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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160728081756
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-661201
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160728
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160728

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APPLE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000320193
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS [3571]
		IRS NUMBER:				942404110
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0924

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B2
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-210983
		FILM NUMBER:		161788444

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE INFINITE LOOP
		CITY:			CUPERTINO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(408) 996-1010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE INFINITE LOOP
		CITY:			CUPERTINO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95014

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	APPLE COMPUTER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970808
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:71%" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)<BR>Registration No. 333-210983 </FONT></P>
<p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2" COLOR="#cc062a"><B>The information in this preliminary
prospectus supplement is not complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not offers to sell the securities and they are not soliciting an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction
where the offer or sale is not permitted. </B></FONT></P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1" COLOR="#cc062a">SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY 28, 2016 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Preliminary Prospectus Supplement </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(To Prospectus dated April 28, 2016) </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Floating Rate Notes due 2019 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2019 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2021 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2026 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2046 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">We are offering $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of our Floating Rate Notes due 2019 (the &#147;2019 Floating Rate
Notes&#148; or the &#147;floating rate notes&#148;), $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of our&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2019 (the &#147;2019 Fixed Rate Notes&#148;), $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of
our&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2021 (the &#147;2021 Fixed Rate Notes&#148;), $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of our&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2026 (the &#147;2026 Fixed Rate Notes&#148;) and
$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of our&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2046 (the &#147;2046 Fixed Rate Notes&#148; and, together with the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes, the
&#147;fixed rate notes&#148;). We refer to the floating rate notes and the fixed rate notes collectively as the &#147;notes.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">The 2019 Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% and will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2019. We will pay interest on the floating rate notes quarterly in arrears
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">We will pay interest on the fixed rate notes semi-annually in arrears on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2017. The 2019 Fixed Rate Notes will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2019, the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2021, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2026 and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2046. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">We may
redeem the fixed rate notes in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices described under the heading &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Optional Redemption&#148; in this prospectus supplement. The floating rate
notes may not be redeemed before maturity. The notes will be issued only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">See &#147;<A HREF="#supptoc219391_6">Risk Factors</A>&#148; beginning on page S-6 to read about important factors you should consider before buying the notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or
passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2046 Fixed Rate Note</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Plus accrued interest, if any, from&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016.
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. Currently, there is no public trading market
for any series of the notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:3%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">The underwriters expect to deliver the notes through the book-entry delivery system of The
Depository Trust Company and its direct participants, including Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., on or
about&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016, which is the fifth business day following the date of this prospectus supplement. This settlement date may
affect trading of the notes. See &#147;Underwriting.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><I>Joint Book-Running
Managers </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">BofA Merrill Lynch</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">J.P. Morgan</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Prospectus Supplement
dated&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Prospectus Supplement </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_1">ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-ii</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_2">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-iii</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_3">INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-iv</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_4">FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-v</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_5">SUMMARY</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-1</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_6">RISK FACTORS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-6</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_7">USE OF PROCEEDS</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-9</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_8">CAPITALIZATION</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-10</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_9">RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-12</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_10">DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-13</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_11">CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-19</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_12">UNDERWRITING</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-24</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_13">LEGAL MATTERS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-29</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#supptoc219391_14">EXPERTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-29</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="4"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Prospectus</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" align="left"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_1">ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">ii</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_2">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">iii</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_3">INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">iv</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_4">FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">v</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_5">APPLE INC.</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_6">RISK FACTORS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_7">RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_8">USE OF PROCEEDS</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_9">DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we prepare or authorize contain and/or
incorporate by reference information that you should consider when making an investment decision. Neither we nor any underwriter has authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses prepared by us or on our behalf or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as
to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is an offer to sell only the notes offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful
to do so. The information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus, and the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein, are current only as of the respective dates of such
documents. You should not assume that such information is accurate as of any date other than the respective dates thereof. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_1"></A>ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the terms of the offering of the
notes. The second part is the accompanying prospectus, dated April 28, 2016, which we refer to as the &#147;accompanying prospectus.&#148; The accompanying prospectus contains more general information about our debt securities that we may offer from
time to time, some of which may not apply to the notes. If information in this prospectus supplement is inconsistent with the accompanying prospectus, you should rely on this prospectus supplement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus supplement incorporates by reference important business and financial information about us that is not included in
or delivered with this prospectus supplement. It is important for you to read and consider all information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in making your investment decision. See
&#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; and &#147;Incorporation by Reference&#148; in this prospectus supplement and the accompany prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus supplement to &#147;Apple,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; and all similar references are to Apple
Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. However, in the &#147;Description of the Notes&#148; and related summary sections of this prospectus supplement and the &#147;Description of the Debt Securities&#148; section of the accompanying prospectus,
references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; are to Apple Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_2"></A>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;SEC&#148;). The public may read and copy any materials filed with the SEC at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference
Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Also, the SEC maintains an Internet web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The public
can obtain any documents that we file electronically with the SEC at <I>http://www.sec.gov</I>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We also make available,
free of charge, on or through our Internet web site (investor.apple.com) our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statements on Schedule 14A and, if applicable, amendments to those reports
filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. Please
note, however, that we have not incorporated any other information by reference from our Internet web site, other than the documents listed below under the heading &#147;Incorporation by Reference.&#148; In addition, you may request copies of these
filings at no cost through our Investor Relations Department at: Apple Inc., 1 Infinite Loop, MS 301-4IR, Cupertino, CA 95014, telephone: (408) 974-3123 or our Internet web site (investor.apple.com). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the debt securities covered by this prospectus
supplement. This prospectus supplement is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus supplement to a contract or other document of ours
that is an exhibit to the registration statement, the reference is only a summary and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the
registration statement and the documents incorporated by reference herein at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC&#146;s Internet web site listed above. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_3"></A>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus from the date we file that
document. Any reports filed by us with the SEC after the date of this prospectus supplement and before the date that the offering of the notes by means of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is terminated will automatically
update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. However, we are not incorporating by reference any information provided in these documents
that is described in paragraph (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) or (e)(5) of Item 407 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC or, except as specifically provided below, furnished under applicable SEC rules rather than filed and exhibits furnished in
connection with such items. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We incorporate by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
the documents set forth below that have been previously filed with the SEC as well as any filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this prospectus supplement and before the
termination of this offering; provided, however, that we are not incorporating any documents or information deemed to have been furnished rather than filed in accordance with SEC rules:</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2015, including those portions of our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January
6, 2016 that are incorporated by reference in such Annual Report; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December 26, 2015, March 26, 2016 and June 25, 2016; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2015, December 17, 2015, December 22, 2015, February 23, 2016, March 1, 2016, March 24, 2016 and June 22,
2016. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">To obtain copies of these filings, see &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148;
</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_4"></A>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein,
contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain
assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as &#147;future,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148;
&#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;predicts,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;would,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;can,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and the Company&#146;s actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed
in the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section of this prospectus supplement and in Part II, Item 1A of the Company&#146;s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 25, 2016 under the heading &#147;Risk Factors,&#148;
which are incorporated herein by reference. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_5"></A>SUMMARY </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>The following summary highlights information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. It may not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in the notes. You should carefully read this entire prospectus supplement, as well as the accompanying prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Apple Inc. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; " ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Apple designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers and
portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications. Our products and services include iPhone</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, iPad</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">,
Mac</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, iPod</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, Apple Watch</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, Apple
TV</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, iOS,
macOS&#153;, watchOS</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"> and tvOS&#153; operating systems, iCloud</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, Apple Pay</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"> and a variety of accessory, service and support offerings. We sell and deliver digital content and applications through the
iTunes Store</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, App Store</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">, Mac App Store, TV App Store, iBooks Store&#153; and Apple Music</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">. We sell our products worldwide through our retail stores, online stores and direct sales force, as well as through
third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers and value-added resellers. In addition, we sell a variety of third-party Apple compatible products, including application software and various accessories through our online and retail
stores. We sell to consumers, small and mid-sized businesses and education, enterprise and government customers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Apple
Inc. is a California corporation established in 1977. Our principal executive offices are located at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, and our main telephone number is (408) 996-1010. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Offering </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>The following is a brief summary of the terms and conditions of this offering. It does not contain all of the information that
you need to consider in making your investment decision. To understand all of the terms and conditions of the offering of the notes, you should carefully read this entire prospectus supplement, as well as the accompanying prospectus and the
documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Apple Inc. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due 2019; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aggregate principal amount of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2019; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aggregate principal amount of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2021; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aggregate principal amount of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2026; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aggregate principal amount of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2046; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Original issue date </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Maturity date </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2019 for the 2019 Floating Rate Notes;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="38%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2019 for the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2021 for the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2026 for the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2046 for the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes;
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Interest rate </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Three-month LIBOR plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum for the 2019 Floating Rate Notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum for the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum for the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum for the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum for the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The interest rate for the 2019 Floating Rate Notes for the initial interest period will be the three month LIBOR plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%, determined on the second London
business day immediately preceding the scheduled closing date. Thereafter, the interest rate for the 2019 Floating Rate Notes will reset
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Interest on the 2019 Floating Rate Notes will be paid quarterly in arrears
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016, and on the maturity date for the 2019 Floating Rate Notes. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Interest on the fixed rate notes will be paid semi-annually in arrears on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2017, and on the
applicable maturity date for each of the series of fixed rate notes. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Optional redemption </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We do not have the right to redeem the floating rate notes prior to maturity. Prior to (i) with respect to the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, the maturity date of such notes, (ii) with respect
to the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2021 (one month prior to the maturity date of such notes), (iii) with respect to the 2026
Fixed Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2026 (three months prior to the maturity date of such notes), and (iv) with respect to the 2046 Fixed
Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2046 (six months prior to the maturity date of such notes), such series of fixed rate notes may be redeemed at
our option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes to be redeemed (assuming, in the case of the 2021
Fixed Rate Notes, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes, that such notes matured on their applicable Par Call Date as set forth above), exclusive of interest accrued to, but excluding, the date of redemption, discounted to the date
of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined in this prospectus supplement) plus
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2021 Fixed
Rate Notes, plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the
case of the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">On or after (i) with respect to the 2021 Fixed Rate
Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2021 (one month prior to the maturity date of such notes), (ii) with respect to the 2026 Fixed Rate
Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2026 (three months prior to the maturity date of such notes) and (iii) with respect to the 2046 Fixed Rate
Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2046 (six months prior to the maturity date of such notes), such series of fixed rate notes may be redeemed at our
option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In each case, we will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the date of redemption. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">See &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Optional Redemption.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes will be: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our unsecured senior indebtedness and will rank equally with each other and with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time
outstanding; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">structurally subordinated to any indebtedness and preferred stock, if any, of our subsidiaries; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture does not restrict the ability of our subsidiaries to incur indebtedness. See &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Ranking.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Further issuances </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We reserve the right, from time to time and without the consent of any holders of the notes, to re-open each series of notes on terms identical in all respects to the outstanding notes
of such series (except for the date of issuance, the date interest begins to accrue and, in certain circumstances, the first interest payment date), so that such additional notes will be consolidated with, form a single series with and increase the
aggregate principal amount of the notes of such series. See &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;General.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Use of proceeds </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We intend to use the net proceeds from sales of the notes, which we estimate will be approximately $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, after deducting underwriting
discounts and our offering expenses, for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of our common stock and payment of dividends under our program to return capital to shareholders, funding for working capital, capital expenditures,
acquisitions and repayment of debt. See &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Denominations </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes will be issued only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Form of notes </FONT></P></TD>
<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We will issue the notes in the form of one or more fully registered global notes registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;). Investors may
elect to hold the interests in the global notes through any of DTC, Clearstream Banking, S.A. or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as described under the heading &#147;Description of the Notes&#151;Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures.&#148;
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">An investment in the notes involves risk. You should consider carefully the specific factors set forth under the heading &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on page S-6 of this
prospectus supplement, as well as the other information set forth and incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, before investing in any of the notes offered hereby. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Each series of the notes is a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for listing of any series of the notes on any securities exchange.
