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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-202890
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250915
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250915

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000006951
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				941655526
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1026

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B2
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-279682
		FILM NUMBER:		251313310

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 BOWERS AVE
		CITY:			SANTA CLARA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95054-3299
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4085635300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 BOWERS AVE
		CITY:			SANTA CLARA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95054-3299

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19730319
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><FONT COLOR="#ff4338"><B>The information in this Preliminary Prospectus Supplement is not complete and may be changed.
This Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus do not constitute an offer to sell these securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
</B></FONT></P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) <BR>Registration No.
333-279682 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT COLOR="#ff4338"><B>Subject to Completion, Dated September&nbsp;15, 2025 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Preliminary Prospectus Supplement </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(To Prospectus Dated
May&nbsp;23, 2024) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" ALIGN="center">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Applied Materials, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% Senior Notes due&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 20 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% Senior Notes due&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 20 </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;and&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;of each year, beginning
on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 2026. The &#8195;% Senior Notes due 20&#8195; will mature on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; and the &#8195; % Senior Notes due 20&#8195; will mature on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; . We refer to the &#8195;% Senior Notes
due 20&#8195;&nbsp;as the &#8220;20&#8195;&nbsp;notes,&#8221; to the &#8195;% Senior Notes due 20&#8195;&nbsp;as the &#8220;20&#8195;&nbsp;notes,&#8221; and to the 20&#8195;&nbsp;notes and the 20&#8195;&nbsp;notes collectively as the
&#8220;notes.&#8221; We may redeem the notes in whole or in part at any time prior to their maturity at the redemption prices described in this prospectus supplement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are being offered globally for sale only in jurisdictions where it is lawful to make such offers and sales. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Public&nbsp;Offering<BR>Price<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Underwriting<BR>Discount</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Proceeds&nbsp;to&nbsp;Applied<BR>Materials,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>(Before&nbsp;Expenses)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Per 20&#8195;&nbsp;Note</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20&#8195;&nbsp;Notes Total</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Per 20&#8195;&nbsp;Note</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20&#8195;&nbsp;Notes Total</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Plus accrued interest, if any, from&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Investing in the notes involves risks. See &#8220;<A HREF="#supptx910839_5">Risk Factors</A>&#8221; beginning on page <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4.</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of the notes or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect to deliver the notes to investors in registered book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company,
Clearstream Banking S.A. and Euroclear Bank, SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System, on or about&#8195;, 2025, which is the third business day following the date of this prospectus supplement (this settlement cycle is referred to as
&#8220;T+3&#8221;). See &#8220;Underwriting&#8221;. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Joint Book-Running Managers </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><B>Mizuho</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><B>BNP PARIBAS</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"><B>BofA&nbsp;Securities</B></TD>
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<h5 align="left" style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></h5>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are responsible only for the information contained and incorporated by reference in this
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to give you any other
information, and we and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any related free writing
prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document containing the information. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may have changed since the applicable date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc"></A>TABLE OF CONTENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Prospectus Supplement </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_1">About this Prospectus Supplement</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-ii</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_2">Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-ii</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_3">Summary</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_4">The Offering</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_5">Risk Factors</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_6">Use of Proceeds</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_7">Capitalization</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-9</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_8">Description of Notes</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-10</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#supptx910839_9">Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</A></P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-22</FONT></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_1"></A>ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This document consists of two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering and
also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. The second part is the accompanying prospectus, which includes
more general information about us and the securities we may offer from time to time under our shelf registration statement, some of which may not apply to this offering. If the information set forth in this prospectus supplement differs in any way
from the information set forth in the accompanying prospectus, you should rely on the information set forth in this prospectus supplement. You should read both this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, together with the additional
information described under the headings &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; and &#8220;Incorporation by Reference&#8221; on page <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-29.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In this prospectus supplement, except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, &#8220;Applied&#8221;, &#8220;the
Company&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8221;, &#8220;us&#8221; and &#8220;our&#8221; refer to Applied Materials, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein
and therein include trademarks owned by us or other companies. All trademarks, servicemarks and tradenames included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus are the property of their respective
owners. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Currency amounts in this prospectus supplement are stated in U.S. dollars. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_2"></A>SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus supplement and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement include &#8220;forward-looking
statements&#8221; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;). All
statements contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may contain words such as &#8220;may,&#8221;
&#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;potential&#8221; and
&#8220;continue,&#8221; the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology. Examples of forward-looking statements include those regarding Applied&#8217;s future financial or operating results, customer demand and spending, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">end-user</FONT> demand, Applied&#8217;s and market and industry trends and outlooks, cash flows and cash deployment strategies, declaration of dividends, share repurchases, business strategies and priorities, costs and
cost controls, products, competitive positions, management&#8217;s plans and objectives for future operations, research and development, acquisitions, investments and divestitures, growth opportunities, restructuring and severance activities,
backlog, working capital, liquidity, investment portfolio and policies, taxes, supply chain, manufacturing, properties, legal matters, claims and proceedings, and other statements that are not historical facts, as well as their underlying
assumptions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements include,
without limitation, those detailed under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; below in this prospectus supplement and those detailed under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in our Quarterly Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;27, 2025 and in any subsequent Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> Quarterly Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> or Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) that are incorporated by reference herein. These and many other
factors could affect Applied&#8217;s future financial condition and operating results and could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations based on forward-looking statements made in this document or elsewhere by Applied or on its
behalf. Forward-looking statements are based on management&#8217;s estimates, projections and expectations as of the date they were made, and we assume no obligation to revise or update any such statements. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_3"></A>SUMMARY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following summary highlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. It does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in the notes. For a more complete discussion of the information you should consider before investing in the notes, you should carefully
read this entire prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Our Business
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applied is the leader in materials engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor and advanced
display in the world. Applied is an expert in the design, development, production, and servicing of the critical wafer fabrication and display fabrication tools Applied&#8217;s customers need to manufacture semiconductors and displays.
Applied&#8217;s customers&#8217; products are used in a wide variety of products such as personal computing devices, mobile phones, artificial intelligence (&#8220;AI&#8221;) and data center servers, automobiles, connected devices, industrial
applications and consumer electronics. Applied has the semiconductor capital equipment industry&#8217;s most comprehensive portfolio of products. This breadth allows Applied the ability to connect and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-optimize</FONT> technologies across its portfolio, enabling its customers to achieve superior results as manufacturing semiconductors and displays is becoming increasingly complex. Semiconductors provide the
foundation for advances in technology that are reshaping the global economy, including AI, internet of things, robotics, electric and autonomous vehicles, and clean energy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Recent Developments </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applied currently
anticipates increasing the total amount of commercial paper notes it may issue under its commercial paper program from $2.0&nbsp;billion to $4.0&nbsp;billion.&nbsp;In connection with such increase, Applied anticipates entering into a new
$2.0&nbsp;billion unsecured <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">364-day</FONT> revolving credit facility to backstop the increased size of this program.&nbsp;There can be no assurance that Applied will be able to increase the size of its commercial
paper program or enter into a new credit facility in connection therewith following the consummation of this offering on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or that Applied will choose to consummate such transactions, and the actual amount and
terms of any increase or any new facility will be subject to prevailing market conditions and other considerations. The consummation of this offering is not contingent on any increase to Applied&#8217;s commercial paper program or obtaining any
additional financing. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Corporate Information </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporated in
1967, Applied is a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive offices are located at 3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, California 95052-8039 and our telephone number is (408) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">727-5555.</FONT> We
maintain a website at www.appliedmaterials.com. Except for the documents specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, the information on or accessible through our website is not a part of this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The summary below describes the principal terms of the notes. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important
limitations and exceptions. For a more complete description of the notes offered hereby, see &#8220;Description of Notes&#8221; in this prospectus supplement and &#8220;Description of Debt Securities&#8221; in the accompanying prospectus. </I></P>
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<TD>Applied Materials, Inc. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>$&#8195;&#8195;aggregate principal amount of &#8195;% Senior Notes due 20&#8195; and $&#8195;&#8195;aggregate principal amount of &#8195;% Senior Notes due 20&#8195;. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>The 20&#8195;notes will bear interest at the rate of &#8195;% per annum, which will be paid on &#8195;&#8195;and&#8195;&#8195; of each year, commencing &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 2026. The 20&#8195;notes will bear interest at the rate of
&#8195;% per annum, which will be paid on &#8195;&#8195;and&#8195;&#8195; of each year, commencing &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 2026. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The 20&#8195;notes will mature on &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 20&#8195;. The 20&#8195;notes will mature on &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 20&#8195;. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our general unsecured obligations; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">effectively subordinated in right of payment to any of our future secured indebtedness to the extent of the
assets securing that indebtedness; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">structurally subordinated to all of our existing and any future liabilities of our subsidiaries;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">equal in right of payment with all of our existing and any future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">senior in right of payment to any of our future indebtedness that is subordinated to the notes.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Optional Redemption</B> </P></TD>
<TD>We may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at our option, at the applicable redemption prices described under the heading &#8220;Description of Notes&#8212;Optional Redemption&#8221; in this prospectus
supplement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event</B> </P></TD>
<TD>Upon the occurrence of a change of control of Applied and a contemporaneous downgrade of the notes below an investment grade rating by both Moody&#8217;s Investors Service Inc. and S&amp;P Global Ratings, we will, in certain circumstances, be
required to make an offer to purchase each of the 20&#8195;notes and the 20&#8195;notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195;notes and the 20&#8195;notes to be repurchased, respectively, plus any accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. See &#8220;Description of Notes&#8212;Repurchase Upon a Change of Control.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be approximately $&#8195;&#8195;after deducting the underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds to repay
at maturity the outstanding $700&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of our 3.900% Senior Notes due October&nbsp;1, 2025 and the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>Certain of the underwriters and/or their respective affiliates may hold positions in our 3.900% Senior Notes due October&nbsp;1, 2025 and therefore, as a result of our intended use of a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repay
such notes at maturity, such underwriters and/or their respective affiliates may receive more than 5% of the net proceeds from this offering. Accordingly, this offering is being conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. The
appointment of a &#8220;qualified independent underwriter&#8221; is not necessary in connection with this offering as the notes offered hereby are investment grade-rated securities. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>Applied may from time to time, without consent of the holders of the notes, issue notes having the same terms and conditions as the notes of any series being offered hereby (except for the issue date, offering price and, if applicable, the first
interest payment date). Additional notes issued in this manner will form a single series with the applicable outstanding series of notes; <I>provided </I>that unless the additional notes are issued pursuant to a &#8220;qualified reopening&#8221; of
the original series, are otherwise treated as part of the same &#8220;issue&#8221; of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with no more than a <I>de minimis </I>amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, the additional notes will have a separate CUSIP number or no CUSIP number. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>State of New York. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</B> </P></TD>
<TD>Tax considerations of owning or disposing of the notes are as set forth below under the heading &#8220;Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#8221; and in the section in the accompanying prospectus entitled &#8220;Certain U.S. Federal
Income Tax Considerations.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>An investment in the notes involves risk. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the section of this prospectus supplement entitled &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; beginning on page <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4,</FONT> as
well as the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, before deciding whether to invest in the notes. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In considering whether to purchase the notes, you should carefully consider the risks described below and all the information contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the risks discussed under the section captioned &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in our Quarterly Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;27, 2025. Additional risks and uncertainties that we do not currently know about, or that we currently believe are immaterial, may also adversely impact our
business, financial condition and results of operations. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Risks Related to the Notes </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The notes are our obligations and not the obligations of our subsidiaries and will be structurally subordinated to the claims of our subsidiaries&#8217;
creditors. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are exclusively our obligations and not those of our subsidiaries. We conduct a substantial portion of our
operations through our subsidiaries. As a result, our ability to make payments on the notes will depend upon the receipt of dividends and other distributions from our subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities. Our subsidiaries have no obligation to pay any amounts due on the notes or to
provide us with funds to pay our obligations, whether by dividends, distributions, loans or other payments. In addition, any dividend payments, distributions, loans or advances to us by our subsidiaries in the future will require the generation of
future earnings by our subsidiaries, may be subject to contractual restrictions and may require regulatory approval. If our subsidiaries are unable to make dividend payments to us and sufficient capital is not otherwise available, we may not be able
to make principal and interest payments on our debt, including the notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, our right to participate in any distribution of
assets of any of our subsidiaries upon the subsidiary&#8217;s liquidation or otherwise will generally be subject to the prior claims of creditors of that subsidiary. Your ability as a holder of the notes to benefit indirectly from that distribution
also will be subject to these prior claims. The notes are not guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries. As a result, the notes will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries. As of
July&nbsp;27, 2025, the aggregate amount of all debt and other liabilities of our consolidated subsidiaries that would structurally rank senior to the notes was approximately $5.1&nbsp;billion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The notes will not restrict our ability to incur additional debt, to repurchase our securities or to take other actions that could negatively impact our
ability to pay our obligations under the notes. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the notes nor the indenture governing the notes will restrict our ability
or the ability of our subsidiaries to incur additional debt, repurchase securities, recapitalize, pay dividends or make other distributions to stockholders, or require us to maintain interest coverage or other current ratios. Our ability to incur
additional debt, as well as to recapitalize and take a number of other actions that will not be limited by the terms of the notes or the indenture governing the notes, could have the effect of diminishing our ability to make payments on the notes
when due. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the indenture governing the notes will contain limited covenants that will restrict our ability and the ability of
certain of our subsidiaries to create, incur or assume secured indebtedness or to enter into sale and leaseback transactions, these restrictions only apply to the extent that the indebtedness created, incurred or assumed is secured by a lien on
principal property or to the extent that the property subject to the sale and leaseback transaction is a principal property. In order to constitute a principal property for purposes of these covenants, a property must be located in the United States
and have a book value in excess of 1% of our most recently calculated consolidated net tangible assets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other than as described above and
under the caption &#8220;Description of Notes&#8212;Repurchase Upon a Change of Control&#8221; below, the provisions of the indenture governing the notes will not afford holders of debt securities </P>
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issued thereunder, including the notes, protection in the event of a sudden or significant decline in our credit quality or in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or highly leveraged or
similar transaction involving us or any of our affiliates that may adversely affect such holders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The notes will be effectively junior to any
future secured indebtedness we may incur. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will not be secured by any of our assets. As a result, the notes will be
effectively subordinated to any future secured debt we may incur to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. In the event that we are declared bankrupt, become insolvent or are liquidated or reorganized, any debt that ranks ahead of
the notes will be entitled to be paid in full from our assets before any payment may be made with respect to the notes. Holders of the notes will participate ratably with all holders of our unsecured indebtedness that is deemed to be of the same
ranking as the notes, and potentially with all of our other general creditors, based upon the respective amounts owed to each holder or creditor, in our remaining assets. In any of the foregoing events, we may not have sufficient assets to pay
