary of the Company, respectively. |
In addition, we have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of all such corporate records of the Company and such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinion expressed below.
In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed (including, without limitation, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company in the Underwriting Agreement).
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that the Securities have been validly issued by the Company and are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to the valid existence and good standing of the Company, it is based solely on confirmation from public officials. Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of the Company, (a) we have assumed that the Company and each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to the Company regarding matters of the federal law of the United States of America, the law of the State of New York or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such agreement or obligation), (b) we express no opinion with respect to the effect of any mandatory choice of law rules and (c) such opinion is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.
Alphabet Inc., p. 3
We note that by statute, the law of the State of New York provides that a judgment or decree rendered in a currency other than the currency of the United States shall be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of entry of the judgment or decree. There is no corresponding Federal statute and no controlling Federal court decision on this issue. Accordingly, we express no opinion as to whether a Federal court would award a judgment in a currency other than U.S. dollars or, if it did so, whether it would order conversion of the judgment into U.S. dollars.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the law of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws.
We hereby consent to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters” as counsel for the Company who has passed on the validity of the Securities and to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 5, 2026. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
The opinion expressed herein is rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinion expressed herein.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP | ||
| By: | /s/ Shuangjun Wang | |
| Shuangjun Wang, a Partner | ||