The underwriters have advised us that they currently intend to make a market in each series of the notes. However, the underwriters are not obligated to do so, and any market-making with respect to the notes may be discontinued, in their sole
discretion, at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading markets for the notes. See &#147;Underwriting.&#148; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Investing in the notes involves risks. Before making a decision to invest in the notes, you should carefully consider the risks
described in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 25, 2016 under the heading &#147;Risk Factors,&#148; which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, as well as the risks set forth below. See &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes are structurally subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The
notes are our obligations exclusively and not of any of our subsidiaries. A significant portion of our operations is conducted through our subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are separate legal entities that have no obligation to pay any amounts due
under the notes or to make any funds available therefor, whether by dividends, loans or other payments. Except to the extent we are a creditor with recognized claims against our subsidiaries, all claims of creditors (including trade creditors) and
holders of preferred stock, if any, of our subsidiaries will have priority with respect to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims (and therefore the claims of our creditors, including holders of the notes). Consequently, the notes will be
effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of any of our subsidiaries and any subsidiaries that we may in the future acquire or establish. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes are subject to prior claims of any secured creditors, and if a default occurs, we may not have sufficient funds to fulfill our obligations under the notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes are our unsecured general obligations, ranking equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. As of June
25, 2016, we had $71.6 billion of unsecured senior notes and $12.5 billion of unsecured short-term promissory notes outstanding but no secured senior debt outstanding. The indenture governing the notes permits us to incur additional debt, including
secured debt. If we incur any secured debt, our assets will be subject to prior claims by our secured creditors. In the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up, assets that secure debt will be available to pay
obligations on the notes only after all debt secured by those assets has been repaid in full. Holders of the notes will participate in our remaining assets ratably with all of our unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, including our trade
creditors. If we incur any additional obligations that rank equally with the notes, including trade payables, the holders of those obligations will be entitled to share ratably with the holders of the notes and the previously issued notes in any
proceeds distributed upon our insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up. This may have the effect of reducing the amount of proceeds paid to you. If there are not sufficient assets remaining to pay all these creditors,
all or a portion of the notes then outstanding would remain unpaid. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture governing the notes does not contain financial covenants and only
provides limited protection against significant corporate events and other actions we may take that could adversely impact your investment in the notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">While the indenture governing the notes contains terms intended to provide protection to the holders of the notes upon the occurrence of certain events involving significant corporate transactions, such terms are
limited and may not be sufficient to protect your investment in the notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture for the notes does
not:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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holders of the notes in the event we experience significant adverse changes in our financial condition; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restrict our subsidiaries&#146; ability to issue securities or otherwise incur indebtedness that would be senior to our equity interests in our subsidiaries
and therefore rank effectively senior to the notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restrict our ability to repurchase or prepay any other of our securities or other indebtedness; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restrict our ability to make investments or to repurchase or pay dividends or make other payments in respect of our common stock or other securities ranking
junior to the notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restrict our ability to enter into highly leveraged transactions; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">require us to repurchase the notes in the event of a change in control. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">As a result of the foregoing, when evaluating the terms of the notes, you should be aware that the terms of the indenture and the
notes do not restrict our ability to engage in, or to otherwise be a party to, a variety of corporate transactions, circumstances and events that could have an adverse impact on your investment in the notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Active trading markets for the notes may not develop. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Each series of the notes is a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for listing of any series of the notes on any securities exchange. We cannot assure you trading
markets for the notes will develop or of the ability of holders of the notes to sell their notes or of the prices at which holders may be able to sell their notes. The underwriters have advised us that they currently intend to make a market in each
series of the notes. However, the underwriters are not obligated to do so, and any market-making with respect to the notes may be discontinued, in their sole discretion, at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of
the trading markets for the notes. If no active trading markets develop, you may be unable to resell the notes at any price or at their fair market value. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The market prices of the notes may be volatile. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The market prices of the notes will
depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, the following:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">ratings on our debt securities assigned by rating agencies; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the time remaining until maturity of the notes; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the prevailing interest rates being paid by other companies similar to us; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our results of operations, financial condition and prospects; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the condition of the financial markets. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In addition, the market prices of our floating rate notes will be influenced by the three-month LIBOR rate, volatility in such rate and events that affect LIBOR rates generally. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The condition of the financial markets and prevailing interest rates have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate in the
future, which could have an adverse effect on the market prices of the notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Rating agencies continually review the
ratings they have assigned to companies and debt securities. Negative changes in the ratings assigned to us or our debt securities could have an adverse effect on the market prices of the notes. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Our credit ratings may not reflect all risks of your investment in the notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Our credit ratings are an assessment by rating agencies of our ability to pay our debts when due. Consequently, real or anticipated
changes in our credit ratings will generally affect the market value of the notes. These credit ratings may not reflect the potential impact of all risks relating to the notes. Agency ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any
security, and may be revised or withdrawn at any time by the issuing organization. Each agency&#146;s rating should be evaluated independently of any other agency&#146;s rating. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Redemption may adversely affect your return on the fixed rate notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We have the
right to redeem the fixed rate notes on the terms set forth in this prospectus supplement. We may redeem such fixed rate notes at times when prevailing interest rates may be relatively low. Accordingly, you may not be able to reinvest the amount
received upon a redemption in a comparable security at an effective interest rate as high as that of such fixed rate notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The amount of interest
payable on the floating rate notes is set only once per quarter based on the three-month LIBOR rate on the interest determination date, which rate may fluctuate substantially. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In the past, the level of the three-month LIBOR rate has experienced significant fluctuations. You should note that historical
levels, fluctuations and trends of the three-month LIBOR rate are not necessarily indicative of future levels. Any historical upward or downward trend in the three-month LIBOR rate is not an indication that the three-month LIBOR rate is more or less
likely to increase or decrease at any time during a floating rate interest period, and you should not take the historical levels of the three-month LIBOR rate as an indication of its future performance. You should further note that although the
actual three-month LIBOR rate on an interest payment date or at other times during an interest period may be higher than the three-month LIBOR rate on the applicable interest determination date, you will not benefit from the three-month LIBOR rate
at any time other than on the interest determination date for such interest period. As a result, changes in the three-month LIBOR rate may not result in a comparable change in the market value of the floating rate notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Uncertainty relating to the LIBOR calculation process may adversely affect the value of your floating rate notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Regulators and law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom and elsewhere are conducting civil and criminal investigations into
whether the banks that contribute to the British Bankers&#146; Association (the &#147;BBA&#148;), in connection with the calculation of daily LIBOR may have been under-reporting or otherwise manipulating or attempting to manipulate LIBOR. A number
of BBA member banks have entered into settlements with their regulators and law enforcement agencies with respect to alleged manipulation of LIBOR. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Actions by the BBA, regulators or law enforcement agencies may result in changes to the manner in which LIBOR is determined. At this time, it is not possible to predict the effect of any such changes and any other
reforms to LIBOR that may be enacted in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. Uncertainty as to the nature of such potential changes may adversely affect the trading market for LIBOR-based securities, including the floating rate notes. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We estimate the net proceeds from sales of the notes will be approximately $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, after
deducting underwriting discounts and our offering expenses. We intend to use such net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of our common stock and payment of dividends under our program to return capital to shareholders,
funding for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and repayment of debt. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may temporarily invest funds
that are not immediately needed for these purposes in short-term investments, including cash, cash equivalents and/or marketable securities. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_8"></A>CAPITALIZATION </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth our capitalization on a consolidated basis as of June 25, 2016. We have presented our capitalization
on both an actual and an as adjusted basis to reflect the issuance and sale of the notes offered hereby, but not the application of the net proceeds from the issuance and sale of any such notes. See &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; You should read the
following table along with our financial statements and the accompanying notes to those statements, together with the information set forth under &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148;
in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 25, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. See &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(unaudited, $ in millions,<BR>except&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;shares<BR>which are reflected in<BR>thousands,&nbsp;and&nbsp;par&nbsp;value)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Term debt:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Notes due 2019 offered hereby</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2019 offered hereby</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2021 offered hereby</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2026 offered hereby</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2046 offered hereby</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Notes due 2017</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Notes due 2018</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Notes due 2019</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Australian dollar-denominated Notes due 2019&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">524</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">524</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Notes due 2020</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Floating Rate Notes due 2021</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">0.900% Notes due 2017</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.05% Notes due 2017</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.00% Notes due 2018</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.300% Notes due 2018</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.700% Notes due 2019</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.10% Notes due 2019</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.85% Australian dollar-denominated Notes due 2019&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">300</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">300</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">0.35% yen-denominated Notes due 2020&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(2)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,391</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,391</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.55% Notes due 2020</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.000% Notes due 2020</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.65% Australian dollar-denominated Notes due 2020&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">487</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">487</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.250% Notes due 2021</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.85% Notes due 2021</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.000% euro-denominated Notes due 2022&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,576</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,576</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.15% Notes due 2022</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.700% Notes due 2022</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.70% Australian dollar-denominated Notes due 2022&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">861</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">861</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.40% Notes due 2023</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">5,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">5,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.850% Notes due 2023</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">0.375% Swiss franc-denominated Notes due 2024&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">912</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">912</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.375% euro-denominated Notes due 2024&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,126</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,126</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.35% Australian dollar-denominated Notes due 2024&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">337</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">337</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.45% Notes due 2024</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">As of June 25, 2016</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Actual</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">As&nbsp;Adjusted</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(unaudited, $ in millions,<BR>except&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;shares<BR>which are reflected in<BR>thousands,&nbsp;and&nbsp;par&nbsp;value)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.50% Notes due 2025</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.200% Notes due 2025</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.625% euro-denominated Notes due 2026&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(4)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,576</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,576</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.250% Notes due 2026</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.60% Australian dollar-denominated Notes due 2026&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(3)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">243</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">243</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2.000% euro-denominated Notes due 2027&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(6)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,126</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,126</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.05% sterling-denominated Notes due 2029&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(7)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,103</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,103</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">0.750% Swiss franc-denominated Notes due 2030&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(5)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">391</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">391</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4.500% Notes due 2036</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.60% sterling-denominated Notes due 2042&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(7)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">735</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">735</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.85% Notes due 2043</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4.45% Notes due 2044</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3.45% Notes due 2045</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4.375% Notes due 2045</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4.15% Notes due 2046</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,377</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,377</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4.650% Notes due 2046</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Total term debt</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">71,565</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Shareholders&#146; equity:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Common stock and additional paid in capital, $0.00001 par value; 12,600,000 shares authorized; 5,393,165 shares issued and