amounts due on the notes. As a result, if holders of the notes receive any payments, they may receive less, ratably, than holders of secured indebtedness. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we do not currently have any outstanding secured indebtedness for borrowed money, the indenture under which the notes will be issued
does not preclude us from issuing secured debt. See the section of the accompanying prospectus entitled &#8220;Description of Debt Securities&#8212; Certain Terms of the Senior Debt Securities&#8212;Certain Covenants.&#8221; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>We may not be able to repurchase all of the notes upon a change of control, which would result in a default under the notes. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined under the caption &#8220;Description of Notes&#8212;Repurchase Upon a
Change of Control&#8221;) with respect to a series of notes, unless we have exercised our right to redeem the notes of such series in full, have defeased such notes or have satisfied and discharged such notes, each holder of the notes of such series
will have the right to require us to repurchase all or any part of such holder&#8217;s notes of such series at a price in cash equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of
repurchase. If we experience a Change of Control Triggering Event, there can be no assurance that we would have sufficient financial resources available to satisfy our obligations to repurchase the notes of a series. In addition, our ability to
repurchase the notes of a series for cash may be limited by law or by the terms of other agreements relating to our outstanding indebtedness at that time. Our failure to repurchase the notes of a series as required under the indenture governing the
notes would result in a default under the indenture, which could have material adverse consequences for us and for holders of the notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The
limited covenants in the indenture for the notes and the terms of the notes do not provide protection against some types of important corporate events, including a highly leveraged transaction, and may not protect your investment. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture for the notes does not: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">require us to maintain any financial ratios or specific levels of net worth, revenues, income, cash flow or
liquidity and, accordingly, does not protect holders of the notes in the event that we experience significant adverse changes in our financial condition or results of operations; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">limit our subsidiaries&#8217; ability to issue securities or otherwise incur indebtedness, which could
structurally rank senior to our equity interests in those subsidiaries or to the notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">limit our ability to incur substantial secured indebtedness that would effectively rank senior to the notes to
the extent of the value of the assets securing the indebtedness; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">limit our ability to incur indebtedness that is equal in right of payment to the notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">restrict our ability to repurchase or prepay our securities; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">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. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, the limitation on liens and limitation on sale and leaseback
covenants contained in the indenture for the notes contain certain exceptions that will allow us and our subsidiaries to incur liens with respect to material assets. The indenture for the notes does not contain protections in the event of a change
of control, unless accompanied by certain ratings downgrades. We could engage in many types of highly leveraged transactions, such as certain acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations, restructurings, refinancings or recapitalizations, that could
adversely affect our capital structure and the value of the notes. These transactions may not involve a change in voting power or beneficial ownership or, even if they do, may not meet the specific requirements of the definition of Change of Control
Triggering Event in the indenture required to trigger these provisions, notably, that the transactions are accompanied or followed within 60 days by a downgrade in the rating of the notes, following which the notes are no longer rated
&#8220;investment grade.&#8221; Except as described under &#8220;Description of Notes&#8212;Repurchase Upon a Change of Control,&#8221; the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require us to repurchase the
notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction. For these reasons, you should not consider the covenants in the indenture as significant factors in evaluating whether to invest in the notes. See &#8220;Description of Debt
Securities&#8212;Certain Terms of the Senior Debt Securities&#8212;Certain Covenants&#8221; in the accompanying prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>There may not be a
liquid market for the notes. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes constitute new issues of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to
apply for listing of the notes on any securities exchange or to arrange for quotation of the notes on any automated dealer quotation system. No market for any series of notes may ever develop, and any market that does develop may not be liquid or
may not last. Although the representatives of the underwriters have advised us that, following completion of the offering of the notes, one or more of the underwriters currently intend to make a market in the notes, they are not obligated to do so
and may discontinue any market-making activities at any time without notice. If the notes are traded, they may trade at a discount from their initial offering prices, depending on prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities, our
performance and other factors. To the extent active trading markets do not develop, you may not be able to resell your notes at their fair market value or at all. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many factors independent of our creditworthiness may affect the trading market for the notes. These factors include the: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">propensity of existing holders to trade their positions in the notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">time remaining to the maturity of the notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">outstanding amount of each series of notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">redemption of the notes; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">level, direction and volatility of market interest rates generally. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Ratings of the notes may change after issuance and affect the market price and marketability of the notes. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We currently expect that, prior to issuance, the notes will be rated by one or more ratings agencies. Such ratings are limited in scope, and do
not address all material risks relating to an investment in the notes, but rather reflect only the view of each rating agency at the time the rating is issued. An explanation of the significance of each rating may be obtained from each such rating
agency. There is no assurance that any credit ratings will be issued or remain in effect for any given period of time or that a rating will not be lowered, suspended or withdrawn entirely by the issuing rating agency, if, in such rating
agency&#8217;s judgment, circumstances so warrant. It is also possible that ratings may be lowered in connection with future events, such as future acquisitions or regulatory action taken against us. Any lowering, suspension or withdrawal of such
ratings or the anticipation of </P>
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future changes to such ratings may have an adverse effect on the market prices or marketability of the notes. Any rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold the notes, and does not
correspond to market prices or suitability for a particular investor. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Redemption may adversely affect your return on the notes. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have the right to redeem some or all of the notes prior to maturity. We may redeem the 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 the notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The prices at which you will be able to sell your notes prior to maturity will depend on a number of factors and may be substantially less than the
amount you originally invest. </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We believe that the value of each series of notes in any secondary market will be affected by
interest rates, supply and demand for the notes and a number of other factors. Some of these factors are interrelated in complex ways. As a result, the impact of any one factor on the market value of the notes may be offset or magnified by the
effect of another factor. An offsetting negative factor could, for example, entirely eliminate a positive impact attributable to another factor. We expect that the market value of the notes will be affected by changes in U.S. interest rates. In
general, assuming all other conditions remain constant, if U.S. interest rates increase, the market value of the notes would likely decrease. Actual or anticipated changes in our credit ratings, our financial condition or results of operations may
affect the market value of each series of notes. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_6"></A>USE OF PROCEEDS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be approximately $&#8195;&#8195; after deducting the underwriting discounts
and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds to repay at maturity the outstanding $700&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of our 3.900% Senior Notes due October&nbsp;1, 2025 and the remaining
net proceeds for general corporate purposes. Pending their use, the net proceeds may be invested temporarily in short-term marketable securities. Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and the purposes for
which they are used may change from those described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain of the underwriters and/or their respective affiliates may hold
positions in our 3.900% Senior Notes due October&nbsp;1, 2025 and therefore, as a result of our intended use of a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to repay such notes at maturity, such underwriters and/or their respective affiliates
may receive more than 5% of the net proceeds from this offering. Accordingly, this offering is being conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. The appointment of a &#8220;qualified independent underwriter&#8221; is not
necessary in connection with this offering as the notes offered hereby are investment grade-rated securities. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table presents our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, long-term investments, short-term debt and capitalization
as of July&nbsp;27, 2025: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">on an actual basis; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">on an as adjusted basis giving effect to the issuance of the notes offered hereby. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You should read this table in conjunction with the information contained in our &#8220;Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations&#8221; and our consolidated financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;27, 2024 and Quarterly Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;27, 2025, which we have incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>As of July&nbsp;27, 2025</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>(In millions)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,014</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Long-term investments</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,133</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total cash, cash equivalents and investments</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,147</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Short-term debt:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.900% Senior Notes due 2025<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Short-term commercial paper program</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total short-term debt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"> 800</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Long-term debt:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Revolving credit facilities<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8212;&#8194;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.300% Senior Notes due 2027</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,200</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.800% Senior Notes due 2029</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.750% Senior Notes due 2030</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">750</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.100% Senior Notes due 2035</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">500</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.850% Senior Notes due 2041</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">600</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.350% Senior Notes due 2047</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.750% Senior Notes due 2050</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">750</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">% Senior Notes due 20&#8195;&#8195;&nbsp;offered hereby</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8212;&#8194;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">% Senior Notes due 20&#8195;&#8195;&nbsp;offered hereby</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8212;&#8194;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unamortized discount</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(10</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unamortized debt issuance costs</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(27</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total long-term debt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,463</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total stockholders&#8217; equity</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">19,504</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total capitalization</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">24,967</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds for the repayment at maturity of our outstanding
$700&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of 3.900% Senior Notes due October&nbsp;1, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">We are party to (i)&nbsp;a five-year $2.0&nbsp;billion committed unsecured revolving credit agreement and
(ii)&nbsp;revolving credit facilities with Japanese banks pursuant to which we may borrow up to approximately $55&nbsp;million in the aggregate at any time. No amounts were outstanding under either the revolving credit agreement or the revolving
credit facilities as of July&nbsp;27, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_8"></A>DESCRIPTION OF NOTES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will issue $&#8195;&#8195;aggregate principal amount of &#8195;% Senior Notes due 20&#8195;(the &#8220;20&#8195;notes&#8221;) and
$&#8195;&#8195;aggregate principal amount of &#8195;% Senior Notes due 20&#8195;(the &#8220;20&#8195;notes&#8221; and, together with the 20&#8195;notes, the &#8220;notes&#8221;). The 20&#8195;notes and the 20&#8195;notes will be issued as separate
series of debt securities under an indenture dated June&nbsp;11, 2024 between us and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the &#8220;base indenture&#8221;). The base indenture will be supplemented by a supplemental indenture
to be entered into concurrently with the delivery of the notes (as so supplemented, the &#8220;indenture&#8221;). The indenture provides that our debt securities may be issued in one or more series, with different terms, in each case as authorized
from time to time by us. The specific terms of each other series that we may issue in the future may differ from those of the notes. The indenture does not limit the aggregate amount of debt securities that may be issued under the indenture, nor
does it limit the number of other series or the aggregate amount of any particular series. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture has been qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &#8220;TIA&#8221;), and the provisions of the TIA are and will be incorporated in and form a part of the indenture. The following description is a summary, and does not describe every aspect of the notes,
the indenture and those terms made a part of the indenture by reference to the TIA. The following description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, all the provisions of the indenture, including definitions of certain terms used in the
indenture. Anyone who receives this prospectus supplement may obtain a copy of the indenture without charge upon request. See &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; and &#8220;Incorporation by Reference.&#8221; We urge you to read the
indenture and the notes because they define your rights as a holder of the notes. The covenant provisions of the indenture described under the caption &#8220;Description of Debt Securities&#8212;Certain Terms of the Senior Debt
Securities&#8212;Certain Covenants&#8221; in the accompanying prospectus will apply to the notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this section,
references to &#8220;Applied,&#8221; &#8220;the Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us&#8221; and &#8220;our&#8221; refer only to Applied Materials, Inc. and not to any of its current or future subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The 20&#8195;notes will
initially be limited to $&#8195;&#8195;aggregate principal amount and the 20&#8195;&nbsp;notes will initially be limited to $&#8195;&#8195;aggregate principal amount, but we may from time to time, without giving notice to or seeking the consent of
the holders of the notes of any series, issue additional notes of any such series having the same terms (except for the issue date, the offering price and, if applicable, the first interest payment date) and ranking equally and ratably with the
original notes of such series, and such additional debt securities, together with the original notes of the applicable series, will constitute a single series of debt securities for all purposes under the indenture, including, without limitation,
waivers, amendments and redemptions; <I>provided </I>that unless the additional notes are issued pursuant to a &#8220;qualified reopening&#8221; of the original series, are otherwise treated as part of the same &#8220;issue&#8221; of debt
instruments as the original series or are issued with no more than a <I>de minimis </I>amount of original discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional notes will have a separate CUSIP number or no CUSIP number. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will be: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">general unsecured obligations of ours; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">effectively subordinated in right of payment to any future secured indebtedness of ours to the extent of the
assets securing such indebtedness; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities and commitments
(including trade payables and lease obligations) of our subsidiaries, to the extent of the assets of such subsidiaries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">equal in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of ours; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of ours that is subordinated to the notes.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of July&nbsp;27, 2025, the notes offered hereby would rank: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">equally with approximately $6.3&nbsp;billion of our debt and we had commitments of $2.0&nbsp;billion under our
revolving credit agreement available to us, which if borrowed would rank equally with the notes; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">effectively subordinated to approximately $5.1&nbsp;billion of debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering to repay at maturity the outstanding $700&nbsp;million
in aggregate principal amount of our 3.900% Senior Notes due October&nbsp;1, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of July&nbsp;27, 2025, we had no secured debt
outstanding to which the notes would be effectively subordinated. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will be issued in fully registered form only, in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The notes will be issued in the form of one or more global securities, without coupons, which will be deposited initially with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust
Company (&#8220;DTC&#8221;) and its participants Euroclear Bank SA/NV (&#8220;Euroclear&#8221;) and Clearstream Banking S.A. (&#8220;Clearstream&#8221;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Principal and Interest </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
20&#8195;notes will mature on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 20&#8195; and the 20&#8195;notes will mature on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 20&#8195;. No sinking fund will be provided with respect to the notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest on the 20&#8195;notes will accrue at the rate of &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% per annum and interest on the 20&#8195;notes will
accrue at the rate of &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% per annum. We will pay interest on the notes from&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 2025, or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually in arrears on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;and&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;of each year, commencing ,&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; 2026, until the principal is paid or made available for payment. Interest will be paid to the persons in
whose names the notes are registered at the close of business on&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;or&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;(whether or not a business day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any interest payment date or date of maturity of principal of the notes of a series falls on a day that is not a business day, then payment
of interest or principal may be made on the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal interest payment date or the date of maturity, and no interest will accrue for the period after such nominal date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Optional Redemption </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to the
applicable Par Call Date (as defined below), Applied may redeem the 20&#8195;notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at Applied&#8217;s option, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded
to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal
and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the 20&#8195;notes matured on such Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months) at the Treasury Rate plus&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;basis points, less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the date of redemption, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) 100% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195;notes to be redeemed, </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On or after the applicable Par Call Date, Applied may redeem the 20&#8195;notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195;notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to the applicable Par Call Date, Applied may redeem the 20&#8195;notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at
Applied&#8217;s option, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date
(assuming the 20&#8195;notes matured on such Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months) at the Treasury Rate
plus&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;basis points, less (b)&nbsp;interest accrued to the date of redemption, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) 100% of the principal
amount of the 20&#8195;notes to be redeemed, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On or after the applicable Par Call Date, Applied may redeem the 20&#8195;notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195;notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Par Call Date&#8221; means,&nbsp;(i) with respect to the 20&#8195;notes&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;,&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; 20
(&#8195; months prior to the maturity date of the 20&#8195;notes) and, (ii)&nbsp;with respect to the 20&#8195;notes&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;,&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; 20 (&#8195; months prior to the maturity date of the 20&#8195;notes). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Treasury Rate&#8221; means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by us in accordance with the following two
paragraphs: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Treasury Rate shall be determined by us after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S.