outstanding</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">30,106</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">30,106</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Retained earnings</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">96,542</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">96,542</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Accumulated other comprehensive income</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(107</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(107</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">)&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Total shareholders&#146; equity</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">126,541</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">126,541</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Total capitalization</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">198,106</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to Australian dollar-denominated debt issuance of A$2.3 billion in August 2015. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to yen-denominated debt issuance of &yen;250.0 billion in June 2015. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to Australian dollar-denominated debt issuance of A$1.4 billion in June 2016. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to euro-denominated debt issuance of
<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#128;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT>2.8 billion in November 2014. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to Swiss franc-denominated debt issuance of SFr 1.3 billion in February 2015. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(6)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to euro-denominated debt issuance <FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#128;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT>2.0
billion in September 2015. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(7)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Relates to sterling-denominated debt issuance of &pound;1.3 billion in July 2015. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_9"></A>RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth the historical ratio of our earnings to our fixed charges for the periods indicated. </FONT></P>
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25,<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2016&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">September&nbsp;29,<BR>2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ratio of earnings to fixed charges&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">44x</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">82x</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">102x</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">190x</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">570x</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">504x</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing (i) earnings before provision for income taxes plus fixed charges by (ii) fixed charges. Fixed
charges include the portion of rental expense that management believes is representative of the interest component. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_10"></A>DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following description is a summary of the terms of the notes being offered. The descriptions in this prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus contain descriptions of certain terms of the notes and the indenture dated as of April 29, 2013 (the &#147;indenture&#148;), between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, under which we will
issue the notes, but do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the indenture that has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are a part, including the definitions of specified terms used in the indenture, and to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. Wherever particular articles, sections or defined terms of the
indenture are referred to, it is intended that those articles, sections or defined terms will be incorporated herein by reference, and the statement in connection with which reference is made is qualified in its entirety by the article, section or
defined term in the indenture. This summary supplements the description of the debt securities in the accompanying prospectus and, to the extent it is inconsistent, replaces the description in the accompanying prospectus. We urge you to read the
indenture because it, and not this description, defines your rights as a holder of the notes. For purposes of this description, references to the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;our&#148; and &#147;us&#148; refer only to Apple Inc. and
not to its subsidiaries. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">General </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The floating rate notes and each of the fixed rate notes (as defined below), which we refer to collectively as the &#147;notes,&#148; will constitute separate series of securities under the indenture referred to
below and will be issued only in fully registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The notes will mature on the dates set forth below. The accompanying prospectus describes additional
provisions of the notes and of the indenture. There is no limit on the aggregate principal amount of notes that we may issue under the indenture. We reserve the right, from time to time and without the consent of any holders of the notes, to re-open
each series of notes on terms identical in all respects to the outstanding notes of such series (except for the date of issuance, the date interest begins to accrue and, in certain circumstances, the first interest payment date), so that such
additional notes will be consolidated with, form a single series with and increase the aggregate principal amount of the notes of such series; <I>provided</I> that the additional notes will have a separate CUSIP number unless: (i) the additional
notes are issued within thirteen days of the issuance of the outstanding notes of the original series, (ii) the additional notes are issued pursuant to a &#147;qualified reopening&#148; of the outstanding notes of the original series for U.S.
federal income tax purposes or (iii) the additional notes are, and the outstanding notes of the original series were, issued without original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such additional notes will have the same terms as to
ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise, as the applicable series of notes, and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to such series of notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Fixed Rate Notes </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2019 (the
&#147;2019 Fixed Rate Notes&#148;) will mature on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2019, the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2021 (the &#147;2021
Fixed Rate Notes&#148;) will mature on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2021, the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2026 (the &#147;2026 Fixed Rate
Notes&#148;) will mature on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2026, and the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Notes due 2046 (the &#147;2046 Fixed Rate
Notes&#148; and, together with the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes, the &#147;fixed rate notes&#148;) will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2046. The 2019 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum, the 2021 Fixed Rate
Notes will bear interest at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per
annum. We will pay interest on the fixed rate notes semi-annually in arrears on &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2017, and on the applicable maturity date for </FONT></P>
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each of the series of fixed rate notes, to the record holders at the close of business on the preceding &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (whether or not such record date is a business day). Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Floating Rate Notes </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The
Floating Rate Notes due 2019 (the &#147;2019 Floating Rate Notes&#148; or the &#147;floating rate notes&#148;) will mature
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2019. We will pay interest on the floating rate notes quarterly in arrears
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of each year, beginning
on&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2016, and on the applicable maturity date for each of the series of floating rate notes, to the record holders at the
close of business on the business day preceding the interest payment date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The floating rate notes will bear interest
for each interest period at a rate calculated by the trustee (or its successor). The interest rate on the floating rate notes for a particular interest period will be a rate equal to three-month LIBOR on the interest determination date
plus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum. The interest determination date for an interest period will be the second London business day preceding the first day of such interest period. Promptly upon calculation, the trustee will inform us of
the interest rate for the next interest period. The interest rate for the floating rate notes for the initial interest period will be the three month LIBOR plus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% per annum, determined on the second London business day
immediately preceding the scheduled closing date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days that have elapsed in the applicable interest period. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">On any interest determination date, LIBOR will be equal to the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity
of three months, as such rate appears on the Reuters Page LIBOR 01 (or on such other page as may replace Reuters Page LIBOR 01 on that service, or such other service or services as may be nominated for the purpose of displaying London interbank
offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (&#147;IBA&#148;) or its successor or such other entity assuming the responsibility of IBA or its successor in calculating LIBOR in the event IBA or its successor no
longer does so), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such interest determination date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If three-month LIBOR
does not appear on either of the pages described above, the three-month LIBOR, in respect of such interest determination date, will be determined as follows: the trustee will request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks
in the London interbank market, as selected by us (after consultation with the trustee), to provide the trustee with its offered quotation for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of three months commencing on the applicable interest reset date
to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that interest determination date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time.
If at least two quotations are provided, then the three-month LIBOR on such interest determination date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, then the three-month LIBOR on such interest
determination date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such interest determination date by three major reference banks in New York City selected by us (after consultation with the
trustee) for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks, having an index maturity of three months and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in such market at such time; provided, however,
that if the banks selected by us (after consultation with the trustee) are not providing quotations in the manner described by this sentence, the three-month LIBOR determined as of such interest determination date will be the three-month LIBOR in
effect prior to such interest determination date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">All percentages resulting from any calculation of any interest rate
for the floating rate notes will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 3.876545% (or .03876545) would be rounded to 3.87655% (or
..0387655)), and all U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be </FONT></P>
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rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Each calculation of the interest rate on the floating rate notes by the trustee will (in the absence of manifest error) be
final and binding on the holders of the floating rate notes and us. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Upon written request from any holder of floating
rate notes, the trustee will provide the interest rate in effect on such floating rate notes for the current interest period and, if it has been determined, the interest rate to be in effect for the next interest period. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The interest rate on the floating rate notes will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same
may be modified by United States law of general application. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ranking </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes will be our senior unsecured indebtedness and will rank equally with each other and with all of our other senior unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. However, the notes will be structurally subordinated to any indebtedness and preferred stock, if any, of our subsidiaries and will be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness
to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. Claims of the creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such subsidiaries over the claims of our creditors, including
holders of the notes. Accordingly, the notes will be effectively subordinated to creditors, including trade creditors and preferred stockholders, if any, of our subsidiaries. The indenture does not restrict the ability of our subsidiaries to incur
indebtedness. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Optional Redemption </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We do not have the right to redeem the floating rate notes prior to maturity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Prior
to its maturity date, in the case of the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, or its applicable Par Call Date, in the case of the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes, we may redeem such series of fixed rate notes at our
option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes to be redeemed (assuming, in the case of the 2021
Fixed Rate Notes, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes, that such notes matured on their applicable Par Call Date), exclusive of interest accrued to, but excluding, the date of redemption, discounted to the date of redemption on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2019
Fixed Rate Notes, plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes, plus &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and plus
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; basis points in the case of the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">On or after its applicable Par Call Date, we may redeem the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed
Rate Notes at our option, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In each case, we will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the date
of redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Comparable Treasury Issue</I>&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (&#147;Remaining Life&#148;) of the notes </FONT></P>
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to be redeemed (assuming, in the case of the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes, that such notes matured on their applicable Par Call Date) that would
be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such notes (assuming, in the case of the 2021 Fixed Rate
Notes, the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes, that such notes matured on their applicable Par Call Date). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Comparable Treasury Price</I>&#148; means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Independent Investment Banker</I>&#148; means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that we appoint to act as the
Independent Investment Banker from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Par Call Date</I>&#148; means (i) with respect to the 2021
Fixed Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2021 (one month prior to the maturity date of such notes), (ii) with respect to the 2026 Fixed Rate
Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2026 (three months prior to the maturity date of such notes) and (iii) with respect to the 2046 Fixed Rate
Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2046 (six months prior to the maturity date of such notes). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Reference Treasury Dealer</I>&#148; means (1) each of Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated and their respective successors, unless any of them ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;), in which case we will substitute
another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) we select. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations</I>&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;<I>Treasury Rate</I>&#148; means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per year equal to: (1) the yield,
under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated &#147;H.15(519)&#148; or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities,&#148; for the maturity corresponding to the
applicable Comparable Treasury Issue; <I>provided</I> that, if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the notes to be redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the applicable
Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published
during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the applicable
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the related Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated by us on the third business day preceding the redemption
date. As used in the immediately preceding sentence and in the definition of &#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations&#148; above, the term &#147;business day&#148; means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Notice of redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered at least 30 but not
more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of record of the notes to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of redemption for the notes will state, among other things, the amount of notes to be redeemed, the redemption
date, the manner in which the redemption price will be calculated and the place or places that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of notes to be redeemed. Unless we default in the payment of the redemption price, interest will
cease to accrue on any notes that have been called for redemption at the redemption date. If less than all of the notes of a series are to be redeemed, the notes of such series to be redeemed will be selected according to DTC procedures, in the case
of notes represented by a global note, or by lot, in the case of notes that are not represented by a global note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Open Market Purchases </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Company may acquire the fixed rate notes or the floating rate notes by means other than a redemption, whether by tender offer,
open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise, in accordance with applicable securities laws, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Defeasance </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The provisions of the indenture relating to defeasance, which are
described under the caption &#147;Description of the Debt Securities&#151;Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance&#148; in the accompanying prospectus, will apply to the notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Initial settlement for the notes will be
made in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading between DTC participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in immediately available funds using DTC&#146;s Same Day Funds Settlement System.
Secondary market trading between Clearstream participants and/or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear and will be settled using the
procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately available funds. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Cross market transfers between persons
holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant
European international clearing system by its U.S. depositary; however, such cross market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with
its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depositary to take action
to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving notes through DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream participants and Euroclear
participants may not deliver instructions directly to their respective U.S. depositaries. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Because of time zone
differences, credits of notes received through Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date.
Such credits or any transactions in such notes settled during such processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear participants or Clearstream participants on such business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of
notes by or through a Clearstream participant or a Euroclear participant to a DTC </FONT></P>
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participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in
DTC.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of
notes among participants of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and such procedures may be modified or discontinued at any time. We will not have any responsibility for the
performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective direct or indirect participants of their obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations of the ownership and disposition of the notes. This
summary is based upon provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the &#147;Code,&#148; applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, administrative rulings and judicial decisions in effect as of the date of this prospectus supplement,
any of which may subsequently be changed, possibly retroactively, or interpreted differently by the Internal Revenue Service, or the &#147;IRS,&#148; so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below.
Except where noted, this summary deals only with a note held as a capital asset by a beneficial owner who purchases the note on original issuance at the first price, which we refer to as the &#147;issue price,&#148; at which a substantial portion of
the notes is sold for cash to persons other than bond houses, brokers, or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers. This summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income
taxes and does not deal with all tax consequences that may be relevant to holders in light of their personal circumstances or particular situations, such as: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">tax consequences to dealers in securities or currencies, financial institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, tax-exempt
entities, insurance companies and traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of tax accounting for their securities; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">tax consequences to persons holding notes as a part of a hedging, integrated, conversion or constructive sale transaction or a straddle;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">tax consequences to U.S. holders, as defined below, whose &#147;functional currency&#148; is not the U.S. dollar; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">tax consequences to entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and investors therein; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">tax consequences to certain former citizens or residents of the United States; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">alternative minimum tax consequences, if any; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">any state, local or foreign tax consequences; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">estate or gift taxes. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If an entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds notes, the tax treatment of a partner or member generally will depend upon the status of the partner or member and the
activities of the entity. If you are a partner or member in such an entity, you should consult your tax advisors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If
you are considering the purchase of notes, you should consult your tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences to you in light of your own specific situation, as well as consequences arising under the U.S. federal estate or gift
tax laws or under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In this discussion, we use the term &#147;U.S.
holder&#148; to refer to a beneficial owner of notes that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">an individual citizen or resident of the United States; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">a trust, if it (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We use the term &#147;non-U.S. holder&#148; to describe a beneficial owner of notes that is neither a U.S. holder nor a partnership
or other entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR TAX
ADVISORS REGARDING THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN INCOME, FRANCHISE, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND ANY OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Taxation of U.S. Holders </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Interest Income </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">It is anticipated, and this discussion assumes, that the notes will be issued with no more than a <I>de minimis</I> amount (as set
forth in the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations) of original issue discount. In such case, interest paid on the notes generally will be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary interest income at the time such payments are accrued or received (in
accordance with the holder&#146;s regular method of tax accounting). If, however, the notes are issued for an amount less than the principal amount and the difference is more than a <I>de minimis</I> amount, a U.S. holder will be required to include
the difference in income as original issue discount as it accrues in accordance with a constant-yield method, based on compounding of interest before the receipt of cash attributable to this income. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Sale, Exchange, Redemption, Repurchase or Other Taxable Disposition of the Notes </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">A U.S. holder will generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange,
redemption, repurchase by us or other taxable disposition of a note (except to the extent the amount realized is attributable to accrued interest not previously included in income, which will be taxable as ordinary interest income) and the U.S.
holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in such note. A U.S. holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the note generally will be the initial purchase price for such note. Any gain or loss recognized on a sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase by us or other
taxable disposition of the note will be capital gain or loss. If, at the time of the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase by us or other taxable disposition of the note, a U.S. holder is treated as holding the note for more than one year, such
capital gain or loss will be a long-term capital gain or loss. Otherwise, such capital gain or loss will be a short-term capital gain or loss. In the case of certain non-corporate U.S. holders (including individuals), long-term capital gains are
generally eligible for reduced rates of U.S. federal income taxation. A U.S. holder&#146;s ability to deduct capital losses may be limited. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Medicare
Tax on Unearned Income </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Certain U.S. holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are subject to an additional
3.8% Medicare tax on &#147;net investment income,&#148; which includes, among other things, interest on and gains from the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase by us or other taxable disposition of the notes. U.S. holders should consult their tax
advisors regarding the 3.8% Medicare tax. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Information Reporting and Backup Withholding </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Information reporting requirements generally will apply to interest on the notes and the proceeds of a sale, exchange, redemption,
repurchase by us or other taxable disposition of a note paid to a U.S. holder unless the U.S. holder is an exempt recipient (such as a corporation). Backup withholding will apply to </FONT></P>
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those payments if the U.S. holder fails to provide its correct taxpayer identification number, or certification of exempt status, or if the U.S. holder is notified by the IRS that it has failed
to report in full payments of interest and dividend income. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. holder&#146;s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required
information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Payments of Interest </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Subject to the discussion of backup withholding and FATCA
below, U.S. federal withholding tax will not be applied to any payment of interest on a note to a non-U.S. holder <I>provided</I> that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the non-U.S. holder does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock that are entitled to
vote within the meaning of section 871(h)(3) of the Code; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the non-U.S. holder is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us (actually or constructively) through stock ownership; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">either (1) the non-U.S. holder provides its name and address, and certifies, under penalties of perjury, that it is not a U.S. person (which certification may
be made on the applicable IRS Form W-8) or (2) the non-U.S. holder holds the notes through certain foreign intermediaries or certain foreign partnerships, and the non-U.S. holder and the foreign intermediary or foreign partnership satisfy the
certification requirements of applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If a non-U.S. holder cannot
satisfy the requirements described above, payments of interest made to the holder will be subject to the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax, unless the non-U.S. holder provides us with a properly executed (1) applicable IRS Form W-8-BEN or W-8BEN-E,
as applicable, claiming an exemption from or reduction in withholding under the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty or (2) IRS Form W-8ECI (or other applicable form) stating that interest paid on the notes is not subject to U.S. federal
withholding tax because it is effectively connected with the non-U.S. holder&#146;s conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If a non-U.S. holder is engaged in a trade or business in the United States and interest on the notes is
effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or business and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment, then, although the non-U.S. holder will be exempt from the 30% withholding tax
provided the certification requirements discussed above are satisfied, the non-U.S. holder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on that interest on a net income basis in the same manner as if the non-U.S. holder were a U.S. holder. In
addition, if a non-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% (or lower rate under an applicable income tax treaty). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Sale, Exchange, Redemption, Repurchase or Other Taxable Disposition of the Notes </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Gain recognized by a non-U.S. holder on the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase by us or other taxable disposition of a note will
not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">that gain is effectively connected with a non-U.S. holder&#146;s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income
treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment); or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the non-U.S. holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of that disposition and certain other
conditions are met. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If a non-U.S. holder is an individual or foreign corporation described in the first
bullet point above, it will be subject to tax on the net gain derived from the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase by us or other taxable disposition under regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates and in the same manner as if the non-U.S.