government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day
in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as &#8220;Selected Interest Rates (Daily)&#8212;H.15&#8221; (or any successor designation or publication) (&#8220;H.15&#8221;) under
the caption &#8220;U.S. government securities&#8211;Treasury constant maturities&#8211;Nominal&#8221; (or any successor caption or heading) (&#8220;H.15 TCM&#8221;). In determining the Treasury Rate, we shall select, as applicable: (1)&nbsp;the
yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the applicable Par Call Date (the &#8220;Remaining Life&#8221;); or (2)&nbsp;if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly
equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields&#8212;one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining
Life&#8212;and shall interpolate to the applicable Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3)&nbsp;if there is no such Treasury constant maturity
on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall
be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, we shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the
rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States </P>
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Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the applicable Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the applicable Par
Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the applicable Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the applicable Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the
applicable Par Call Date, we shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the applicable Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the applicable Par Call Date or two or
more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, we shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the
average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable
United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal
places. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applied&#8217;s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error. The trustee shall have no obligation to determine or verify any determination of the redemption price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notice of
any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the depositary&#8217;s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of notes to be redeemed.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the
trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the note will state the
portion of the principal amount of the note to be redeemed. A new note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the note will be issued in the name of the holder of the note upon surrender for cancellation of the original note. For
so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another depositary), the redemption of the notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the depositary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless Applied defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the notes or
portions thereof called for redemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>No Mandatory Redemption; Open Market Purchases </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are not required to make any mandatory sinking fund payments with respect to the notes. However, under certain circumstances, we may be
required to offer to purchase the notes as described under the caption &#8220;&#8212;Repurchase Upon a Change of Control.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may
acquire the 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 the acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms
of the indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Repurchase Upon a Change of Control </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to a series of notes, unless we have exercised our right to redeem the notes of
such series in full, as described above, have defeased such notes or have satisfied and discharged such notes as described below, we will make an offer to each holder of the notes of such series (the &#8220;Change of Control Offer&#8221;) to
repurchase any and all of such holder&#8217;s notes of such series at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased (such principal amount to be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess of $2,000) plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, </P>
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thereon, to, but excluding, the date of purchase (the &#8220;Change of Control Payment&#8221;). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, notice shall be mailed to holders
of notes of the applicable series describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the notes of such series on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no
earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the &#8220;Change of Control Payment Date&#8221;), pursuant to the procedures required by the notes and described in such notice. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the applicable series of notes that are due and payable on interest payment dates
falling on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date will be payable on the interest payment date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the notes and the indenture. We must comply with
the requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14e-1</FONT> under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
notes of such series as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control repurchase provisions of the applicable series of notes, we will be
required to comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations under the Change of Control repurchase provisions of the notes by virtue of such conflicts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the Change of Control Payment Date, we will be required, to the extent lawful, to: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">accept for payment all notes of the applicable series or portions of notes of the applicable series properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">deposit with the trustee or a paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
notes of the applicable series or portions of notes of the applicable series properly tendered; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the notes of the applicable series properly accepted, together
with an officers&#8217; certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of notes of the applicable series or portions of such notes being purchased, that all conditions precedent contained in the indenture to make a Change of Control Offer have
been complied with and that the Change of Control Offer has been made in compliance with the indenture. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Below
Investment Grade Rating Event&#8221; means the notes of a series are downgraded below Investment Grade Rating by both Rating Agencies on any date during the period (the &#8220;Trigger Period&#8221;) commencing 60 days prior to the first public
announcement by us of the occurrence of a Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) with respect to such series of notes and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period shall be extended so long as
the rating of the notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of such Rating Agencies on such 60th day, such extension to last with respect to each such Rating Agency until the date on which such Rating Agency
considering such possible downgrade either (x)&nbsp;rates such notes below Investment Grade or (y)&nbsp;publicly announces that it is no longer considering such notes for possible downgrade, <I>provided</I> that no such extension will occur if on
such 60th day such notes have received an Investment Grade Rating by at least one of such Rating Agencies in question and are not subject to review for possible downgrade by such Rating Agency). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Change of Control&#8221; means the occurrence of any of the following: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Applied and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any &#8220;person&#8221; (as that term is used in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) other than Applied or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) as a result of
which any &#8220;person&#8221; (as that term is used in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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the &#8220;beneficial owner&#8221; (as defined in Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-5</FONT> under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of Applied&#8217;s outstanding voting stock or other voting stock into which Applied&#8217;s voting stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Applied consolidates with, or merges with or into, any &#8220;person&#8221; or &#8220;group&#8221; (as that term
is used in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or any &#8220;person&#8221; or &#8220;group&#8221; consolidates with, or merges with or into, Applied, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of Applied&#8217;s voting stock or
the voting stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of Applied&#8217;s voting stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction
constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the voting stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the first day on which a majority of the members of Applied&#8217;s board of directors are not Continuing
Directors; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the adoption of a plan by the board of directors of Applied or its stockholders relating to Applied&#8217;s
liquidation or dissolution. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of
Control if (a)&nbsp;Applied becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company (which shall include a parent company) and (b)(i) the holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction
are substantially the same as the holders of our voting stock immediately prior to that transaction or (ii)&nbsp;no &#8220;person&#8221; (as that term is used in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the
requirements of this sentence) becomes the &#8220;beneficial owner&#8221; (as defined in Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-5</FONT> under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more
than 50% of the voting power of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following such transaction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this
definition, &#8220;voting stock&#8221; means with respect to any specified person (as that term is used in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such person, even if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of &#8220;all or substantially all&#8221; of the properties or assets of Applied and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase &#8220;substantially all,&#8221; there is no
precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the applicability of the requirement that we offer to repurchase the notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of
the assets of Applied and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to another person or group may be uncertain. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Change of Control
Triggering Event&#8221; means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Continuing
Directors&#8221; means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of Applied who (1)&nbsp;was a member of the board of directors of Applied on the date of the issuance of the notes; or (2)&nbsp;was nominated for election
or elected to the board of directors of Applied with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors of Applied at the time of such nomination or election (either by specific vote or by approval of
Applied&#8217;s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Delaware Chancery Court interpretations of the foregoing definition of &#8220;Continuing Directors,&#8221; a board of directors may
approve, for purposes of such definition, a slate of shareholder-nominated directors </P>
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without endorsing them, or while simultaneously recommending and endorsing its own slate instead, as long as the approval is in good faith and in accordance with the board of directors&#8217;
fiduciary duties. The foregoing interpretations would permit our board of directors to approve a slate of directors that included a majority of dissident directors nominated pursuant to a proxy contest, and the ultimate election of such dissident
slate would not constitute a &#8220;Change of Control Triggering Event&#8221; that would trigger your right to require us to repurchase your notes as described above unless a court were to find that such approval was not granted in good faith or
violated the board of directors&#8217; fiduciary duties. Further, according to these decisions, the board of directors&#8217; duty of loyalty to shareholders under Delaware law may, in certain circumstances, require them to give such approval. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Investment Grade Rating&#8221; means a rating by Moody&#8217;s equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent under a successor rating
category of Moody&#8217;s) or a rating by S&amp;P equal to or higher than <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">BBB-</FONT> (or the equivalent under any successor rating category of S&amp;P). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Moody&#8217;s&#8221; means Moody&#8217;s Investors Service, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Rating Agencies&#8221; means (1)&nbsp;Moody&#8217;s and S&amp;P; and (2)&nbsp;if either of Moody&#8217;s or S&amp;P ceases to rate the
notes or fails to make a rating of the notes publicly available for any reason, a &#8220;nationally recognized statistical rating organization&#8221; as such term is defined under Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, selected by us (as
certified by a resolution of our board of directors) as a replacement agency for either of Moody&#8217;s or S&amp;P, or both of them, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;S&amp;P&#8221; means S&amp;P Global Ratings and any successor to its rating agency business. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Events of Default </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture defines
an Event of Default with respect to any series of debt securities issued pursuant to the indenture, including the notes. Events of Default on the notes are any of the following: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">default in the payment of the principal or any premium on a note when due (whether at maturity, upon
acceleration, redemption or otherwise); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">default for 30 days in the payment of interest on a note when due; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">failure by us to comply with the provisions described under the caption &#8220;&#8212;Repurchase Upon a Change of
Control&#8221;; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">failure by us to observe or perform any other term of the indenture for a period of 90 days after we receive a
notice of default stating we are in breach. The notice must be sent by either the trustee or holders of 25% of the principal amount of the notes of the affected series; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An Event of Default under one series of debt securities issued pursuant to the indenture does not necessarily constitute an Event of Default
under any other series of debt securities. The indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any series of debt securities issued thereunder of any default if the trustee in good faith determines it is in the interest of
such holders to do so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture provides that if an Event of Default has occurred with respect to a series of debt securities and has not been cured, the trustee
or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the debt securities of that series may declare the entire principal amount of all the notes of that series to be due and immediately payable. This is called a declaration of acceleration of
maturity. If an Event of Default occurs because of certain </P>
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events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us, the principal amount of all the debt securities will be automatically accelerated, without any action by the trustee or any
holder. At any time after the principal of a series of debt securities has been declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the amount due has been obtained or entered for that series of debt securities as provided
in the indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of the affected series may by written notice to us and the trustee may, on behalf of the holders of the debt securities of the affected series, rescind
and annul the declaration and its consequences if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have paid or caused to be paid or deposited with the trustee an amount sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest on the series of debt securities and the principal of and premium, if any, on the series of debt securities that have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on the principal and premium, if any, and, to the
extent that a payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate expressed in the series of debt securities to the date of such payment or deposit); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any and all Events of Default under the indenture with respect to that series, other than the nonpayment of
principal on the series of debt securities that shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, has been remedied or waived as provided in the indenture. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The trustee is not required to take any action under the indenture at the request of any holders unless the holders offer the trustee
protection from losses, expenses and liability (called an &#8220;indemnity&#8221;). If indemnity satisfactory to the trustee is provided, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the affected series may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any lawsuit or other formal legal action seeking any remedy or exercising any other trust or power available to the trustee. Subject to certain exceptions contained in the indenture, these majority
holders may also direct the trustee in performing any other action under the indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Before you bypass the trustee and bring your own
lawsuit or other formal legal action or take other steps to enforce your rights or protect your interests relating to the notes, the following must occur: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">you must give the trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the holders of 25% in principal amount of all outstanding notes of the affected series must make a written
request that the trustee take action because of the Event of Default, and must offer reasonable indemnity to the trustee against the costs, expenses and other liabilities of taking that action; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the trustee must have failed to take action for 60 days after receipt of the above notice and offer of indemnity
and during such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">60-day</FONT> period, the trustee has not received a contrary instruction from holders of a majority in principal amount of all outstanding notes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, you are entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money due on your notes on or after the due date of that payment.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will furnish to the trustee every year a written statement of two of our officers certifying that to their knowledge we are in
compliance with the indenture and the notes, or else specifying any default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Defeasance </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Full Defeasance.</I></B><I> </I>We can legally release ourselves from any payment or other obligations on the debt securities of any series (called
&#8220;full defeasance&#8221;) if the following conditions are met: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deposit in trust for your benefit and the benefit of all other beneficial owners of the debt securities of the
same series a combination of money and U.S. government or U.S. government agency notes or bonds that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal, any premium and any other payments on the debt securities of that series on their various due
dates; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">there is a change in current U.S. federal tax law or an Internal Revenue Service ruling that lets us make the
above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and instead repaid the debt securities ourselves when due. Under current U.S. federal tax law, the deposit and our legal release
from the debt securities would be treated as though we took back your debt securities and gave you your share of the cash and debt securities or bonds deposited in trust. In that event, you could recognize gain or loss on the debt securities you
give back to us; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming the tax law change or ruling described above;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee an officer&#8217;s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been fulfilled; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
become an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on the date of the deposit. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we accomplished a full
defeasance, as described above, you would have to rely solely on the trust deposit for repayment of the debt securities. You could not look to us for repayment in the event of any shortfall. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, even if we make the deposit in trust and deliver an opinion as discussed above, a number of our obligations relating to the debt
securities will remain. These include our obligations: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to register the transfer and exchange of debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to maintain paying agencies; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to hold money for payment in trust. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Covenant Defeasance</I></B><I>. </I>Even absent a change to current U.S. federal tax law, we can make the same type of deposit described above and be
released from some of the covenants on the debt securities of any series. This is called &#8220;covenant defeasance.&#8221; In that event, you would lose the protection of those covenants but would gain the protection of having money and securities
set aside in trust to repay the debt securities. In order to achieve covenant defeasance, the following conditions must be met: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deposit in trust for your benefit and the benefit of all other beneficial owners of the debt securities of the
same series a combination of money and U.S. government or U.S. government agency notes or bonds that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal, any premium and any other payments on the debt securities of that series on their various due
dates; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming that under current U.S. federal income tax
law we may make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and instead repaid the debt securities ourselves when due; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee an officer&#8217;s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been fulfilled; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
become an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on the date of the deposit. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we accomplish covenant
defeasance, you can still look to us for repayment of the debt securities if there were a shortfall in the trust deposit. In fact, if one of the Events of Default occurred (such as our bankruptcy) and the debt securities become immediately due and
payable, there may be such a shortfall. Depending on the event causing the default, you may not be able to obtain payment of the shortfall. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Book-Entry; Delivery and Form </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will be issued in registered, global form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Notes will be issued at the closing of this offering only against payment in immediately available funds. The notes initially will be represented by notes in registered, global form without interest coupons (the &#8220;Global Notes&#8221;). The
Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of DTC&#8217;s nominee, Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described
below. Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may be held through Euroclear and Clearstream (as indirect participants in DTC). Beneficial interests
in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form (&#8220;Certificated Notes&#8221;) except in the limited circumstances described below. See &#8220;&#8212; Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes.&#8221; Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Clearstream), which may change from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will issue certificated notes to each person that DTC identifies as the beneficial owner of the notes represented by a Global Note upon
surrender by DTC of the Global Note if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">DTC notifies us that it is no longer willing or able to act as a depositary for such Global Note or ceases to be
a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and we have not appointed a successor depositary within 90 days of that notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered or willing or able to act as a depositary;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an event of default has occurred and is continuing, and DTC requests the issuance of Certificated Notes; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we determine not to have the notes represented by Global Notes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global Notes will be in registered form,
registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Depository Procedures </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
following description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are
subject to changes by them. We take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively,
the &#8220;Participants&#8221;) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between the Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include securities
brokers and dealers (including the underwriters), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC&#8217;s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies
that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the &#8220;Indirect Participants&#8221;). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf
of DTC only through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect
Participants. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has also advised us that, pursuant to procedures established by it: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of the Participants designated by the underwriters
with portions of the principal amount of the Global Notes; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these
interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interest in the Global Notes).
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors in the Global Notes who are Participants may hold their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in
the Global Notes who are not Participants may hold their interests therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) that are Participants in such system. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests in the Global Notes
on behalf of their participants through customers&#8217; securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositories, which are Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system, and Clearstream Banking S.A.