holder were a U.S. holder. In addition, if a non-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation that falls under the first bullet point above, it may be subject to the branch profits tax equal to 30% (or lesser rate as may be specified under an applicable
income tax treaty). If a non-U.S. holder is eligible for the benefits of an income tax treaty between the United States and its country of residence, any such gain will be subject to U.S. federal income tax in the manner specified by the treaty and
generally will only be subject to U.S. federal income tax if such gain is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the non-U.S. holder in the United States.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If a non-U.S. holder is an individual described in the second bullet point above, such non-U.S. holder will be subject to a flat
30% tax on the gain derived from the sale, redemption or other taxable disposition, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses, even though such non-U.S. holder is not considered a resident of the United States. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Information Reporting and Backup Withholding </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Generally, the amount of interest paid to non-U.S. holders and the amount of tax, if any, withheld with respect to those payments must be reported annually to the IRS and to non-U.S. holders. Copies of the
information returns reporting such interest and withholding may also be made available to the tax authorities in the country in which a non-U.S. holder resides under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In general, a non-U.S. holder will not be subject to backup withholding with respect to payments of interest that we make, provided
the applicable statement described above in the last bullet point under &#147;&#151;Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders&#151;Payments of Interest&#148; has been provided and the applicable withholding agent does not have actual knowledge or reason to know
that the holder is a U.S. person, as defined under the Code, that is not an exempt recipient. In addition, a non-U.S. holder will be subject to information reporting and, depending on the circumstances, backup withholding with respect to payments of
the proceeds of the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase by us or other taxable disposition of a note within the United States or conducted through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries, unless the statement described above has been
received, and the payor does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that a holder is a U.S. person, as defined under the Code, that is not an exempt recipient, or the non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption. Any amounts withheld
under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a non-U.S. holder&#146;s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">A 30% U.S. federal withholding tax may apply to interest income paid on notes, and the gross proceeds from a disposition of notes occurring after December 31, 2018, in each case paid to (i) a &#147;foreign
financial institution&#148; (as specifically defined in the Code), whether such foreign financial institution is the beneficial owner or an intermediary, unless such foreign financial institution agrees to verify, report and disclose its
&#147;United States account&#148; holders (as specifically defined in the Code) and meets certain other specified requirements or (ii) a &#147;non-financial foreign entity&#148; (as specifically defined in the Code), whether such non-financial
foreign entity is the beneficial owner or an intermediary, unless such non-financial foreign entity provides a certification that the beneficial owner of the payment does not have any substantial U.S. owners or provides the name, address and
taxpayer identification number of each substantial U.S. owner and certain other specified requirements are met. In certain cases, the relevant foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity may qualify for an exemption from, or be
deemed to be in compliance with, these rules. Further, foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have </FONT></P>
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an intergovernmental agreement with the United States governing FATCA may be subject to different rules. If an interest payment is subject both to withholding under FATCA and to the U.S. federal
withholding tax discussed above under &#147;&#151;Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders&#151;Payments of Interest,&#148; the U.S. federal withholding under FATCA may be credited against, and therefore reduce, such other U.S. federal withholding tax. Holders
should consult their own tax advisors regarding these rules and whether they may be relevant to their ownership and disposition of notes. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We and the underwriters for the offering named below have entered into an underwriting agreement with respect to the notes. Subject
to certain conditions, each underwriter has severally agreed to purchase from us the principal amount of notes indicated in the following table. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.</FONT></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the notes being offered, if any are
taken. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The underwriters initially propose to offer part of the notes of each series directly to the public at the
offering prices described on the cover page of this prospectus supplement. In addition, the underwriters initially propose to offer part of the 2019 Floating Rate Notes to securities dealers at a discount from the initial public offering price of up
to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2019 Floating Rate Notes, part of the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes to securities dealers at a discount from the initial public offering price of up to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the
principal amount of the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes, part of the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes to securities dealers at a discount from the initial public offering price of up to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2021 Fixed Rate Notes,
part of the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes to securities dealers at a discount from the initial public offering price of up to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and part of the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes to
securities dealers at a discount from the initial public offering price of up to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes. Any such securities dealers may resell at a discount
of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2019 Floating Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2019 Fixed Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2021 Fixed
Rate Notes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2026 Fixed Rate Notes and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% of the principal amount of the 2046 Fixed Rate Notes to certain other brokers or dealers. If all the notes are not
sold at the initial offering price, the underwriters may change the offering price and the other selling terms. The offering of the notes by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters&#146; right to reject
any order in whole or in part. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table shows the underwriting discounts that we will pay to the
underwriters in connection with this offering:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Paid&nbsp;By&nbsp;Us</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Per 2019 Floating Rate Note</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Per 2019 Fixed Rate Note</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Per 2021 Fixed Rate Note</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Per 2026 Fixed Rate Note</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Per 2046 Fixed Rate Note</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">%</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Each series of the notes is a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not
intend to apply for listing of any series of the notes on any securities exchange. The underwriters have </FONT></P>
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advised us that they currently intend to make a market in each series of the notes. However, the underwriters are not obligated to do so, and any market-making with respect to the notes may be
discontinued, in their sole discretion, at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading markets for the notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell notes in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by
short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of notes than they are required to purchase in the offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or
retarding a decline in the market price of the notes while the offering is in progress. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The underwriters also may
impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representatives have repurchased notes sold by or for the account of such underwriter in
stabilizing or short covering transactions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">These activities by the underwriters, as well as other purchases by the
underwriters for their own accounts, may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the notes. As a result, the price of the notes may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. The underwriters are not
required to engage in these activities, but if these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We expect to deliver the notes against payment for the notes on or about the date specified in the last paragraph of the cover page
of this prospectus supplement, which will be the fifth business day following the date of the pricing of the notes (&#147;T+5&#148;). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three
business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes prior to the third business day before the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will
settle in T+5, to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Sales Outside the United States </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes may be offered and sold in the United States and certain jurisdictions outside the United States in which such offer and
sale is permitted.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Canada </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection
73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the notes must be made in accordance with an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or
damages if this prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the
purchaser&#146;s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser&#146;s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI
33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>European Economic Area </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In relation to each Member State of the European
Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a &#147;Relevant Member State&#148;), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State no offer of notes which
are the subject of the offering contemplated by this prospectus may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State other than: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to any legal entity which is a &#147;qualified investor&#148; as defined in the Prospectus Directive; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than &#147;qualified investors&#148; as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior
consent of the relevant underwriter or underwriters nominated by the issuer for any such offer; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>provided</I> that no such offer of notes shall result in a requirement for the issuer or any underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to
Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or a supplemental prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">For the purposes of this provision, the expression an &#147;offer of notes to the public&#148; in relation to any notes in any
Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the notes, as the same may
be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State. The expression &#147;Prospectus Directive&#148; means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU),
and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>United Kingdom </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In the United Kingdom, this prospectus is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, persons who are &#147;qualified
investors&#148; (as defined in the Prospectus Directive) who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order
2005 (the &#147;Order&#148;), or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, or (iii) persons to whom it would otherwise be lawful to distribute it, all such persons together being referred to as &#147;Relevant
Persons&#148;. The notes are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. This prospectus and its contents are confidential and
should not be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part) or disclosed by any recipients to any other person in the United Kingdom. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this
prospectus or its contents. The notes are not being offered to the public in the United Kingdom. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In addition, in the
United Kingdom, the notes may not be offered other than by an underwriter that:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment
activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the &#147;FSMA&#148;)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA would not apply to
the issuer; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the notes in, from or otherwise
involving the United Kingdom. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Hong Kong </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to
the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to &#147;professional investors&#148; within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made
thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a &#147;prospectus&#148; within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the
notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong
(except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to &#147;professional investors&#148; within the meaning of the
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Japan </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the Financial
Instruments and Exchange Law) and each underwriter has agreed that it will not offer or sell any notes, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in
Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Singapore </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the
Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the notes
be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act,
Chapter 289 of Singapore (the &#147;SFA&#148;), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with
the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. Where the notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold
investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each
beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries&#146; rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust
has acquired the notes under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the
SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We estimate that our share of
the total expenses of the offering, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $2.0 million. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We have agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments which the underwriters may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Other Relationships </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service
financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage
activities. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of these services to the issuer and to persons and entities with relationships with the issuer, for which they received
or will receive customary fees and expenses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the
underwriters and their respective affiliates, officers, directors and employees may purchase, sell or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other
financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and trading activities may involve or relate to assets, securities and/or instruments of the issuer (directly, as collateral securing other
obligations or otherwise) and/or persons and entities with relationships with the issuer. If any of the underwriters or their affiliates has a lending relationship with us, certain of those underwriters or their affiliates routinely hedge, and
certain other of those underwriters may hedge, their credit exposure to us consistent with their customary risk management policies. Typically, these underwriters and their affiliates would hedge such exposure by entering into transactions which
consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in our securities, including potentially the notes offered hereby. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment
recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short
positions in such assets, securities and instruments. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_13"></A>LEGAL MATTERS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The validity of the notes will be passed upon for us by Hogan Lovells US LLP, Menlo Park, CA and Washington, D.C. Certain legal
matters will be passed upon for the underwriters by Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP, Palo Alto, CA. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="supptoc219391_14"></A>EXPERTS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 2015, and the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 26, 2015, as set forth in their reports, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 2015 and incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement. Our financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst &amp; Young LLP&#146;s report, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">S-29 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">PROSPECTUS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:100px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="6">Apple Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="4">Debt Securities </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may,
from time to time, offer to sell debt securities in one or more offerings. This prospectus describes some of the general terms and conditions that may apply to these securities. We will provide the specific terms and conditions of these securities
in prospectus supplements to this prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may offer and sell these debt securities to or through one or more
underwriters, dealers and agents or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Investing
in our debt securities involves risks. You should consider the risks described under &#147;<A HREF="#toc170613_6">Risk Factors</A>&#148; on page 2 of this prospectus, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement, before making a decision to invest in our debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:250px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus is dated April 28, 2016 </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus, in any accompanying prospectus supplement or in any free writing prospectus filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone
provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or in any such free writing
prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the respective dates thereof. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We are not making an offer to sell these debt securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_1">About This Prospectus</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">ii</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_2">Where You Can Find More Information</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_3">Incorporation By Reference</A></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">iv</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_5">Apple Inc.</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_6">Risk Factors</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_7">Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_8">Use of Proceeds</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_9">Description of the Debt Securities</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_10">Plan of Distribution</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_11">Validity of the Securities</A></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A HREF="#toc170613_12">Experts</A></FONT></P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_1"></A>ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act, utilizing a &#147;shelf&#148; registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may, at any time and from time to time, sell in one or more offerings any of our debt securities described in this prospectus. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus provides you with a general description of the debt securities that we may offer. Each time we sell debt
securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering, including, but not limited to, the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities offered. The prospectus supplement
may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">You should carefully read both this prospectus
and any prospectus supplement together with additional information described below under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">References in this prospectus to &#147;Apple,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; and all similar references are to Apple Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated or the
context otherwise requires. However, in the &#147;Description of the Debt Securities&#148; section of this prospectus, references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; are to Apple Inc. (parent company only) and not to any of its
subsidiaries. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_2"></A>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The public may read and copy
any materials filed with the SEC at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Also, the
SEC maintains an Internet web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The public can obtain any documents that we file electronically
with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We also make available, free of charge, on or through our Internet web site
(investor.apple.com) our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statements on Schedule 14A and, if applicable, amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. Please note, however, that we have not incorporated any other
information by reference from our Internet web site, other than the documents listed below under the heading &#147;Incorporation by Reference.&#148; In addition, you may request copies of these filings at no cost through our Investor Relations
Department at: Apple Inc., 1 Infinite Loop, MS 301-4IR, Cupertino, CA 95014, telephone: (408)&nbsp;974-3123 or our Internet web site (investor.apple.com). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the debt securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all the
information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to a contract or other document of ours that is an exhibit to the registration statement, the reference is only a summary and you should refer to the exhibits
that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the registration statement and the documents incorporated by reference herein at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room in Washington,
D.C., as well as through the SEC&#146;s Internet web site listed above. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_3"></A>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to another document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus from the date we file that document. Any reports filed by us with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and
before the date that the offering of the debt securities by means of this prospectus is terminated will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus. However, we are not incorporating by reference any information provided in these documents that is described in paragraph (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) or (e)(5) of Item&nbsp;407 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC or, except as
specifically provided below, furnished under applicable SEC rules rather than filed and exhibits furnished in connection with such items. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the documents set forth below that have been previously filed with the SEC as well as any filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act on or after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of this offering; provided, however, that, except as specifically provided below, we are not incorporating any documents or information deemed to have been furnished
rather than filed in accordance with SEC rules: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;26, 2015; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December&nbsp;26, 2015; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;26, 2016; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October&nbsp;2, 2015,&nbsp;December&nbsp;17, 2015 and December&nbsp;22, 2015,&nbsp;February&nbsp;23,
2016,&nbsp;March&nbsp;1, 2016 and March&nbsp;24, 2016; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January&nbsp;6, 2016. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">To obtain copies of these filings, see &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_4"></A>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein include forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to
any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as &#147;future,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148;
&#147;predicts,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;would,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;can,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and our actual results may differ significantly
from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part II, Item&nbsp;1A of our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading
&#147;Risk Factors,&#148; which are incorporated herein by reference. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_5"></A>APPLE INC. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; " ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Apple designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers and
portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications. Our products and services include iPhone<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, iPad<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Mac<FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>,
iPod<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Apple Watch<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Apple TV<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, a portfolio of consumer and
professional software applications, iOS, OS X<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, watchOS<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> and tvOS&#153; operating systems,
iCloud<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Apple Pay<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> and a variety of accessory, service and support offerings. We sell and deliver digital content and applications through the iTunes Store<FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, App
Store<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Mac App Store, TV App Store, iBooks Store&#153; and Apple Music&#153;. Apple sells its products worldwide through
its retail stores, online stores and direct sales force, as well as through third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers and value-added resellers. In addition, we sell a variety of third-party Apple compatible products, including
application software and various accessories through our online and retail stores. Apple sells to consumers, small and mid-sized businesses and education, enterprise and government customers. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Apple Inc. is a California corporation established in 1977. Our principal executive offices are located at 1 Infinite Loop,
Cupertino, CA 95014, and our main telephone number is (408)&nbsp;996-1010. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_6"></A>RISK FACTORS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Investing in the debt securities involves risks. Before making a decision to invest in the debt securities, in addition to the
other information contained in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, you should carefully consider the risks described under &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in Part II, Item&nbsp;1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March&nbsp;26, 2016 and in other documents that we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. See &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_7"></A>RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth the historical ratio of our earnings to our fixed charges for the periods indicated. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ratio of earnings to fixed charges&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing (i)&nbsp;earnings before provision for income taxes plus fixed charges by (ii)&nbsp;fixed
charges. Fixed charges include the portion of rental expense that management believes is representative of the interest component. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_8"></A>USE OF PROCEEDS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from sales of the debt
securities for general corporate purposes, which may include, but are not limited to, funding for working capital, payment of dividends, capital expenditures, repurchases of our common stock, repayment of debt, and acquisitions. We may temporarily
invest funds that are not immediately needed for these purposes in short-term investments, including, but not limited to, marketable securities. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_9"></A>DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We have summarized below general terms and conditions of the debt securities that we will offer and sell pursuant to this
prospectus. When we offer to sell a particular series of debt securities, we will describe the specific terms and conditions of the series in a prospectus supplement to this prospectus. We will also indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement
whether the general terms and conditions described in this prospectus apply to the series of debt securities. The terms and conditions of the debt securities of a series may be different in one or more respects from the terms and conditions
described below. If so, those differences will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We will issue the
debt securities in one or more series under an indenture between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The following summary of provisions of the indenture does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and
qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the indenture, including, but not limited to, definitions therein of certain terms. This summary may not contain all of the information that you may find useful. The terms and
conditions of the debt securities of each series will be set forth in those debt securities and in the indenture and in the applicable prospectus supplement. For a comprehensive description of any series of debt securities being offered to you
pursuant to this prospectus, you should read both this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The
indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. A form of each debt security, reflecting the specific terms and provisions of that series of debt securities, will be filed with the SEC in
connection with each offering and will be incorporated by reference in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. You may obtain a copy of the indenture and any form of debt security that has been filed in the manner described
under &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Capitalized terms used and not defined in this summary have the
meanings specified in the indenture. For purposes of this section of this prospectus, references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; are to Apple Inc. (parent company only) and not to any of its subsidiaries. References to the
&#147;applicable prospectus supplement&#148; are to the prospectus supplement to this prospectus that describes the specific terms and conditions of a series of debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">General </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may offer the debt securities from time to time in as many distinct series
as we may determine. The indenture does not limit the amount of debt securities that we may issue under that indenture. We may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of any series, issue additional debt securities ranking equally
with, and otherwise similar in all respects to, the debt securities of the series (except for the public offering price and the issue date) so that those additional debt securities will be consolidated and form a single series with the debt
securities of the series previously offered and sold. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The debt securities of each series will be issued in fully
registered form without interest coupons. We currently anticipate that the debt securities of each series offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus will be issued as global debt securities as described under &#147;&#151;Book-Entry; Delivery and
Form; Global Securities&#148; and will trade in book-entry form only. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars will
be issued in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. If the debt securities of a series are denominated in a foreign or composite currency,
the applicable prospectus supplement will specify the denomination or denominations in which those debt securities will be issued. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will repay the
debt securities of each series at 100% of their principal amount, together with any premium and accrued and unpaid interest thereon at maturity, except if those debt securities have been previously redeemed or purchased and cancelled. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities of each series will not be listed on any
securities exchange. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Provisions of Indenture </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture provides that debt securities may be issued under it from time to time in one or more series. For each series of debt securities, this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement will describe
the following terms and conditions of that series of debt securities: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the price or prices at which the debt securities will be sold; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the person to whom any interest on a debt security of the series will be payable, if other than the person in whose name that debt security (or one or more
predecessor debt securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of any debt securities of the series will be payable or the method used to determine or extend
those dates; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the rate or rates at which any debt securities of the series will bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the
date or dates from which any such interest will accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the interest payment dates on which any such interest will be payable and the regular record date, if any, for any such interest
payable on any interest payment date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, the right, if any, to extend or
defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any debt securities of the series will be payable, the place or places where the
debt securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, the place or places where notices and demands to or upon us in respect of the debt securities of such series may be made and the manner in which any payment
may be made; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency units in which, and the terms and
conditions upon which any debt securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option and, if other than by a board resolution, the manner in which any election by us to redeem the debt securities will be evidenced;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">our obligation or right, if any, to redeem or purchase any debt securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or
at the option of the holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency units in which, and the terms and conditions upon which any debt securities of the series will be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which any debt securities of the series will
be issuable; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if other than the trustee, the identity of each security registrar and/or paying agent; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if the amount of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any debt securities of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic
measure or index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if other than U.S. dollars, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any debt securities of the
series will be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in U.S. dollars for any purpose; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any debt securities of the series is to be payable, at our election or the election of the holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such debt securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such debt
securities as to which such election is made will be payable, the periods within which or the dates on which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount will be
determined); </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if the provisions of the indenture relating to satisfaction and discharge thereof shall apply to the debt securities of that series as set forth therein, or
if provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture other than as set forth therein shall apply to the debt securities of that series; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any debt securities of the series which will be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the indenture or the method by which such portion shall be determined; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of any debt securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the
stated maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be the principal amount of such debt securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any maturity
other than the stated maturity or which will be deemed to be outstanding as of any date prior to the stated maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount will be determined);
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if other than by a board resolution, the manner in which any election by us to defease any debt securities of the series pursuant to the indenture will be
evidenced; whether any debt securities of the series other than debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate are to be subject to the defeasance provisions of the indenture; or, in the case of debt securities
denominated in U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate, if applicable, that the debt securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, will not be defeasible pursuant to the indenture; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">if applicable, that any debt securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and, in such case,
the respective depositaries for such global securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such global security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in the indenture and any circumstances in which any such global
security may be exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities registered, and any transfer of such global security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of persons other than the depositary for such global security or a
nominee thereof; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">any addition to, deletion from or change in the events of default applicable to any debt securities of the series and any change in the right of the trustee
or the requisite holders of such debt securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants applicable to debt securities of the series; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">7 </FONT></P>


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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the terms of any right to convert or exchange debt securities of such series into any other securities or property of ours or of any other corporation or
person, and the additions or changes, if any, to the indenture with respect to the debt securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">whether the debt securities of the series will be guaranteed by any persons and, if so, the identity of such persons, the terms and conditions upon which such
debt securities will be guaranteed and, if applicable, the terms and conditions upon which such guarantees may be subordinated to other indebtedness of the respective guarantors; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">whether the debt securities of the series will be secured by any collateral and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such debt securities will be
secured and, if applicable, upon which such liens may be subordinated to other liens securing other indebtedness of us or of any guarantor; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">whether the debt securities will be issued in a transaction registered under the Securities Act and any restriction or condition on the transferability of the
debt securities of such series; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the exchanges, if any, on which the debt securities may be listed; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">any other terms of the debt securities of the series (which terms will not be inconsistent with the provisions of the indenture, except as permitted
thereunder). </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Interest and Interest Rates </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>General </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In the applicable prospectus supplement, we will designate the debt
securities of a series as being either debt securities bearing interest at a fixed rate of interest or debt securities bearing interest at a floating rate of interest. Each debt security will begin to accrue interest from the date on which it is
originally issued. Interest on each such debt security will be payable in arrears on the interest payment dates set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement and as otherwise described below and at maturity or, if earlier, the redemption date
described below. Interest will be payable to the holder of record of the debt securities at the close of business on the record date for each interest payment date, which record dates will be specified in such prospectus supplement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">As used in the indenture, the term &#147;business day&#148; means, with respect to debt securities of a series, unless otherwise
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in the place where the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities are payable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If any interest payment date, redemption date,
repayment date or stated maturity of a debt security, or any date on which a holder has the right to convert such debt security, falls on a date that is not a business day, then payment of principal and premium, if any, or interest, or the
redemption price or conversion of such debt security, will be made on the next succeeding business day at such place of payment with the same force and effect as if made on the interest payment date, redemption date or repayment date, or at the
stated maturity, or on such conversion date. In the case, however, of debt securities bearing interest at a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), if the interest payment date (other than the redemption date, repayment
date or stated maturity) falls on a date that is not a business day and the following business day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then the interest payment date for such debt securities shall be the business day immediately preceding
the scheduled interest payment date. No interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such interest payment date, redemption date, repayment date, stated maturity or conversion date, as the case may be, to the date of such payment.