All interests in a Global Note, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such systems. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the
ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of the Participants, which in turn act on behalf of the Indirect Participants, the ability of a person
having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such
interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as described above, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not have notes registered in their names,
will not receive physical delivery of notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or &#8220;Holders&#8221; thereof under the indenture for any purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on a Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will
be payable to DTC in its capacity as the registered holder of the notes under the indenture. Under the terms of the indenture, we and the trustee will treat the persons in whose names the notes, including the Global Notes, are registered as the
owners of the notes for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither we, the trustee nor any of our or the trustee&#8217;s agents has or will have any responsibility or liability for: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any aspect of DTC&#8217;s records or any Participant&#8217;s or Indirect Participant&#8217;s records relating to,
or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC&#8217;s records or any Participant&#8217;s or Indirect Participant&#8217;s records relating to the beneficial
ownership interests in the Global Notes; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect
Participants. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has advised us that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such
as the notes, is to credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant is credited with an amount
proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of notes will be governed
by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the trustee or Applied. Neither
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we nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of the Participants or the Indirect Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the notes, and we and the trustee may
conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Transfers between the
Participants will be effected in accordance with DTC&#8217;s procedures and will be settled in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds, and transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be effected in accordance
with their respective rules and operating procedures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cross-market transfers between the Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and
Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC&#8217;s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will
require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the
relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not
deliver instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream. DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of notes only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has
credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default
under the notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for Certificated Notes, and to distribute such notes to the Participants. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among
participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any time. None of we, the trustee or any of our or their respective agents will
have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a discussion of the U.S. tax considerations applicable to the notes, please review the section entitled &#8220;Certain U.S. Federal Income
Tax Considerations&#8221; in the accompanying prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes will not be issued with more than <I>de minimis </I>original issue
discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes and accordingly will not be subject to the special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to original issue discount securities. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the terms and conditions contained in an underwriting agreement dated as of the date of this prospectus supplement between us and
the underwriters named below, for whom Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. are acting as representatives, we have agreed to sell to each underwriter, and each underwriter has severally and not
jointly agreed to purchase from us, the principal amount of notes that appears opposite its name in the table below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MUFG Securities Americas Inc.</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriters are offering the notes subject to their acceptance of the notes from us and subject to prior
sale. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the notes offered by this prospectus supplement are subject to certain conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take
and pay for all of the notes offered by this prospectus supplement if any such notes are taken. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The underwriters initially propose to
offer the notes to the public at the applicable public offering price that appears on the cover page of this prospectus supplement. In addition, the underwriters initially propose to offer the notes to certain dealers at prices that represent a
concession not in excess of &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% of the principal amount of the 20 notes and&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195; notes. Any underwriter may allow, and any such dealer may reallow, a
concession not in excess of &#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195; notes and&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;% of the principal amount of the 20&#8195; notes to certain other dealers. After the initial offering of the
notes, the underwriters may from time to time vary the offering prices and other selling terms. The underwriters may offer and sell notes through certain of their affiliates. The offering of the notes by the underwriters is subject to receipt and
acceptance and subject to the underwriters&#8217; right to reject any order in whole or in part. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table shows the
underwriting discounts that we will pay to the underwriters in connection with the offering of the notes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Expenses associated with this offering to be paid by us, other than underwriting discounts, are estimated to
be approximately $&#8195;&#8195;million. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have also agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments which the underwriters may be required to make in respect of any such liabilities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are a new issue of securities, and there is currently no established trading market for the notes. We do not intend to apply for the
notes to be listed on any securities exchange or to arrange for the notes to be quoted on any quotation system. The underwriters have advised us that they intend to make a market in the notes, </P>
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but they are not obligated to do so. The underwriters may discontinue any market making in the notes at any time at their sole discretion. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that a liquid trading
market will develop for the notes, that you will be able to sell your notes at a particular time or that the prices you receive when you sell will be favorable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the offering of the notes, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the
prices of the notes. Specifically, the underwriters may overallot in connection with the offering of the notes, creating syndicate short positions. In addition, the underwriters may bid for and purchase notes in the open market to cover syndicate
short positions or to stabilize the prices of the notes. 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. Finally, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed for distributing the notes in the
offering of the notes, if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed notes in syndicate covering transactions, stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities, as well as other purchases by the underwriters for their own
accounts, may stabilize or maintain the market prices of the notes above independent market levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in any of these activities, and may end any of them at any time. These transactions may be effected in
the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is expected
that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;, 2025, which is the third business day following the date hereof (such settlement cycle being referred to as &#8220;T+3&#8221;). Under Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15c6-1</FONT> under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to
trade notes prior to the first business day preceding settlement will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+3, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed
settlement and should consult their own advisors in this regard. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. From time to
time in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in and may in the future engage in commercial banking, derivatives and/or financial advisory, investment banking and other
commercial transactions and services with us and our affiliates for which they have received or will receive customary fees and commissions. Certain of the underwriters or their affiliates who have a lending relationship with us routinely 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, potentially including the notes offered hereby. Any such credit default swaps or short positions could adversely affect future trading prices of the notes offered hereby. In addition,
affiliates of some or all of the underwriters are lenders, agents and/or joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners under our revolving credit agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array
of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short
positions in such securities and instruments. Such investment and securities activities may involve our securities and instruments. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conflicts of
Interest </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain of the underwriters and/or their respective affiliates may hold positions in our 3.900% Senior Notes due
October&nbsp;1, 2025 and therefore, as a result of our intended use of a portion of the net proceeds from this </P>
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offering to repay such notes at maturity, such underwriters and/or their respective affiliates may receive more than 5% of the net proceeds from this offering. Accordingly, this offering is being
conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. The appointment of a &#8220;qualified independent underwriter&#8221; is not necessary in connection with this offering as the notes offered hereby are investment grade-rated securities.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Selling Restrictions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to Prospective
Investors in Canada </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are
accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">45-106</FONT> Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">31-103</FONT> 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser
with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contain 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&#8217;s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser&#8217;s province or territory for
particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">33-105</FONT> Underwriting Conflicts (NI <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">33-105),</FONT> the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">33-105</FONT>
regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to Prospective Investors in the European Economic Area
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made
available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (the &#8220;EEA&#8221;). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i)&nbsp;a retail client as defined in point (11)&nbsp;of Article 4(1) of Directive
2014/65/EU (as amended, &#8220;MiFID II&#8221;); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the &#8220;Insurance Distribution Directive&#8221;), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined
in point (10)&nbsp;of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii)&nbsp;not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended, the &#8220;Prospectus Regulation&#8221;). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation
(EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the &#8220;PRIIPs Regulation&#8221;) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making
them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to Prospective Investors in the United Kingdom
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made
available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom (the &#8220;UK&#8221;). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i)&nbsp;a retail client, as defined in point (8)&nbsp;of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No
2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the &#8220;EUWA&#8221;); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the
&#8220;FSMA&#8221;) and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8)&nbsp;of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as
it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (iii)&nbsp;not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by </P>
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virtue of the EUWA (the &#8220;UK Prospectus Regulation&#8221;). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of
the EUWA (the &#8220;UK PRIIPs Regulation&#8221;) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to
any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to Prospective Investors in Hong Kong </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i)&nbsp;to
&#8220;professional investors&#8221; within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the &#8220;SFO&#8221;) and any rules made thereunder; or (ii)&nbsp;in other circumstances which do not result in the document
being a &#8220;prospectus&#8221; within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong (the &#8220;C(WUMP)O&#8221;) or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the
C(WUMP)O; and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the notes has been or will be issued or has been or will 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 securities 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 &#8220;professional investors&#8221; within the meaning of the SFO and any rules made thereunder.Notice to Prospective Investors in Japan </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the &#8220;Financial Instruments
and Exchange Law&#8221;), 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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-offering</FONT> 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to Prospective Investors in Singapore </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus have not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Accordingly, the notes may not be offered or sold, or made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, nor may this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or
sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase of the notes be circulated, whether directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other than (i)&nbsp;to an institutional investor (as defined in Section&nbsp;4A of the Securities and Futures Act
2001 of Singapore, as modified or amended from time to time (the &#8220;SFA&#8221;)) pursuant to Section&nbsp;274 of the SFA or (ii)&nbsp;to an accredited investor (as defined in Section&nbsp;4A of the SFA) pursuant to and in accordance with the
conditions specified in Section&nbsp;275 of the SFA. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to Prospective Investors in Switzerland </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not intended to constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase or invest in the
notes. The notes may not be publicly offered, directly or indirectly, in Switzerland within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act (the &#8220;FinSA&#8221;) and no application has or will be made to admit the notes to trading on any trading
venue (exchange or multilateral trading facility) in Switzerland. Neither this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the notes constitutes a prospectus pursuant to the FinSA,
and neither this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the notes may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain legal matters in connection with the notes will be passed upon for Applied by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C., Palo
Alto, California. The underwriters have been represented by Davis Polk&nbsp;
&amp; Wardwell LLP, Redwood City, California. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_12"></A>EXPERTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The consolidated financial statements of Applied Materials, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of October&nbsp;27, 2024 and October&nbsp;29, 2023,
and for each of the years in the three-year period ended October&nbsp;27, 2024, and management&#8217;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October&nbsp;27, 2024 have been incorporated by reference
herein and in the registration statement in reliance on the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the
public over the Internet at the SEC&#8217;s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC are also available on our website at www.appliedmaterials.com. Except for the documents specifically incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, information accessible on or through our website is not incorporated into, and does not form a part of, this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Statements in this prospectus supplement concerning any document we filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or that we otherwise
filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified by reference to those filings. You should review the complete document to evaluate these statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="supptx910839_14"></A>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference much of the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. Because we are incorporating by reference future filings with the SEC, this prospectus supplement is continually updated and those future filings may modify or supersede some of the information included or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus supplement or in any document previously incorporated by
reference have been modified or superseded. This prospectus supplement incorporates by reference the documents listed below (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-06920)</FONT> and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus supplement and prior to the time that we sell all of the securities offered by this prospectus supplement, except that we are not incorporating any information included
in a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that has been or will be furnished (and not filed) with the SEC, unless the information is expressly incorporated herein: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000044/amat-20241027.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;
27, 2024, including the information specifically incorporated by reference into the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> from our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312525010409/d885312ddef14a.htm">definitive
 proxy statement</A> for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarters ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695125000011/amat-20250126.htm">January&nbsp;26,
 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695125000024/amat-20250427.htm">April&nbsp;
27, 2025</A>., and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695125000037/amat-20250727.htm">July&nbsp;27, 2025</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000006951/000119312525039328/d830912d8k.htm">February&nbsp;27,
 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000006951/000119312525050933/d890619d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
10, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000006951/000119312525080269/d939298d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
14, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000006951/000119312525162237/d65774d8k.htm">July&nbsp;
22, 2025</A> (with respect to Item 5.02 only) and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312525202820/d943815d8k.htm">September&nbsp;15, 2025</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of these filings are available to you without charge upon your written or oral request. You can obtain the documents incorporated by
reference in this prospectus supplement through the SEC website at www.sec.gov or by requesting them from Applied at the following address: Applied Materials, Inc., 3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, CA 95052-8039, Attn: Investor
Relations, or by telephone at (408) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">748-5227.</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Applied Materials, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Debt Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may issue securities from time to time in one or more offerings. This prospectus describes the general terms of these securities and the
general manner in which these securities will be offered. We will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. The prospectus supplements will also describe the specific manner in which these securities will be
offered and may also supplement, update or amend information contained in this document. You should read this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement before you invest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may offer these securities in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. The securities may be sold directly to
you, through agents, or through underwriters and dealers. If agents, underwriters or dealers are used to sell the securities, we will name them and describe their compensation in a prospectus supplement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Investing in these securities involves certain risks. See &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; included in or incorporated by reference into any
accompanying prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to purchase these securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>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. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The date of this prospectus is May&nbsp;23, 2024 </B></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>We are responsible for the information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any
prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. We have not authorized anyone to give you any other information, and we take no responsibility for any other information that others may give you. We are not
making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as
of any date other than the date of the document containing the information. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the SEC,
utilizing a &#8220;shelf&#8221; registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may from time to time sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide one or
more prospectus supplements that will contain specific information about the terms of the offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information, including information about us, contained in this prospectus. Any statement
that we make in this prospectus will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a prospectus supplement. Therefore, before making your investment decision, you should carefully read both this prospectus and any
accompanying prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the headings &#8220;Where You Can Find More Information&#8221; and &#8220;Incorporation by Reference.&#8221; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the context otherwise indicates, references in this prospectus to &#8220;Applied,&#8221; &#8220;the Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221;
&#8220;our&#8221; and &#8220;us&#8221; refer, collectively, to Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx910839_2"></A>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the
public over the Internet at the SEC&#8217;s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC are also available on our website at www.appliedmaterials.com. Information accessible on or through our website is not
a part of this prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. This prospectus omits some
information contained in the registration statement in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. You should review the information and exhibits in the registration statement for further information on us and our consolidated subsidiaries and the
securities we are offering. Statements in this prospectus concerning any document we filed as an exhibit to the registration statement or that we otherwise filed with the SEC are not intended to be comprehensive and are qualified by reference to
these filings. You should review the complete document to evaluate these statements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx910839_3"></A>INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference much of the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can
disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus. Because we are incorporating by reference
future filings with the SEC, this prospectus is continually updated and those future filings may modify or supersede some of the information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC
filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus or in any document previously incorporated by reference have been modified or superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents
listed below <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;000-06920)&nbsp;and</FONT> any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
until the offering of the securities under the registration statement is terminated or completed, except that we are not incorporating any information included in a Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K&nbsp;that</FONT>
has been or will be furnished (and not filed) with the SEC, unless the information is expressly incorporated herein: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695123000041/amat-20231029.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;29, 2023, including the information specifically incorporated by reference into the&nbsp;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K&nbsp;
from</FONT> our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312524014287/d633899ddef14a.htm">definitive proxy statement </A>for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarters ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000012/amat-20240128.htm">January<U></U>&nbsp;
28, 2024</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000022/amat-20240428.htm">April&nbsp;28, 2024</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312523293900/d601728d8k.htm">December
<U></U>&nbsp;13, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312524053557/d800019d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
29, 2024</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312524064870/d764022d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;11, 2024</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of these filings are available to you without charge upon your written or oral request. You can obtain the documents incorporated by
reference in this document through the SEC website at www.sec.gov, by going to our Investor Relations page on our corporate web site at www.appliedmaterials.com, or by requesting them from us at the following address: Applied Materials, Inc., 3050
Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, CA 95052-8039, Attn: Investor Relations, or by telephone <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">at&nbsp;1-408-748-5227.</FONT></FONT></FONT>
Information contained in or accessible through our website is not part of or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx910839_4"></A>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus include &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements may contain words such as &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221;
&#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;potential&#8221; and &#8220;continue,&#8221; the negative of
these terms, or other comparable terminology. These statements and their underlying assumptions are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus, and we assume no obligation to update them. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Important factors