</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Optional Redemption </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Redemption at Our Option </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may elect to redeem all or part of the outstanding debt securities of a series from time to time before the maturity date of the debt securities of that series. Upon such election, we will notify
the trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of debt securities of the series to be redeemed. If less than all the debt securities of the series are to be redeemed, the particular debt securities of that series to be redeemed will be
selected by the trustee in accordance with the depositary&#146;s procedures, in the case of notes represented by a global note, or by lot, in the case of notes that are not represented by a global note. If we shall so direct, debt securities
registered in our name or the name of any of our affiliates or subsidiaries shall not be included in the debt securities for redemption. The applicable prospectus supplement will specify the redemption price for the debt securities to be redeemed
(or the method of calculating such price), in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of those debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Notice of redemption will be given to each holder of the debt securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date set for such redemption (or within such period as otherwise specified
as contemplated by the indenture for debt securities of a series). This notice will identify the debt securities to be redeemed and will include the following information: the redemption date; the redemption price (or the method of calculating such
price); if less than all of the outstanding debt securities of such series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular debt securities to be redeemed; the place
or places where such debt securities are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and, if applicable, the CUSIP number of the debt securities to be redeemed. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption date, we will deposit or cause to be deposited with the trustee
or with a paying agent (or, if we are acting as our own paying agent with respect to the debt securities being redeemed, we will segregate and hold in trust as provided in the indenture) an amount of money sufficient to pay the aggregate redemption
price of, and (except if the redemption date shall be an interest payment date or the debt securities of such series provide otherwise) accrued interest on, all of the debt securities or the part thereof to be redeemed on that date. On the
redemption date, the redemption price will become due and payable upon all of the debt securities to be redeemed, and interest, if any, on the debt securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue from and after that date. Upon surrender of any such
debt securities for redemption, we will pay those debt securities surrendered at the redemption price together, if applicable, with accrued interest to the redemption date. If the redemption date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the
applicable interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest shall be payable to the holder of the redeemed securities registered on the relevant regular record date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Any debt securities to be redeemed only in part must be surrendered at the office or agency established by us for such purpose, and
we will execute, and the trustee will authenticate and deliver to a holder without service charge, new debt securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denominations as requested by that holder, in a principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the debt securities that holder surrenders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Repayment at Holder&#146;s Option </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holders of the debt securities of a series will have the option to elect
repayment of those debt securities by us prior to the stated maturity of the debt securities of that series at time or times and subject to the conditions specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. If the holders of those debt securities
have that option, the applicable prospectus supplement will specify the optional repayment date or dates on which the debt security may be repaid </FONT></P>
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and the optional repayment price, or the method by which such price will be determined. The optional repayment price is the price at which, together with accrued interest to the optional
repayment date, the debt security may be repaid at the holder&#146;s option on each such optional repayment date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of the debt securities, any tender of a debt security by the holder for repayment
will be irrevocable unless waived by us. Any repayment option of a holder may be exercised by the holder of debt securities for less than the entire principal amount of the debt security; provided that the principal amount of the debt security
remaining outstanding after repayment will be an authorized denomination. Upon such partial repayment, the debt securities will be canceled and new debt securities for the remaining principal amount will be issued in the name of the holder of the
repaid debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If debt securities are represented by a global security as described under
&#147;&#151;Book-Entry; Delivery and Form; Global Securities,&#148; the securities depository for the global security or its nominee will be the holder of the debt security and, therefore, will be the only person that can exercise a right to
repayment. In order to ensure that the depository or its nominee will timely exercise a right to repayment relating to a particular debt security, the beneficial owner of the debt security must instruct the broker or other direct or indirect
participant in the depository through which it holds an interest in the debt security to notify the depository of its desire to exercise a right to repayment by the appropriate cut-off time for notifying the participant. Different firms have
different cut-off times for accepting instructions from their customers. Accordingly, you should consult the broker or other direct or indirect participant through which you hold an interest in a debt security in order to ascertain the cut-off time
by which such an instruction must be given for timely notice to be delivered to the appropriate depository. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Payment and Transfer or Exchange
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities of each series will be payable, and the debt
securities may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency maintained by us for such purpose (which initially will be the trustee&#146;s office located at 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, California 90071, Attention: Corporate
Trust Unit). Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on a global security registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or its nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee,
as the case may be, as the registered holder of such global security. If any of the debt securities is no longer represented by a global security, payment of interest on certificated debt securities in definitive form may, at our option, be made by
check mailed directly to holders at their registered addresses. See &#147;&#151;Book-Entry; Delivery and Form; Global Securities.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">A holder may transfer or exchange any certificated debt securities in definitive form at the same location given in the preceding paragraph. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We are not required to transfer or exchange any debt security selected for redemption for a period of 15 days before mailing of a
notice of redemption of the debt security to be redeemed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The registered holder of a debt security will be treated as
the owner of it for all purposes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">All amounts of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities
paid by us that remain unclaimed two years after such payment was due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holders of such debt securities will thereafter look solely to us for payment. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture sets forth limited covenants that will apply to each series of debt securities issued under the indenture, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. However, these covenants
do not, among other things: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">limit the amount of indebtedness or lease obligations that may be incurred by us and our subsidiaries; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">limit our ability or that of our subsidiaries to issue, assume or guarantee debt secured by liens; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restrict us from paying dividends or making distributions on our capital stock or purchasing or redeeming our capital stock. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture provides that we may consolidate with or merge with or into any other person, and may sell, transfer, or lease or convey all or substantially all of our properties and assets to another person;
provided that the following conditions are satisfied: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">we are the continuing entity, or the resulting, surviving or transferee person (the &#147;Successor&#148;) is a person (if such person is not a corporation,
then the Successor will include a corporate co-issuer of the debt securities) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor (if not us) will expressly assume,
by supplemental indenture, all of our obligations under the debt securities and the indenture and, for each security that by its terms provides for conversion, provide for the right to convert such security in accordance with its terms;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default under the indenture has occurred and is continuing; and
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">the trustee receives from us an officers&#146; certificate and an opinion of counsel that the transaction and such supplemental indenture, as the case may be,
complies with the applicable provisions of the indenture. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If we consolidate or merge with or into any
other person or sell, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of our properties and assets in accordance with the indenture, the Successor will be substituted for us in the indenture, with the same effect as if it had been an original
party to the indenture. As a result, the Successor may exercise our rights and powers under the indenture, and we will be released from all our liabilities and obligations under the indenture and under the debt securities. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Any substitution of the Successor for us might be deemed for federal income tax purposes to be an exchange of the debt securities
for &#147;new&#148; debt securities, resulting in recognition of gain or loss for such purposes and possibly certain other adverse tax consequences to beneficial owners of the debt securities. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding
the tax consequences of any such substitution. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">For purposes of this covenant, &#147;person&#148; means any individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Events of Default </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Each of the
following events are defined in the indenture as an &#147;event of default&#148; (whatever the reason for such event of default and whether or not it will be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation
</FONT></P>
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of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) with respect to the debt securities of any series:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest on any debt securities of such series for 30 days after
becoming due; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2) default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any debt securities of such series when
it becomes due and payable at its stated maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration or otherwise; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of ours in the indenture with respect to the debt securities of such series (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the performance of which or a breach of which is elsewhere in
the indenture specifically dealt with or that has expressly been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than such series), which continues for a period of 90 days after written notice to us by the
trustee or to us and the trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(4) we pursuant to or within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Law: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">commence a voluntary case or proceeding; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">consent to the entry of an order for relief against us in an involuntary case or proceeding; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">consent to the appointment of a custodian of us or for all or substantially all of our property; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">make a general assignment for the benefit of our creditors; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">file a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">consent to the filing of such petition or the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">take any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">is for relief against us in an involuntary case, or adjudicates us insolvent or bankrupt; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">appoints a custodian of us or for all or substantially all of our property; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">orders the winding-up or liquidation of us (or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws); </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(6)&nbsp;any other event of default provided with respect to debt securities of such series occurs. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#147;Bankruptcy Law&#148; means Title 11, United States Code or any similar federal or state or foreign law for the relief of
debtors. &#147;Custodian&#148; means any custodian, receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series (other than an event of default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of us) occurs and is continuing, the
trustee by notice to us, or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series by notice to us and the trustee, may, and the trustee at the request of these holders will, declare the principal
of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the debt </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">12 </FONT></P>


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securities of such series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable immediately. If an event of default
relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of us occurs and is continuing, the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the debt securities of such series will become and be immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the trustee or any holders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences, if we have deposited certain sums with the trustee and all events of default with respect
to the debt securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal or interest which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived, as provided in the indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">An event of default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default for any other
series of debt securities issued under the indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We are required to furnish the trustee annually within 120 days
after the end of our fiscal year a statement by one of our officers to the effect that, to the best knowledge of such officer, we are not in default in the fulfillment of any of our obligations under the indenture or, if there has been a default in
the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default and the nature and status thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">No holder of
any debt securities of any series will have any right to institute any judicial or other proceeding with respect to the indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy unless: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1) an event of default has occurred and is continuing and such holder has given the trustee prior written notice of such continuing
event of default with respect to the debt securities of such series; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2) the holders of not less than 25% of the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series have requested the trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such event of default; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3) the trustee has been offered indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against its costs, expenses and liabilities in complying
with such request; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(4) the trustee has failed to institute proceedings 60 days after the receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given for 60 days
by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt securities of a series will have the right, subject to certain limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
trustee with respect to the debt securities of that series or exercising any trust or power conferred to the trustee, and to waive certain defaults. The indenture provides that if an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will
exercise such of its rights and powers under the indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person&#146;s own affairs. Subject to
such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any of the holders of the debt securities of a series unless they will have offered to the trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">13 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of any debt security will have an absolute
and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on that debt security on or after the due dates expressed in that debt security and to institute suit for the enforcement of payment. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Modification and Waivers </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Modification and amendments of the indenture and the debt securities of any series may be made by us and the trustee with the
consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series affected thereby; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of
each outstanding debt security of that series affected thereby: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">change the stated maturity of the principal of, or installment of interest on, any debt security; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">reduce the principal amount of any debt security or reduce the amount of the principal of any debt security which would be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof or reduce the rate of interest on any debt security; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">reduce any premium payable on the redemption of any debt security or change the date on which any debt security may or must be redeemed;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">change the coin or currency in which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any debt security is payable; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">impair the right of any holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of any debt security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the redemption date); </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required in order to take certain actions;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">reduce the requirements for quorum or voting by holders of debt securities in the indenture or the debt security; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">modify any of the provisions in the indenture regarding the waiver of past defaults and the waiver of certain covenants by the holders of debt securities
except to increase any percentage vote required or to provide that certain other provisions of the indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each debt security affected thereby; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any debt security or decreases the conversion or exchange rate or increases the
conversion price of any convertible or exchangeable debt security, unless such decrease or increase is permitted by the terms of the debt securities; or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">modify any of the above provisions. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We and the trustee may, without the consent of any holders, modify or amend the terms of the indenture and the debt securities of any series with respect to the following: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to add to our covenants for the benefit of holders of the debt securities of all or any series or to surrender any right or power conferred upon us;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to evidence the succession of another person to, and the assumption by the successor of our covenants, agreements and obligations under, the indenture
pursuant to the covenant described under &#147;&#151;Covenants&#151;Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets&#148;; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to add any additional events of default for the benefit of holders of the debt securities of all or any series; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">14 </FONT></P>


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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to add one or more guarantees for the benefit of holders of the debt securities; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to secure the debt securities pursuant to the covenants of the indenture; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to add or appoint a successor or separate trustee or other agent; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to provide for the issuance of additional debt securities of any series; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series as permitted by the indenture; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depository; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to or in place of certificated debt securities; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the indenture in respect of one or more series of debt securities; provided that any such addition,
change or elimination (a)&nbsp;shall neither (1)&nbsp;apply to any debt security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (2)&nbsp;modify the rights of the holder
of any such debt security with respect to such provision or (b)&nbsp;shall become effective only when there is no debt security described in clause (a)(1) outstanding; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to change any other provision; provided that the change does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of any series in any
material respect; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to supplement any of the provisions of the indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series
of debt securities pursuant to the indenture; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of debt securities of such series or any other series of debt securities in any material respect;
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the debt securities may be listed or traded;
and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust
Indenture Act, provided that such action does not adversely affect the rights or interests of any holder of debt securities in any material respect. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may, on behalf of
the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive compliance by us with certain restrictive provisions of the indenture. The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series may,
on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive any past default and its consequences under the indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series, except a default (1)&nbsp;in the payment of principal or premium, if
any, or interest on debt securities of that series or (2)&nbsp;in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each debt security of that series. Upon any such waiver,
such default will cease to exist, and any event of default arising therefrom will be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the indenture; however, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other default or event of default or impair
any rights consequent thereon. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may discharge certain obligations to holders of the debt securities of a series that have not already been delivered to the
trustee for cancellation and that either have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by depositing with the trustee, in trust, funds in U.S. dollars in an amount sufficient
to pay the entire indebtedness including, </FONT></P>
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but not limited to, the principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (if the debt securities have become due and payable) or to the maturity thereof or the redemption
date of the debt securities of that series, as the case may be. We may direct the trustee to invest such funds in U.S. Treasury securities with a maturity of one year or less or in a money market fund that invests solely in short-term U.S. Treasury
securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture provides that we may elect either (1)&nbsp;to defease and be discharged from any and all
obligations with respect to the debt securities of a series (except for, among other things, obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the debt securities, to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities, to
maintain an office or agency with respect to the debt securities and to hold moneys for payment in trust) (&#147;legal defeasance&#148;) or (2)&nbsp;to be released from our obligations to comply with the restrictive covenants under the indenture,
and any omission to comply with such obligations will not constitute a default or an event of default with respect to the debt securities of a series and clauses (3)&nbsp;and (6)&nbsp;under &#147;&#151;Events of Default&#148; will no longer be
applied (&#147;covenant defeasance&#148;). Legal defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, will be conditioned upon, among other things, the irrevocable deposit by us with the trustee, in trust, of an amount in U.S. dollars, or U.S.