that could cause our results to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements are included in our Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K,&nbsp;Quarterly</FONT> Reports on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q,&nbsp;any</FONT> other documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any related prospectus supplement. These and many other factors could affect Applied&#8217;s future financial condition
and operating results and could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations based on forward-looking statements made in this document or elsewhere by Applied or on its behalf. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx910839_5"></A>OUR BUSINESS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applied provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. Applied&#8217;s
customers include manufacturers of semiconductor chips, liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, and other electronic devices. These customers may use what they manufacture in their own end products or sell the items to other
companies for use in electronic products. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporated in 1967, Applied is a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive offices are located at 3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039,
Santa Clara, California 95052-8039 and our telephone number is <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(408)&nbsp;727-5555.</FONT> We maintain a website at www.appliedmaterials.com. Information contained in or accessible through our website is not part of
or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities offered under this prospectus for general corporate purposes unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. General corporate purposes may include, but are not limited to, working capital, capital expenditures, the repayment and refinancing of debt, the acquisition of companies, businesses or
technology assets, stock repurchases and the payment of dividends. We intend to temporarily invest the net proceeds until they are used for their intended purpose. We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used specifically for any of
these purposes. As a result, management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may offer debt securities, which may be senior or subordinated. We refer to the senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities
collectively as debt securities. The following description summarizes the general terms and provisions of the debt securities. We will describe the specific terms of the debt securities and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions
summarized below apply to any series of debt securities in the prospectus supplement relating to the series and any applicable free writing prospectus that we authorize to be delivered. When we refer to &#8220;the Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221;
&#8220;our,&#8221; and &#8220;us&#8221; in this section, we mean Applied Materials, Inc. excluding our subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires or as otherwise expressly stated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may issue senior debt securities from time to time, in one or more series under a senior indenture to be entered into between us and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., which we refer to as the senior trustee. We may issue subordinated debt securities from time to time, in one or more series under a subordinated indenture to be entered into between us and a subordinated
trustee to be named in a prospectus supplement, which we refer to as the subordinated trustee. The senior indenture and the form of the subordinated indenture are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
Together, the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are referred to as the indentures and, together, the senior trustee and the subordinated trustee are referred to as the trustees. This prospectus briefly outlines some of the provisions
of the indentures. The following summary of the material provisions of the indentures is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the indentures, including definitions of certain terms used in the indentures. Wherever we refer to particular
sections of or defined terms in the indentures, those sections or defined terms are incorporated by reference in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement. You should review the indentures that are filed as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part for additional information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None of the indentures will limit the amount of debt
securities that we may issue. The applicable indenture will provide that debt securities may be issued up to an aggregate principal amount authorized from time to time by us and may be payable in any currency or currency unit designated by us in the
applicable indenture or in amounts determined by reference to an index. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior debt securities will constitute our unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations and will rank pari passu with our other
unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The subordinated debt securities will constitute our unsecured and subordinated general obligations and will be junior in right of payment to our senior indebtedness (including senior debt securities), as
described under the heading &#8220;&#8212;Certain Terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities&#8212;Subordination.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The debt
securities will be our unsecured obligations. Any secured debt or other secured obligations will be effectively senior to the debt securities to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt or other obligations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The applicable prospectus supplement and/or free writing prospectus will include any additional or different terms of the debt securities
being offered, including the following terms: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the title of the debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether the debt securities will be senior or subordinated debt securities, and, with respect to debt securities
issued under the subordinated indenture, the terms on which they are subordinated; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the debt securities is payable;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the debt securities will bear interest, or the manner
of calculating such rate or rates, if applicable; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">-6- </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest will be
payable or the manner of determination of such interest payment dates and the related record dates; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any trustees, authenticating agents or paying agents, if different from those set forth in this prospectus;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods or defer the payment of interest and the duration of
that extension or deferral; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which debt
securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the manner of paying principal and interest and the place or places where principal and interest will be payable;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our obligation, if any, to redeem, purchase or repay debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions as at the option of a holder thereof; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the form of the debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if other than denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in
which the debt securities will be issuable; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the debt
securities will be payable; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of the debt securities will not be determinable as of any
one or more dates prior to such stated maturity, the amount that will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the terms of any repurchase or remarketing rights; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether the debt securities will be issued in global form, the terms upon which the debt securities will be
exchanged for definitive form, the depositary for the debt securities and the form of legend; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any conversion or exchange features of the debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities that shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any restrictive covenants or events of default in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this prospectus;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any provisions granting special rights to holders when a specified event occurs; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the amount of principal or any premium or interest on the debt securities may be determined with reference to
an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any special tax implications of the debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether and upon what terms the debt securities may be defeased if different from the provisions set forth in
this prospectus; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">with regard to the debt securities that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the
applicable trustee; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any additional, eliminated or changed terms that will apply to the debt securities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of any series of debt securities, create and issue further debt
securities of any such series ranking equally with the debt securities of such series in all respects (or in all respects other than (1)&nbsp;the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further debt securities or (2)&nbsp;the
first payment of interest following the issue date of such further debt securities). </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">-7- </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Such further debt securities may be consolidated and form a single series with the debt
securities of such series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the debt securities of such series. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may
present debt securities for exchange or transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the restrictions set forth in the debt securities and the applicable prospectus supplement. We will provide you those services without charge, although you
may have to pay any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with any exchange or transfer, as set forth in the indentures. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Debt securities will bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. Debt securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the
time of issuance is below the prevailing market rate (called original issue discount securities) may be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. Any U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to such discounted debt securities
or to certain debt securities issued at par that are treated as having been issued at a discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, to the extent not already discussed below under
&#8220;Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may issue debt securities with the principal amount payable on any
principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by reference to one or more currency exchange rates, securities or baskets of securities, commodity prices or indices. You may receive a payment
of principal on any principal payment date, or a payment of interest on any interest payment date, that is greater than or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on those dates, depending on the value on those dates of the
applicable currency, security or basket of securities, commodity or index. Information as to the methods for determining the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, the currencies, securities or baskets of securities, commodities or
indices to which the amount payable on such date is linked and certain related tax considerations will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Certain Terms of the Senior Debt Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Certain Covenants </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Limitation on Liens</I>. We will not, and will not permit any of our subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause to become
effective any Lien (other than permitted Liens) on any Principal Property or upon shares of stock of any Principal Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property or shares are now existing or owned or hereafter created or acquired), to secure any
indebtedness of ours, any of our subsidiaries or any indebtedness of any other Person, unless we or such subsidiary also secures all payments due under the senior debt securities and all senior debt securities of any series having the benefit of
this covenant (together with, if we shall so determine, any other indebtedness of ours or any subsidiary of ours then existing or thereafter created ranking equally with the senior debt securities), on an equal and ratable basis with such other
indebtedness so secured (or, in the case of indebtedness subordinated to the senior debt securities, prior or senior thereto, with the same relative priority as the senior debt securities issued pursuant to the senior indenture will have with
respect to such subordinated indebtedness) for so long as such other indebtedness shall be so secured. The senior indenture contains the following exceptions to the foregoing prohibition: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Liens existing on the date when we first issue the senior debt securities pursuant to the senior indenture; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Liens on property owned or leased by a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with us or any
subsidiary of ours or we or one or more of our subsidiaries acquires directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the stock or assets of such Person; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger,
consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into, consolidated with or acquired by us or such subsidiary and any improvements thereon or thereto; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by us or any subsidiary of ours, provided that such Liens were in existence
prior to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to any property other than the property so acquired by us or such subsidiary and any improvements thereon or thereto; </P>
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after the later of the acquisition of any property and the completion of the construction, alteration, repair or improvement of any property, as the case may be, for the purpose of financing all or a part of the purchase price thereof or cost of the
construction, alteration, repair or improvement thereof and Liens to the extent they secure indebtedness in excess of such purchase price or cost and for the payment of which recourse may be had only against such property; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Liens in favor of the United States or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), or any department,
agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to
secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such Liens; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) any Lien securing indebtedness of a subsidiary owing to us or to one or more of our subsidiaries; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Liens imposed by law, for example mechanics&#8217;, workmen&#8217;s, repairmen&#8217;s or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business; pledges or deposits under workmen&#8217;s compensation or similar legislation or in certain other circumstances; Liens in connection with legal proceedings; and Liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not
yet due or delinquent, or which can thereafter be paid without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Liens created, incurred or assumed in connection with an industrial revenue bond, pollution control bond or similar financing between us
or any subsidiary of ours and any federal, state or municipal government or other government body or quasi-governmental agency; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) any
extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in clauses&nbsp;(a) through (h)&nbsp;above, inclusive, so long as (1)&nbsp;the principal amount of the indebtedness
secured thereby does not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of the extension, renewal or replacement (except that, where an additional principal amount of indebtedness is incurred to provide funds for the completion
of a specific project, the additional principal amount, and any related financing costs, may be secured by the Lien as well) and (2)&nbsp;the Lien is limited to the same property subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (and improvements
on the property);&nbsp;and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) any Lien on a Principal Property or the shares of stock of a Principal Subsidiary that would not otherwise
be permitted by clauses&nbsp;(a) through (i)&nbsp;above, inclusive, securing indebtedness which, together with: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other indebtedness of us and our subsidiaries secured by Liens
on a Principal Property or the shares of stock of a Principal Subsidiary that is permitted solely pursuant to this clause (j), and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the aggregate Value of existing Sale and Leaseback Transactions that are permitted solely pursuant to clause
(c)&nbsp;of &#8220;Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions&#8221; and are still in existence, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">does not exceed 15% of our
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order to constitute a &#8220;Principal Property&#8221; under the senior indenture, a property must
have a book value in excess of 1% of our most recently calculated Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Limitation on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions</I>. We will not, and will not permit any of our subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Principal Property unless: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) we or such subsidiary could incur indebtedness, in a principal amount at least equal to the Value of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction,
secured by a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased (without equally and ratably securing debt securities of any series having the benefit of this covenant) pursuant to clauses&nbsp;(a) through (i)&nbsp;under &#8220;&#8212;Limitations on
Liens&#8221; above; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) we or such subsidiary apply, within 270 days of the effective date of the Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, an amount equal to the Value of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction to either (or a combination of) the voluntary retirement of Funded Debt or to the acquisition of property;&nbsp;or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) the aggregate Value of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction plus the Value of all other Sale and Leaseback Transactions of Principal
Properties entered into after the date of the issuance of the senior debt securities permitted solely by this clause&nbsp;(c) and still in existence, plus the aggregate amount of all indebtedness secured by Liens permitted solely by clause&nbsp;(j)
of &#8220;Limitation on Liens&#8221; does not exceed 15% of our Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Certain Other Covenants</I>. The
senior indenture will contain certain other covenants regarding, among other matters, corporate existence and reports to holders of senior debt securities. Unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement, the senior debt securities will not
contain any additional financial or restrictive covenants, including covenants relating to total indebtedness, interest coverage, stock repurchases, recapitalizations, dividends and distributions to shareholders or current ratios. The provisions of
the senior indenture do not afford holders of senior debt securities issued thereunder protection in the event of a sudden or significant decline in our credit quality or in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or highly leveraged or similar
transaction involving us or any of our affiliates that may adversely affect such holders except to the extent set forth therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets</I>. Unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we will not consolidate with, merge
with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our and our subsidiaries&#8217; property and assets taken as a whole (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to any Person, or permit
any Person to merge with or into us, unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than us) formed by such consolidation or into which we
are merged or that acquired or leased such property and assets (the &#8220;Surviving Person&#8221;), shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof, and shall expressly
assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the senior trustee, all of our obligations under the senior indenture and the senior debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default (each as defined in the
senior indenture) shall have occurred and be continuing; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in cases where we are not the continuing Person, we deliver to the senior trustee an officer&#8217;s certificate
and opinion of counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions precedent provided for in the indenture or any applicable supplemental
indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The restrictions in the second bullet shall not be applicable to: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the merger or consolidation of us with an affiliate of ours if our board of directors determines in good faith
that the purpose of such transaction is principally to change our state of incorporation or convert our form of organization to another form; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the merger of us with or into a single direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ours pursuant to
Section&nbsp;251(g) (or any successor provision) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (or similar provision of our state of incorporation). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Surviving Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, us under the senior indenture and the senior debt securities and, except in the case of a lease,
we shall be released of all obligations under the senior indenture and the senior debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>No Protection in the Event of a
Change of Control</I>. Unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement with respect to a particular series of senior debt securities, the senior debt securities will not contain any </P>
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provisions that may afford holders of the senior debt securities protection in the event we have a change of control or in the event of a highly leveraged transaction (whether or not such
transaction results in a change of control). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Definition of Certain Terms</I>. The following are the meanings of terms that are
important in understanding the covenants described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Capital Lease Obligation&#8221; means, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with U.S. GAAP. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Consolidated Net Tangible Assets&#8221; means, at any date, the total assets less (a)&nbsp;all current liabilities (excluding any notes
and loans payable, current maturities of long-term debt, the current portion of deferred revenue and obligations under capital leases) and (b)&nbsp;Intangible Assets, all as shown on or reflected in our most recent consolidated balance sheet
prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Funded Debt&#8221; means, as of any date of determination, our indebtedness or the
indebtedness of a subsidiary maturing by its terms more than one year after its creation and indebtedness classified as long-term debt under U.S.&nbsp;GAAP and in each case ranking at least<I>&nbsp;pari passu</I><I></I>&nbsp;with the senior debt
securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;indebtedness&#8221; means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) in respect of borrowed money; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof);&nbsp;and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) in respect of Capital Lease Obligations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the term &#8220;indebtedness&#8221; includes (x)&nbsp;all indebtedness (as defined above) of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person),<I>&nbsp;provided</I><I></I>&nbsp;that the amount of such indebtedness will be the lesser of (A)&nbsp;the fair market value of such asset at such date of
determination and (B)&nbsp;the amount of such indebtedness, and (y)&nbsp;to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness (as defined above) of any other Person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Intangible Assets&#8221; means the value (net of applicable reserves) of (i)&nbsp;all trade names, trademarks, trade secrets, licenses,
patents, copyrights and goodwill; (ii)&nbsp;organizational and development costs; (iii)&nbsp;deferred charges (other than prepaid items such as insurance, taxes, interest, commissions, rents and similar items and tangible assets being amortized);
and (iv)&nbsp;unamortized debt discount and expenses, less unamortized premium. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Lien&#8221; means, with respect to any asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Original Issue Discount Security&#8221; means any debt security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount
thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof pursuant to the senior indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Person&#8221; means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, joint-stock company,
association, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision of a government or governmental agency provided, however, for purposes of &#8220;&#8212;Certain Covenants&#8212;Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Assets,&#8221; &#8220;Person&#8221; shall not include any individual, joint venture, association, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Principal Property&#8221; means any single parcel of real property or any permanent
improvement thereon (i)&nbsp;owned by us or any of our subsidiaries located in the United States, including our principal corporate office, any manufacturing facility or plant or any portion thereof and (ii)&nbsp;having a book value, as of the date
of determination, in excess of 1% of our most recently calculated Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Principal Property does not include any property that our board of directors has determined not to be of material importance to the business
conducted by our subsidiaries and us, taken as a whole. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Principal Subsidiary&#8221; means any direct or indirect subsidiary of
ours that owns a Principal Property. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Sale and Leaseback Transaction&#8221; means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by us or any of our subsidiaries of any Principal Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by us or such subsidiary to such Person, excluding (1)&nbsp;leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not
more than three years, and (2)&nbsp;leases between us and any of our subsidiaries or between our subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;U.S. GAAP&#8221;
means United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which
are in effect from time to time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Value&#8221; means, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, an amount equal to the net
present value of the lease payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) with respect to the term of
the lease remaining on the date as of which the amount is being determined, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease, discounted at the weighted average interest rate on the debt securities of all series (including
the yield to maturity on any Original Issue Discount Securities) which are outstanding on the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Events of Default </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior indenture defines an Event of Default with respect to any series of senior debt securities issued pursuant to the senior indenture.
Events of Default on the senior debt securities are any of the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">default for 30 days in the payment of interest on senior debt securities when due; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">failure by us to observe or perform any other term of the senior indenture (other than those referred to in the
two bullets above) for a period of 90 days after we receive a notice of default stating we are in breach. The notice must be sent by either the senior trustee or holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the senior debt securities of
the affected series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any other Event of Default provided for in such series of senior debt securities as may be specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An Event of Default under one series of senior debt securities issued pursuant to the
senior indenture does not necessarily constitute an Event of Default under any other series of senior debt securities. The senior indenture provides that the senior trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any series of senior debt securities
issued thereunder of any default if the trustee in good faith determines it is in the interest of such holders to do so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Remedies If
an Event of Default Occurs</I>. The senior indenture provides that if an Event of Default has occurred with respect to a series of senior debt securities and has not been cured, the senior trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the senior debt securities of that series may declare the entire principal amount of all the senior debt securities of that series to be due and immediately payable. This is called a </P>
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declaration of acceleration of maturity. If an Event of Default occurs because of certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us, the principal amount of all the
senior debt securities will be automatically accelerated, without any action by the senior trustee or any holder. At any time after the principal of a series of senior debt securities has been declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the amount due has been obtained or entered for that series of senior debt securities as provided in the senior indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the senior debt securities of the
affected series may by written notice to us and the senior trustee may, on behalf of the holders of the senior debt securities of the affected series, rescind and annul the declaration and its consequences if: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have paid or caused to be paid or deposited with the senior trustee an amount sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest on the series of debt securities and the principal of and premium, if any, on the series of debt securities that have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on the principal and premium, if any, and, to the
extent that a payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate expressed in the series of debt securities to the date of such payment or deposit); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any and all Events of Default under the indenture with respect to that series, other than the nonpayment of
principal on the series of senior debt securities that shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, has been remedied or waived as provided in the senior indenture. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior trustee is not required to take any action under the senior indenture at the request of any holders unless the holders offer the
senior trustee protection from expenses and liability (called an &#8220;indemnity&#8221;). If indemnity satisfactory to the senior trustee is provided, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of the
affected series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any lawsuit or other formal legal action seeking any remedy available to the senior trustee. Subject to certain exceptions contained in the senior indenture, these majority holders
may also direct the senior trustee in performing any other action under the senior indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Before you bypass the senior trustee and
bring your own lawsuit or other formal legal action or take other steps to enforce your rights or protect your interests relating to the senior debt securities, the following must occur: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">you must give the senior trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all outstanding senior debt securities of the affected
series must make a written request that the senior trustee take action because of the Event of Default, and must offer reasonable indemnity to the senior trustee against the costs, expenses and other liabilities of taking that action; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the senior trustee must have failed to take action for 60 days after receipt of the above notice and offer of
indemnity and during <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">such&nbsp;60-day&nbsp;period,</FONT> the senior trustee has not received a contrary instruction from holders of a majority in principal amount of all outstanding senior debt securities.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, you are entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money due on your senior debt securities on
or after the due date of that payment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will furnish to the senior trustee every year a written statement of two of our officers
certifying that to their knowledge we are in compliance with the senior indenture and the senior debt securities, or else specifying any default. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Satisfaction and Discharge </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior indenture will cease to be of further effect and the senior trustee, upon our demand and at our expense, will execute such
instruments as we reasonably request acknowledging the satisfaction and discharge of the senior indenture upon compliance with certain conditions, including: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) either </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our having delivered to the senior trustee for cancellation all senior debt securities theretofore authenticated
under the senior indenture; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all senior debt securities of any series outstanding under the senior indenture not theretofore delivered to the
senior trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year and we shall have deposited with the senior trustee sufficient cash or U.S. government or U.S. government agency notes
or bonds that will generate enough cash to pay, at maturity or upon redemption, all such senior debt securities of any series outstanding under the senior indenture; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) our having paid all other sums payable by us under the senior indenture, as and when the same shall be due and payable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In both (1) and (2)&nbsp;we shall have delivered to the senior trustee an officer&#8217;s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating
that all conditions relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture have been satisfied. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under current U.S. federal tax law,
the deposit and our legal release from the senior debt securities would be treated as though we took back your senior debt securities and gave you your share of the cash and senior debt securities or bonds deposited in trust. In that event, you
could recognize gain or loss on the senior debt securities you give back to us. Purchasers of the senior debt securities should consult their own advisers with respect to the tax consequences to them of such deposit and discharge, including the
applicability and effect of tax laws other than the U.S. income tax law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Defeasance </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise, the following discussion of legal defeasance and discharge and covenant
defeasance will apply to any series of debt securities issued under the indentures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Full Defeasance</I>. We can legally release
ourselves from any payment or other obligations on the debt securities of any series (called &#8220;full defeasance&#8221;) if the following conditions are met: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deposit in trust for your benefit and the benefit of all other direct holders of the debt securities of the
same series a combination of money and U.S. government or U.S. government agency notes or bonds that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal, any premium and any other payments on the debt securities of that series on their various due
dates; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">there is a change in current U.S. federal tax law or an Internal Revenue Service (&#8220;IRS&#8221;) ruling that
lets us make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and instead repaid the debt securities ourselves when due. Under current U.S. federal tax law, the deposit and
our legal release from the debt securities would be treated as though we took back your debt securities and gave you your share of the cash and debt securities or bonds deposited in trust. In that event, you could recognize gain or loss on the debt
securities you give back to us; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming the tax law change or ruling described above;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee an officer&#8217;s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been fulfilled; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
become an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on the date of the deposit. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we accomplished a full
defeasance, as described above, you would have to rely solely on the trust deposit for repayment of the debt securities. You could not look to us for repayment in the event of any shortfall. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, even if we make the deposit in trust and deliver an opinion as discussed above, a number of our obligations relating to the debt
securities will remain. These include our obligations: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to register the transfer and exchange of debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to maintain paying agencies; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to hold money for payment in trust. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Covenant Defeasance</I>. Even absent a change to current U.S.&nbsp;federal tax law, we can make the same type of deposit described above
and be released from some of the covenants on the debt securities of any series. This is called &#8220;covenant defeasance.&#8221; In that event, you would lose the protection of those covenants but would gain the protection of having money and
securities set aside in trust to repay the debt securities. In order to achieve covenant defeasance, the following conditions must be met: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deposit in trust for your benefit and the benefit of all other direct holders of the debt securities of the
same series a combination of money and U.S.&nbsp;government or U.S.&nbsp;government agency notes or bonds that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal, any premium and any other payments on the debt securities of that series on their
various due dates; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming that under current U.S.&nbsp;federal income
tax law we may make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and instead repaid the debt securities ourselves when due; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we deliver to the trustee an officer&#8217;s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the defeasance have been fulfilled; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
become an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on the date of the deposit. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we accomplish covenant
defeasance, you can still look to us for repayment of the debt securities if there were a shortfall in the trust deposit. In fact, if one of the Events of Default occurred (such as our bankruptcy) and the debt securities become immediately due and
payable, there may be such a shortfall. Depending on the event causing the default, you may not be able to obtain payment of the shortfall. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Modification and Waiver </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are three types of changes we can make to the senior indenture and the senior debt securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Changes Requiring Approval of the Holder</I>. First, there are changes that cannot be made to the senior debt securities without specific
approval of the holder. The following is a list of those types of changes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">change the stated maturity of the principal or interest on any senior debt securities of such series;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce any amounts due on any senior debt securities of such series; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity or redemption of the senior debt
securities upon redemption, maturity, a change of control or following an Event of Default; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">change the place or currency of payment for the senior debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">change the terms of or waive any redemption provisions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">impair the holder&#8217;s right to sue for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the senior debt
securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the percentage in principal amount of the senior debt securities, the approval of whose holders is needed
to modify or amend the senior indenture or the senior debt securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the percentage in principal amount of the senior debt securities, the approval of whose holders is needed
to waive compliance with certain provisions of the senior indenture or to waive certain defaults; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">modify any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification and waiver of the senior indenture, except to
increase the percentage required for any modification or to provide that other provisions of the senior indenture may not be modified or waived without consent of the holder of each security of such series affected by the modification.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Changes Not Requiring Approval</I>. The second type of change does not require any vote by holders of the senior
debt securities. This type is limited to the following types of changes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">comply with covenants in the senior indenture regarding mergers and sales of assets; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">add to the covenants applicable to us, add any additional Events of Default or secure the senior debt securities;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">provide for the issuance of senior debt securities or issue additional senior debt securities of any series;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">evidence and provide for a successor senior trustee or a separate trustee for any series of securities and add to
or change the provisions of the senior indenture to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the senior indenture; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the senior indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the &#8220;Trust Indenture Act&#8221;). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We also do not need any approval to make
changes that affect only senior debt securities to be issued under the senior indenture after the changes take effect. We may also make changes or obtain waivers that do not adversely affect the senior debt securities, even if they affect other
senior debt securities issued under the senior indenture. In those cases, we need only obtain any required approvals from the holders of the affected senior debt securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Changes Requiring a Majority Vote</I>. Any other change to the senior indenture and the senior debt securities would require the following
approval: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the change affects only senior debt securities of one series, it must be approved by the holders of a majority
in principal amount of the senior debt securities of that series. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the change affects the senior debt securities as well as the senior debt securities of one or more other
series issued under the senior indenture, it must be approved by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the senior debt securities and a majority in principal amount of each other series of senior debt securities affected by the change.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in each case, the required approval must be given by written consent. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The same vote would be required for us to obtain a waiver of a past default. However, we
cannot obtain a waiver of a payment default or a waiver with respect to any other aspect of the senior indenture and the senior debt securities listed in the first category described previously under &#8220;Changes Requiring Approval of the
Holder&#8221; unless we obtain your individual consent to the waiver. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Further Details Concerning Voting </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior debt securities will not be considered outstanding, and therefore not eligible to vote, if we have deposited or set aside in trust
for you money for their payment or redemption. The senior debt securities will also not be eligible to vote if they have been fully defeased as described above under &#8220;Full Defeasance.&#8221; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will generally be entitled to set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of outstanding senior debt securities
that are entitled to vote or take other action under the senior indenture. In certain limited circumstances, the senior trustee will be entitled to set a record date for action by holders. If we or the senior trustee set a record date for a vote or
other action to be taken by holders of senior debt securities, that vote or action may be taken only by persons who are holders of outstanding senior debt securities on the record date and must be taken within 180 days following the record date or
another period that we may specify (or as the senior trustee may specify, if it set the record date). We may shorten this period from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior indenture provides that no recourse shall be had under any obligation, covenant or agreement of ours in the senior indenture or in
any of the senior debt securities or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, against any of our incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors, past, present or future, or of any predecessor or successor entity thereof
under any law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise. Each holder, by accepting the senior debt securities, waives and releases all such liability. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Concerning the Senior Trustee </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior trustee will be appointed by us as paying agent, registrar and custodian with regard to the senior debt securities. The senior
trustee or its affiliates may from time to time in the future provide banking and other services to us in exchange for a fee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior
indenture provides that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the senior debt securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series, the senior trustee will not be
liable except for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in the senior indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not been cured or waived, the senior trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it under
the senior indenture and will use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such person&#8217;s own affairs. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior indenture and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act incorporated by reference therein contain limitations on the rights of the
senior trustee thereunder, should it become a creditor of ours or any of our subsidiaries, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of any such claims, as security or otherwise. The
senior trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions, provided that if it acquires any conflicting interest (as defined in the Trust Indenture Act), it must eliminate such conflict or resign. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to applicable law, all funds deposited with the senior trustee or any paying agent for the payment of principal, interest, premium or
additional amounts in respect of the senior debt securities that remain unclaimed for one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such debt securities shall have become due and payable will be repaid to us.