government obligations, or both, applicable to the debt securities of that series which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal or
premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities on the scheduled due dates therefor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If we effect covenant
defeasance with respect to the debt securities of any series, the amount in U.S. dollars, or U.S. government obligations, or both, on deposit with the trustee will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
accountants, to pay amounts due on the debt securities of that series at the time of the stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities of that series at the time of the acceleration resulting from such event of
default. However, we would remain liable to make payment of such amounts due at the time of acceleration. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We will be
required to deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel that the deposit and related defeasance will not cause the holders and beneficial owners of the debt securities of that series to recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes. If we elect legal defeasance, that opinion of counsel must be based upon a ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or a change in law to that effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may exercise our legal defeasance option notwithstanding our prior exercise of our covenant defeasance option. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Same-Day Settlement and Payment </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will trade in the same-day funds settlement
system of DTC until maturity or until we issue the debt securities in certificated form. DTC will therefore require secondary market trading activity in the debt securities to settle in immediately available funds. We can give no assurance as to the
effect, if any, of settlement in immediately available funds on trading activity in the debt securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Book-Entry; Delivery and Form; Global
Securities </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities of each series will
be issued in the form of one or more global debt securities, in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, each of which we refer to as a &#147;global security.&#148; Each such global security will be deposited with the trustee as
custodian for DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC in New York, New York for the accounts of participants in DTC. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Investors may hold their interests in a global security directly through DTC if they
are DTC participants, or indirectly through organizations that are DTC participants. Except in the limited circumstances described below, holders of debt securities represented by interests in a global security will not be entitled to receive their
debt securities in fully registered certificated form. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">DTC has advised us as follows: DTC is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under New York Banking Law, a &#147;banking organization&#148; within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a &#147;clearing corporation&#148; within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code and a &#147;clearing agency&#148; registered pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities of institutions that have accounts with DTC (&#147;participants&#148;) and to
facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. DTC&#146;s participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC&#146;s book-entry system is also available to others
such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, whether directly or indirectly. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Ownership of Beneficial Interests </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Upon the issuance of each global security, DTC will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amount of the individual beneficial interests represented by the global
security to the accounts of participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in each global security will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in each global security
will be shown on, and the transfer of those ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to participants&#146; interests) and such participants (with respect to the owners of beneficial interests in the
global security other than participants). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered holder and owner of a global
security, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole legal owner of the debt security represented by the global security for all purposes under the indenture, the debt securities and applicable law. Except as set forth
below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to receive certificated debt securities and will not be considered to be the owners or holders of any debt securities represented by the global security. We understand
that under existing industry practice, in the event an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to take any actions that DTC, as the holder of the global security, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the participants to take
such action, and that participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them. No beneficial owner of an interest in a
global security will be able to transfer such interest except in accordance with DTC&#146;s applicable procedures, in addition to those provided for under the indenture. Because DTC can only act on behalf of participants, who in turn act on behalf
of others, the ability of a person having a beneficial interest in a global security to pledge that interest to persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise to take actions in respect of that interest, may be impaired by the lack
of a physical certificate representing that interest. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">All payments on the debt securities represented by a global
security registered in the name of and held by DTC or its nominee will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder of the global security. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest in respect of a global
security, will credit participants&#146; accounts with payments in amounts </FONT></P>
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proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global security as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants
to owners of beneficial interests in the global security held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices as is now the case with securities held for accounts for customers registered in the names of
nominees for such customers. These payments, however, will be the responsibility of such participants and indirect participants, and neither we, the trustee nor any paying agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in any global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship
between DTC and its participants or the relationship between such participants and the owners of beneficial interests in the global security. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for certificated debt securities, each global security may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or
another nominee of DTC. Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in same-day funds. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We expect that DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of debt securities only at the direction of one or more
participants to whose account the DTC interests in a global security are credited and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities as to which such participant or participants has or have given such
direction. However, if there is an event of default under the debt securities, DTC will exchange each global security for certificated debt securities, which it will distribute to its participants. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Although we expect that DTC will agree to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in each global
security among participants of DTC, DTC is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. None of we, the underwriters or the trustee will have any responsibility for the
performance or nonperformance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture provides that the global securities will be exchanged for debt securities in certificated form of like tenor and of
an equal principal amount, in authorized denominations in the following limited circumstances: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1) DTC notifies us that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository or if DTC ceases to be eligible under the indenture and we do not appoint a successor depository within 90 days; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2) we determine that the debt securities will no longer be represented by global securities and execute and deliver to the trustee
an order to such effect; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3) an event of default with respect to the debt securities will have occurred and be
continuing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">These certificated debt securities will be registered in such name or names as DTC will instruct the
trustee. It is expected that such instructions may be based upon directions received by DTC from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in global securities. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The information in this section of this prospectus concerning DTC and DTC&#146;s book-entry system has been obtained from sources
that we believe to be reliable, but we do not take responsibility for this information. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If the depositary for a global security is DTC, you may hold interests in the global security through Clearstream Banking,
<I>soci&eacute;t&eacute; anonyme</I>, which we refer to as &#147;Clearstream,&#148; or Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System, which we refer to as &#147;Euroclear,&#148; in each case, as a participant in DTC. Euroclear and
Clearstream will hold interests, in each case, on behalf of their participants through customers&#146; securities accounts in the names of Euroclear and Clearstream on the books of their respective depositaries, which in turn will hold such
interests in customers&#146; securities in the depositaries&#146; names on DTC&#146;s books. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Payments, deliveries,
transfers, exchanges, notices and other matters relating to the debt securities made through Euroclear or Clearstream must comply with the rules and procedures of those systems. Those systems could change their rules and procedures at any time. We
have no control over those systems or their participants, and we take no responsibility for their activities. Transactions between participants in Euroclear or Clearstream, on one hand, and other participants in DTC, on the other hand, would also be
subject to DTC&#146;s rules and procedures. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Investors will be able to make and receive through Euroclear and
Clearstream payments, deliveries, transfers, exchanges, notices and other transactions involving any securities held through those systems only on days when those systems are open for business. Those systems may not be open for business on days when
banks, brokers and other institutions are open for business in the United States. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In addition, because of time-zone
differences, U.S. investors who hold their interests in the debt securities through these systems and wish on a particular day, to transfer their interests, or to receive or make a payment or delivery or exercise any other right with respect to
their interests, may find that the transaction will not be effected until the next business day in Luxembourg or Brussels, as applicable. Thus, investors who wish to exercise rights that expire on a particular day may need to act before the
expiration date. In addition, investors who hold their interests through both DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream may need to make special arrangements to finance any purchase or sales of their interests between the U.S. and European clearing systems,
and those transactions may settle later than transactions within one clearing system. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Governing Law </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The indenture and the debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Regarding the Trustee </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is the trustee under the indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The trustee is permitted to engage in transactions, including commercial banking and other transactions, with us and our
subsidiaries from time to time; provided that if the trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict upon the occurrence of an event of default, or else resign. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may sell the debt securities described in this prospectus from time to time in one or more transactions: </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to purchasers directly; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">to underwriters for public offering and sale by them; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">through a combination of any of the foregoing methods of sale. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We may sell the debt securities directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the
meaning of the Securities Act, with respect to any resale of the debt securities. A prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any sale of debt securities we are offering hereunder. Direct sales may be arranged by a securities broker-dealer or
other financial intermediary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The applicable prospectus supplement will name any underwriter involved in a sale of debt
securities. Underwriters may offer and sell debt securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices or at negotiated prices. Underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from us from sales
of debt securities in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of debt securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may be involved in any at the market offering of debt securities
by or on our behalf. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Underwriters may sell debt securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive
compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions (which may be changed from time to time) from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the obligations of any underwriters to purchase debt securities
will be subject to certain conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the debt securities if any are purchased. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth whether or not underwriters may over-allot or effect transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the debt securities at levels
above those that might otherwise prevail in the open market, including, for example, by entering stabilizing bids, effecting syndicate covering transactions or imposing penalty bids. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">We will name any agent involved in a sale of debt securities, as well as any commissions payable by us to such agent, in the
applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any such agent will be acting on a reasonable efforts basis for the period of its appointment. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If we utilize a dealer in the sale of the debt securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus, we will sell the debt
securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the debt securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in a sale of the debt securities may be deemed to be underwriters as defined in the
Securities Act, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the debt securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We may have agreements with
underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to reimburse them for certain expenses. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Underwriters or agents and their affiliates may be customers of, engage in
transactions with or perform services for us or our affiliates in the ordinary course of business. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will not list the debt securities on any securities exchange. The debt securities will be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters that purchase the debt
securities for public offering and sale may make a market in such debt securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We make no assurance as to the liquidity of or
the trading markets for any debt securities. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_11"></A>VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The validity of the securities will be passed upon for us by Hogan Lovells US LLP, Menlo Park, California and Washington, D.C., and
for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><A NAME="toc170613_12"></A>EXPERTS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements
included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;26, 2015, and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September&nbsp;26, 2015, as set forth in their reports, which are included in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;26, 2015 and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in
reliance on Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP&#146;s report given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="4">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Floating Rate Notes due 2019 </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Prospectus Supplement </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:120px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Joint Book-Running Managers </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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