Thereafter, any right of any holder of senior debt securities to such funds shall be enforceable only against us, and the senior trustee and paying agents will have no liability therefor. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Governing Law </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
senior indenture and the senior debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Certain
Terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other than the terms of the subordinated indenture and subordinated debt securities relating
to subordination or otherwise as described in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of subordinated debt securities, the terms of the subordinated indenture and subordinated debt securities are identical in all material respects
to the terms of the senior indenture and senior debt securities, except the subordinated indenture and subordinated debt securities will not include a limitation on liens or a limitation on sale and leaseback transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional or different subordination terms may be specified in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Subordination</I>. The indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities is subordinate to the prior payment in full of all of our
senior indebtedness, as defined in the subordinated indenture. During the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of any default in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any of our senior indebtedness, we may
not make any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the subordinated debt securities, except under the limited circumstances set forth in the subordinated indenture. In addition, upon any payment or distribution of our assets
upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the extent provided in the subordinated indenture in right
of payment to the prior payment in full of all our senior indebtedness. Because of this subordination, if we dissolve or otherwise liquidate, holders of our subordinated debt securities may receive less, ratably, than holders of our senior
indebtedness. The subordination provisions do not prevent the occurrence of an event of default under the subordinated indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
term &#8220;senior indebtedness&#8221; of a person means with respect to such person the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding on the date of the subordinated
indenture or incurred by that person in the future: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all of the indebtedness of that person for money borrowed; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all of the indebtedness of that person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities sold by that
person for money; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all of the lease obligations which are capitalized on the books of that person in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the first two bullet points above and all lease obligations
of others of the kind described in the third bullet point above that the person, in any manner, assumes or guarantees or that the person in effect guarantees through an agreement to purchase, whether that agreement is contingent or otherwise; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in the first, second or fourth
bullet point above and all renewals or extensions of leases of the kinds described in the third or fourth bullet point above; unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument creating or evidencing
it or the assumption or guarantee relating to it expressly provides that such indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities. Our senior debt securities constitute senior
indebtedness for purposes of the subordinated indenture. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form of Securities; Registered Global Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each debt security will be represented either by a certificate issued in definitive form to a particular investor or by one or more global
securities representing the entire issuance of securities. Unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise, certificated securities in definitive form and global securities will be issued in registered form. Definitive securities name
you or your nominee as the owner of the security, and in order to transfer or exchange these securities or to receive payments other than interest or other interim payments, you or your nominee must physically deliver the securities, along with a
written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the trustee, registrar, paying agent or other agent, as applicable. Global securities name a depositary or its nominee as the owner of the debt securities represented by these global
securities. The depositary maintains a computerized system that will reflect each investor&#8217;s beneficial ownership of the securities through an account maintained by the investor with its broker/dealer, bank, trust company or other
representative, as we explain more fully below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise, we will issue the
registered debt securities in the form of one or more fully registered global securities that will be deposited with a depositary or its nominee identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and registered in the name of that depositary or
nominee. In those cases, one or more registered global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal or face amount of the securities to be represented by registered global
securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole for securities in definitive registered form, a registered global security may not be transferred except as a whole by and among the depositary for the registered global security, the nominees of
the depositary or any successors of the depositary or those nominees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to
any securities to be represented by a registered global security will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to those securities. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ownership of beneficial interests in a registered global security will be limited to persons, called participants, that have accounts with the
depositary or persons that may hold interests through participants. Upon the issuance of a registered global security, the depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants&#8217; accounts with the
respective principal or face amounts of the securities beneficially owned by the participants. Any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of the securities will designate the accounts to be credited. Ownership of
beneficial interests in a registered global security will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary, with respect to interests of participants, and on the records of
participants, with respect to interests of persons holding through participants. The laws of some states may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of these securities in definitive form. These laws may impair your ability
to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in registered global securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as the depositary, or its nominee, is the
registered owner of a registered global security, that depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities represented by the registered global security for all purposes under the applicable
indenture. Except as described below, owners of beneficial interests in a registered global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by the registered global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled
to receive physical delivery of the securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of the </P>
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securities under the applicable indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a registered global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for that registered
global security and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture. We understand that under existing industry
practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a registered global security desires to give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, the depositary for
the registered global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take that action, and the participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through them to give or take that action or would
otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on debt
securities represented by a registered global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the registered global security. None of us,
the trustees or any other agent of ours or agent of the trustees will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the registered global security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to those beneficial ownership interests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect that the depositary for any
of the securities represented by a registered global security, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, interest or other distribution of underlying securities or other property to holders on that registered global security, will
immediately credit participants&#8217; accounts in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in that registered global security as shown on the records of the depositary. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of
beneficial interests in a registered global security held through participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers or registered in
&#8220;street name,&#8221; and will be the responsibility of those participants. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will only issue securities in definitive form in
exchange for the registered global security if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">If the depositary for any of the securities represented by a registered global security is at any time unwilling
or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act is not appointed by us within 90 days; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an event of default has occurred and is continuing, and the depositary requests the issuance of the securities in
definitive form; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In all cases, any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a registered global security will be registered in the name or names
that the depositary gives to the relevant trustee or other relevant agent of ours or theirs. It is expected that the depositary&#8217;s instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership
of beneficial interests in the registered global security that had been held by the depositary. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a summary of certain United States federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to persons considering the purchase
of certain debt securities covered by this prospectus. For a discussion of certain United States federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to persons considering the purchase of indexed debt securities, floating rate debt securities,
dual currency debt securities, subordinated debt securities or debt securities providing for contingent payments, please refer to the related prospectus supplement. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of the
purchase, ownership and disposition of any securities described in this prospectus in light of your particular facts and circumstances and any consequences arising under the laws of any state, local, foreign or other taxing jurisdiction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This summary, which does not represent tax advice, is based on laws, regulations, rulings and decisions now in effect, all of which are
subject to change (including retroactive changes in effective dates) or possible differing interpretations. This summary deals only with debt securities that will be held as capital assets and, except where otherwise specifically stated, is
addressed only to persons who purchase debt securities in the initial offering at their applicable &#8220;issue price&#8221; as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It does not address tax considerations applicable to investors that may
be subject to special tax rules, such as banks, thrifts, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">companies,&nbsp;tax-exempt&nbsp;entities,</FONT> insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies,
traders in securities or commodities electing to mark to market, persons that will hold debt securities as a hedge against currency risk or as a position in a &#8220;straddle&#8221; or conversion transaction, or as part of a &#8220;synthetic
security&#8221; or other integrated financial transaction or persons that have a &#8220;functional currency&#8221; other than the U.S. dollar. Prospective purchasers of debt securities should review the related prospectus supplements for summaries
of special United States federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to a particular issue of debt securities. In addition, prospective purchasers should note that this summary does not address other U.S. federal tax consequences (such as
estate, gift and net investment income tax consequences), any state, local or foreign tax consequences, the Medicare tax on net investment income or the special timing rules prescribed under Section&nbsp;415(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein, the term &#8220;United States Holder&#8221; means a beneficial owner of a debt security that is, for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, (i)&nbsp;a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii)&nbsp;a corporation (or an entity taxable as a corporation) created or organized in or under the law of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or
(iii)&nbsp;otherwise subject to U.S. federal income taxation on a net basis with respect to a debt security. If an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes holds debt securities, the United States
federal income tax treatment of partners will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partners of a partnership holding debt securities should accordingly consult their own tax advisors. As used herein,
the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">term&nbsp;&#8220;Non-United&nbsp;States</FONT> Holder&#8221; means a beneficial owner of a debt security that is not a United States Holder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>United States Holders </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Payments or
Accruals of Interest </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payments or accruals of qualified stated interest, as defined below under &#8220;Original Issue
Discount,&#8221; on a debt security will be taxable to a United States Holder as ordinary interest income at the time that such payments are accrued or are received, in accordance with the United States Holder&#8217;s method of tax accounting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If such payments of interest are made in foreign currency with respect to a debt security that is denominated in such foreign currency, the
amount of interest income realized by a United States Holder that uses the cash method of tax accounting will be the U.S. dollar value of the specified currency payment based on the spot rate of exchange on the date of receipt regardless of whether
the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars. No exchange gain or loss will be recognized with respect to the receipt of such payment (other than exchange gain or loss realized on the disposition of the foreign currency so received). A United
States Holder of debt securities </P>
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that uses the cash method of tax accounting and receives a payment of interest in U.S. dollars should include in income the amount of U.S. dollars received. A United States Holder that uses the
accrual method of tax accounting will accrue interest income on the foreign currency debt security in the relevant foreign currency and translate the amount accrued into U.S. dollars based on: </P>
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holder&#8217;s taxable year (or with respect to an interest accrual period that spans more than one taxable year, at the average exchange rate for the partial period within the taxable year); or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">at such holder&#8217;s election, at the spot rate of exchange on (i)&nbsp;the last day of the accrual period, or
the last day of the taxable year within such accrual period if the accrual period spans more than one taxable year, or (ii)&nbsp;the date of receipt, if such date is within five business days of the last day of the accrual period.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Such election must be applied consistently by the United States Holder to all debt instruments from year to year and
can be changed only with the consent of the IRS. A United States Holder that uses the accrual method of tax accounting will recognize foreign currency gain or loss on the receipt of an interest payment made relating to a foreign currency debt
security if the spot rate of exchange on the date the payment is received differs from the rate applicable to a previous accrual of that interest income. Such foreign currency gain or loss will be treated as ordinary income or loss, but generally
will not be treated as an adjustment to interest income received on the debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Purchase, Sale and Retirement of Debt
Securities </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A United States Holder&#8217;s tax basis in a debt security generally will equal the cost of such debt security to such
holder: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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market discount (each as described below); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduced by any amortized premium and any payments other than payments of qualified stated interest (each as
described below) made on such debt security. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the case of a foreign currency debt security, the cost of such debt
security to a United States Holder will generally be the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency purchase price on the date of purchase calculated at the spot rate of exchange on that date. In the case of a foreign currency debt security that is
traded on an established securities market, a United States Holder generally should determine the U.S. dollar value of the cost of such debt security by translating the amount paid in foreign currency into its U.S. dollar value at the spot rate of
exchange (i)&nbsp;on the settlement date of the purchase in the case of a United States Holder using the cash method of tax accounting or (ii)&nbsp;on the trade date, in the case of a United States Holder using the accrual method of tax accounting,
unless such holder elects to use the spot rate applicable to cash method United States Holders. The amount of any subsequent adjustments to a United States Holder&#8217;s tax basis in a foreign currency debt security in respect of OID, market
discount and premium will be determined in the manner described under &#8220;Original Issue Discount,&#8221; &#8220;Market Discount&#8221; and &#8220;Debt Securities Purchased at a Premium&#8221; below. The conversion of U.S. dollars to another
specified currency and the immediate use of such specified currency to purchase a foreign currency debt security generally will not result in any exchange gain or loss for a United States Holder as a result of the conversion or purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the sale, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition (collectively, a &#8220;disposition&#8221;) of a debt security, a United
States Holder generally will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between (i)&nbsp;the amount realized on the disposition (less any accrued qualified stated interest, which will be taxable as such) and (ii)&nbsp;the United States
Holder&#8217;s adjusted tax basis in such debt security. If a United States Holder receives a specified currency other than the U.S. dollar in respect of such disposition of a debt security, the amount realized will be the U.S. dollar value of the
specified currency received calculated at the spot rate of exchange on the date of disposition of the debt security. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the case of a foreign currency debt security that is traded on an established securities
market, a United States Holder that receives a specified currency other than the U.S. dollar in respect of such disposition generally should determine the amount realized (as determined on the trade date) by translating that specified currency into
its U.S. dollar value at the spot rate of exchange (i)&nbsp;on the settlement date of the disposition in the case of a United States Holder using the cash method of tax accounting or (ii)&nbsp;on the trade date, in the case of a United States Holder
using the accrual method of tax accounting, unless such holder elects to use the spot rate applicable to cash method United States Holders. The election available to accrual basis United States Holders in respect of the purchase and sale of foreign
currency debt securities traded on an established securities market, discussed above, must be applied consistently by the United States Holder to all debt instruments from year to year and can be changed only with the consent of the IRS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as discussed below in connection with foreign currency gain or loss, market discount and short-term debt securities, gain or loss
recognized by a United States Holder on the disposition of a debt security will generally be long term capital gain or loss if the United States Holder&#8217;s holding period for the debt security exceeds one year at the time of such disposition.
Net long-term capital gain recognized by an individual United States Holder generally will be subject to preferential tax. The ability of United States Holders to offset capital losses against ordinary income is limited. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Despite the foregoing, gain or loss recognized by a United States Holder on the disposition of a foreign currency debt security generally will
be treated as ordinary income or loss to the extent that the gain or loss is attributable to changes in exchange rates during the period in which the holder held such debt security. This foreign currency gain or loss will not be treated as an
adjustment to interest income that a United States Holder receives on the debt security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Original Issue Discount </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In General</I>. Debt securities with a term greater than one year may be issued with original issue discount (&#8220;OID&#8221;) for United
States federal income tax purposes. Such debt securities are called OID debt securities in this prospectus and will generally be subject to special tax accounting rules. United States Holders generally must accrue OID in gross income over the term
of the OID debt securities on a constant yield to maturity basis, regardless of their regular method of tax accounting or when they receive cash attributable to that income. As a result, United States Holders generally will recognize taxable income
in respect of an OID debt security in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to such income. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">OID generally will arise if the stated
redemption price at maturity of the debt security exceeds its issue price by at least a de minimis amount of 0.25% of the debt security&#8217;s stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity (referred to
as the &#8220;de minimis OID amount&#8221;). For example, OID may arise if a debt security has particular interest payment characteristics, such as interest holidays, interest payable in additional securities, interest not payable in cash at least
annually, or stepped interest. For this purpose, the &#8220;issue price&#8221; of a debt security is the first price at which a substantial amount of debt securities is sold for cash, other than to bond houses, brokers or similar persons or
organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers. The &#8220;stated redemption price at maturity&#8221; of a debt security is the sum of all payments due under the debt security, other than payments of qualified
stated interest. The term &#8220;qualified stated interest&#8221; generally means stated interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or property, other than debt instruments of the issuer, at least annually during the entire term of the OID
debt security at a single fixed rate of interest or, under particular conditions, based on one or more interest indices. If the terms of a debt security entitle a holder to receive payments (other than qualified stated interest) that exceed its
issue price by less than the de minimis OID amount then, absent an election to make inclusions in income on a constant yield to maturity basis, the holder will generally be required to include such amounts in income as capital gain on a pro rata
basis as principal payments are made (or upon a sale, exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition of the debt instrument). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For each taxable year of a United States Holder, the amount of OID that must be included in
gross income in respect of an OID debt security will be the sum of the &#8220;daily portions&#8221; of OID for each day during such taxable year or any portion of such taxable year in which such a United States Holder held the OID debt security.
Such daily portions are determined by allocating to each day in an accrual period a pro rata portion of the OID allocable to that accrual period. Accrual periods may be of any length and may vary in length over the term of an OID debt security.
However, accrual periods may not be longer than one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest must occur on the first day or the final day of a period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The amount of OID allocable to any accrual period generally will equal (i)&nbsp;the product of the OID debt security&#8217;s &#8220;adjusted
issue price&#8221; at the beginning of such accrual period multiplied by its yield to maturity (as adjusted to take into account the length of such accrual period), less (ii)&nbsp;the amount, if any, of qualified stated interest allocable to that
accrual period. The &#8220;adjusted issue price&#8221; of an OID debt security at the beginning of any accrual period will generally equal the issue price of the OID debt security, as defined above, including any accrued interest (i)&nbsp;increased
by previously accrued OID from all prior accrual periods, and (ii)&nbsp;reduced by all payments made on such debt security in all prior accrual periods, other than payments of qualified stated interest, on or before the first day of the accrual
period. The &#8220;yield to maturity&#8221; of an OID debt security is the discount rate (appropriately adjusted to reflect the length of accrual periods) that causes the sum of the present values on the issue date of all payments on the OID debt
security to equal the issue price. As a result of this &#8220;constant-yield&#8221; method of including OID income, the amounts a United States Holder will be required to include in gross income if such holder invests in an OID debt security
denominated in U.S. dollars generally will be lesser in the early years and greater in the later years than amounts that would be includible on a straight-line basis. In the case of an OID debt security that is a floating rate debt security, both
the yield to maturity and the qualified stated interest will be determined for these purposes as though the OID debt security will bear interest in all periods at a fixed rate generally equal to the value, as of the issue date, of the floating
interest rate on the OID debt security or, in the case of some floating rate debt securities, the rate that reflects the yield that is reasonably expected for the OID debt security. (Additional rules may apply if interest on a floating rate debt
security is based on more than one interest index.) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Foreign Currency Debt Securities</I>. In the case of an OID debt security that is
also a foreign currency debt security, a United States Holder should determine the U.S. dollar amount includible in income as OID for each accrual period by </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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method described above; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">translating the amount of the specified currency so derived at the average exchange rate in effect during that
accrual period (or, with respect to an interest accrual period that spans more than one taxable year, at the average exchange rate for each partial period), or, at the United States Holder&#8217;s election (as described above under &#8220;Payments
of Interest and Accruals&#8221;), at the spot rate of exchange on (i)&nbsp;the last day of the accrual period, or the last day of the taxable year within such accrual period if the accrual period spans more than one taxable year, or (ii)&nbsp;on the
date of receipt, if such date is within five business days of the last day of the accrual period. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All payments on an
OID debt security, other than payments of qualified stated interest, will generally be viewed first as payments of previously accrued OID, to the extent thereof, with payments attributed first to the earliest accrued OID, and then as payments of
principal. Upon the receipt of an amount attributable to OID, whether in connection with a payment of an amount that is not qualified stated interest or the disposition of the OID debt security, a United States Holder will recognize ordinary income
or loss measured by the difference between (i)&nbsp;the amount received and (ii)&nbsp;the amount accrued. The amount received will be translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate of exchange on the date of receipt or on the date of disposition of
the OID debt security. The amount accrued will be determined by using the spot rate of exchange applicable to such previous accrual. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Acquisition Premium</I>. A United States Holder that purchases an OID debt security outside of the initial offering for an amount less than
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other than the debt security&#8217;s issue price will generally be required to include in gross income the daily portions of the OID, calculated as described above. However, a United States
Holder that acquires an OID debt security at a price in excess of the OID debt security&#8217;s adjusted issue price but less than or equal to its remaining redemption amount generally is permitted to reduce the daily portions of OID by a fraction
to reflect premium paid over the adjusted issue price. The numerator of such fraction is the excess of the United States Holder&#8217;s adjusted tax basis in the OID debt security immediately after its purchase over the OID debt security&#8217;s
adjusted issue price. The denominator of such fraction is the excess of the &#8220;remaining redemption amount&#8221; over the OID debt security&#8217;s adjusted issue price. For purposes of this prospectus, &#8220;remaining redemption amount&#8221;
means the sum of all amounts payable on an OID debt security after the purchase date other than payments of qualified stated interest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Floating Rate Debt Securities</I>. Floating rate debt securities generally will be treated as &#8220;variable rate debt instruments.&#8221;
Accordingly, the stated interest on a floating rate debt security generally will be treated as &#8220;qualified stated interest&#8221; and such a debt security will not have original issue discount solely as a result of the fact that it provides for
interest at a variable rate. If a floating rate debt security does not qualify as a &#8220;variable rate debt instrument,&#8221; the debt security will be subject to special rules that govern the tax treatment of debt obligations that provide for
contingent payments. We will provide a description of the tax considerations relevant to United States holders of any such debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The debt securities may have special redemption, repayment or interest rate reset features, as indicated in the related prospectus supplement.
Debt securities containing such features, in particular OID debt securities, may be subject to special rules that differ from the general rules discussed above. Accordingly, purchasers of debt securities with such features should carefully examine
the applicable supplement, and should consult their tax advisors relating to such debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Market Discount </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a United States Holder purchases a debt security, other than a short-term debt security (as defined below), for an amount that is less than
the debt security&#8217;s stated redemption price at maturity or, in the case of an OID debt security, for an amount that is less than the debt security&#8217;s revised issue price, i.e., the debt security&#8217;s issue price increased by the amount
of accrued OID, the debt security will be considered to have market discount. The market discount rules are subject to a de minimis rule similar to the rule relating to de minimis OID, described above (in the second paragraph under &#8220;Original
Issue Discount&#8221;). Any gain recognized by the United States Holder on the disposition of debt securities having market discount generally will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the market discount that accrued on the debt security
while held by such United States Holder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Alternatively, the United States Holder may elect to include market discount in income currently
over the life of the debt security. Such an election will apply to market discount debt securities acquired by the United States Holder on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which such election applies and is revocable only with the
consent of the IRS. Market discount will accrue on a straight-line basis unless the United States Holder elects to accrue the market discount on a constant-yield method. Such an election will apply to the debt security to which it is made and is
irrevocable. Unless the United States Holder elects to include market discount in income on a current basis, as described above, the United States Holder could be required to defer the deduction of a portion of the interest paid on any indebtedness
incurred or maintained to purchase or carry the debt security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Market discount on a foreign currency debt security will be accrued by a
United States Holder in the specified currency. The amount includible in income by a United States Holder in respect of such accrued market discount will be the U.S. dollar value of the amount accrued. This is generally calculated at the spot rate
of exchange on the date that the debt security is disposed of by the United States Holder. Any accrued market discount on a foreign currency debt security that is currently includible in income will be translated into U.S. dollars at the average
exchange rate for the accrual period or portion of such accrual period within the United States Holder&#8217;s taxable year. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rules set forth above also will generally apply to debt securities having maturities of one year or less from the date of issuance. Those
debt securities are called short-term debt securities in this prospectus. Modifications apply to the general rules discussed above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">First, none of the interest on a short-term debt security is treated as qualified stated interest but instead is treated as part of the
short-term debt security&#8217;s stated redemption price at maturity, thereby giving rise to OID. Thus, all short-term debt securities will be OID debt securities. OID will be treated as accruing on a short-term debt security ratably, or at the
election of a United States Holder, under a constant yield method. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Second, a United States Holder of a short-term debt security that uses
the cash method of tax accounting and does not identify the short-term debt security as part of a hedging transaction will generally not be required to include OID in respect of the short-term debt security in income on a current basis. Such a
United States Holder may not be allowed to deduct all of the interest paid or accrued on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to purchase or carry such debt security until the maturity of the debt security or its earlier disposition in a taxable
transaction. In addition, such a United States Holder will be required to treat any gain realized on a disposition of the debt security as ordinary income to the extent such gain does not exceed the holder&#8217;s accrued OID on the debt security,
and short-term capital gain to the extent the gain exceeds accrued OID. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a United States Holder of a short-term debt security using the cash method of tax accounting may elect to accrue OID into income on a current
basis. In such case, the limitation on the deductibility of interest described above will not apply. A United States Holder using the accrual method of tax accounting and some cash method holders (including banks, securities dealers, regulated
investment companies and certain trust funds) generally will be required to include OID on a short-term debt security in income on a current basis. OID will be treated as accruing for these purposes on a pro rata basis or, at the election of the
holder, on a constant-yield basis based on daily compounding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Third, any United States Holder of a short-term debt security, whether
using the cash or accrual method of tax accounting, can elect to accrue the &#8220;acquisition discount,&#8221; if any, on the debt security on a current basis. If such an election is made, the OID rules will not apply to the debt security.
Acquisition discount is the excess of the debt security&#8217;s stated redemption price at maturity over the holder&#8217;s purchase price for the debt security. Acquisition discount will be treated as accruing ratably or, at the election of the
United States Holder, under a constant-yield method based on daily compounding. If a United States Holder elects to accrue acquisition discount, the OID rules will not apply. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As described above, the debt securities may have special redemption features. These features may affect the determination of whether a debt
security has a maturity of not more than one year and thus is a short-term debt security. Purchasers of debt securities with such features should carefully examine the applicable supplement, and should consult their tax advisors in relation to such
features. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Debt Securities Purchased at a Premium </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A United States Holder that purchases a debt security for an amount in excess of the remaining redemption amount will be considered to have
purchased the debt security at a premium and the OID rules will not apply to such holder. Such holder may elect to amortize such premium, as an offset to interest income, using a constant-yield method, over the remaining term of the debt security.
If the debt security is redeemable prior to maturity, the amount of amortizable premium is determined with reference either to the amount payable on maturity or, if it results in a smaller premium attributable to the earlier redemption period, with
reference to the amount payable on the earlier redemption date. Such election, once made, generally applies to all debt instruments held by the United States Holder at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the election applies and to all
debt instruments subsequently acquired by the United States Holder. Such election may be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A United States Holder that elects to amortize such premium must reduce its tax basis in a
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debt security by the amount of the premium amortized during its holding period. For a United States Holder that does not elect to amortize bond premium, the amount of such premium will be
included in the United States Holder&#8217;s tax basis when the debt security matures or is disposed of by the United States Holder. Therefore, a United States Holder that does not elect to amortize premium and holds the debt security to maturity
will generally be required to treat the premium as capital loss when the debt security matures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amortizable bond premium in respect of a
foreign currency debt security will be computed in the specified currency and will reduce interest income in the specified currency. At the time amortized bond premium offsets interest income, exchange gain or loss, which will be taxable as ordinary
income or loss, will be realized on the amortized bond premium on such debt security based on the difference between (i)&nbsp;the spot rate of exchange on the date or dates such premium is recovered through interest payments on the debt security and
(ii)&nbsp;the spot rate of exchange on the date on which the United States Holder acquired the debt security. See &#8220;Original Issue Discount&#8212;Acquisition Premium&#8221; above for a discussion of the treatment of a debt security purchased
for an amount less than or equal to the remaining redemption amount but in excess of the debt security&#8217;s adjusted issue price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United&nbsp;States</FONT> Holders </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Payments or Accruals of Interest </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the discussions below under &#8220;&#8212;FATCA&#8221; and &#8220;&#8212;Information Reporting and Backup Withholding,&#8221; <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on interest paid on the debt securities as long as that interest is not &#8220;effectively
connected&#8221; with <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder&#8217;s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (or, if an income tax treaty applies, is not attributable to a permanent
establishment maintained by the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States Holder in the United States) and: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder is not a &#8220;controlled foreign
corporation&#8221; for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is related to us, actually or by attribution, through stock ownership; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder is not a bank receiving the
interest pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder&#8217;s trade or business; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">either <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(i)&nbsp;the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder certifies under
penalties of perjury on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">IRS&nbsp;Form&nbsp;W-8BEN&nbsp;or&nbsp;W-8BEN-E,&nbsp;as</FONT></FONT></FONT> applicable, or an applicable successor form that
it is not a &#8220;U.S. person&#8221; (as defined in the Code), and provides its name, address and certain other required information or (ii)&nbsp;a securities clearing organization, bank or other financial institution that holds customers&#8217;
securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business and holds the debt securities on behalf of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder certifies under penalties of perjury that the certification referred
to in clause&nbsp;(i) has been received from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder or an intermediate financial institution and furnishes to us or the applicable paying agent a copy thereof.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder that does not qualify for exemption from
withholding as described above will generally be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% on payments of interest on the debt securities (except as described below with respect to effectively connected income). <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder may be entitled to the benefits of an income tax treaty under which interest on the debt securities is subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax or is exempt from U.S.
withholding tax, provided <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder furnishes us or the applicable paying agent with a properly executed <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">IRS&nbsp;Form&nbsp;W-8BEN&nbsp;or&nbsp;W-8BEN-E,&nbsp;as</FONT></FONT></FONT> applicable, or an applicable successor form claiming the reduction or exemption and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;Non-U.S.</FONT>
Holder complies with any other applicable procedures. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Generally, subject to the discussions below under &#8220;&#8212;FATCA&#8221; and &#8220;&#8212;Information Reporting and Backup
Withholding,&#8221; any gain recognized by a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States&nbsp;Holder on the sale, exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition of a debt security (other than amounts attributable to accrued and
unpaid interest, which will generally be treated as described under &#8220;&#8212;Payments or Accruals of Interest&#8221; above) will be exempt from U.S. federal income and withholding tax, unless: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the gain is effectively connected with the Non-United States Holder&#8217;s conduct of a trade or business within
the United States (and, if a treaty applies, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-United States Holder in the United States), in which case the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States Holder generally
will be subject to U.S. federal income tax in the manner described below under &#8220;&#8212;Effectively Connected Income&#8221;; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States Holder is an individual who is present in the
United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the sale or other disposition, and certain other conditions are met, in which case the Non-U.S. Holder generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (unless a
lower treaty rate applies) on the amount by which its U.S. source capital gains exceed its U.S. source capital losses. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Effectively Connected Income </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If interest or gain recognized by a Non-United States Holder on a debt security is &#8220;effectively connected&#8221; with the Non-United
States Holder&#8217;s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if a treaty applies, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-United States Holder in the United States), then the Non-United States Holder
will be exempt from the withholding tax on interest if the Non-United States Holder provides us or the applicable paying agent with a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI or an applicable successor form, but the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States Holder will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such interest or gain as if it were a &#8220;United States person&#8221; (as defined in the Code). In addition to such U.S. federal
income tax, if the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States Holder is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it may be subject to an additional branch profits tax currently at a rate of 30%, or such lower
rate provided by an applicable income tax treaty. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FATCA </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the United States tax rules known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (&#8220;FATCA&#8221;), a holder of debt securities will
generally be subject to 30% U.S. withholding tax on interest payments on the debt securities if the holder is not FATCA compliant, or holds its debt securities through a foreign financial institution that is not FATCA compliant. In order to be
treated as FATCA compliant, a holder must provide certain documentation (usually an IRS
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;W-8BEN&nbsp;or&nbsp;W-8BEN-E)&nbsp;containing</FONT></FONT></FONT> information about its identity, its FATCA status, and if required, its
direct and indirect U.S. owners. These requirements may be modified by the adoption or implementation of an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another country or by future U.S. Treasury Regulations. If any taxes were to be
deducted or withheld from any payments in respect of the debt securities as a result of a beneficial owner or intermediary&#8217;s failure to comply with the foregoing rules, no additional amounts will be paid on the debt securities as a result of
the deduction or withholding of such tax. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisers about how FATCA may apply to their investment in the debt securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Information Reporting and Backup Withholding </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information returns will be filed with the IRS in connection with payments on the debt securities made to, and the proceeds of dispositions of
debt securities effected by, certain United States taxpayers. In addition, certain United States taxpayers may be subject to backup withholding in respect of such amounts if they do not </P>
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provide their taxpayer identification numbers to the person from whom they receive payments. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-United</FONT> States taxpayers may be required to comply with
applicable certification procedures to establish that they are not United States taxpayers in order to avoid the application of such information reporting requirements and backup withholding. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a
United States or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-United</FONT> States taxpayer will be allowed as a credit against the holder&#8217;s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle the holder to a refund, provided that the required
information is timely furnished to the IRS. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may sell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">through underwriters, dealers or agents; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">directly to purchasers; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">through a combination of any of these methods of sale. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may directly solicit offers to purchase securities or agents may be designated to solicit offers. We will, in the prospectus supplement
relating to an offering, name any agent that could be viewed as an underwriter under the Securities Act and describe any commissions that we must pay. Any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment or, if
indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, on a firm commitment basis. This prospectus may be used in connection with any offering of our securities through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus
supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The distribution of the securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">at a fixed price or prices which may be changed from time to time; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">at market prices prevailing at the time of sale; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">at negotiated prices. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each prospectus supplement will describe the method of distribution of the securities and any applicable restrictions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The prospectus supplement with respect to the securities of a particular series will describe the terms of the offering of the securities,
including the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the name of any agent or underwriters; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the public offering or purchase price; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to the agent or underwriters; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to dealers; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any exchanges on which the securities will be listed. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any underwriters or agents are utilized in the sale of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered, we will enter into
an underwriting agreement or other agreement with them at the time of sale to them, and we will set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering the names of the underwriters or agents and the terms of the related agreement with them.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the securities in respect of which the prospectus is delivered, we will sell the securities to the
dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Agents, underwriters and dealers participating in a sale of the 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. Agents, underwriters, dealers and other persons
may be entitled under agreements which they may enter into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will authorize underwriters or
other persons acting as our agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from us pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on the date stated in the prospectus supplement. Each contract will
be for an amount not less than, and the aggregate amount of securities sold pursuant to such contracts shall not be less nor more than, the respective amounts stated in the prospectus supplement. Institutions with whom the contracts, when
authorized, may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and other institutions, but shall in all cases be subject to our approval. Delayed
delivery contracts will not be subject to any conditions except that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the purchase by an institution of the securities covered under that contract may not at the time of delivery be
prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which that institution is subject; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the securities are also being sold to underwriters acting as principals for their own account, the
underwriters will have purchased such securities not sold for delayed delivery. The underwriters and other persons acting as our agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of delayed delivery contracts.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain agents, underwriters and dealers, and their associates and affiliates may be customers of, have borrowing
relationships with, engage in other transactions with, and/or perform services, including investment banking services, for us or one or more of our respective affiliates in the ordinary course of business. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order to facilitate the offering of the securities, any underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise
affect the price of the securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to determine payments on such securities. Specifically, any underwriters may overallot in connection with the offering, creating a short position for their
own accounts. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the securities or of any such other securities, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, the securities or any such other securities in the open market. Finally, in
any offering of the securities through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the securities in the offering if the syndicate repurchases
previously distributed securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities above independent market levels.
Any such underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of these activities at any time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may enter into
derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the
third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales
or to close out any related open borrowings of stock and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions may be an underwriter and,
if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;15c6-1&nbsp;of</FONT> the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. The applicable
prospectus supplement may provide that the original issue date for your securities may be more than two scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities. Accordingly, in such a case, if you wish to trade securities on any date prior
to the second business day before the original issue date for your securities, you will be required, by virtue of the fact that your securities initially are expected to settle in more than two scheduled business days after the trade date for your
securities, to make alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The securities may be new issues of securities
and may have no established trading market. The securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. Any underwriters that purchase the securities for public offering and sale may make a market in such securities, but such
underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We can make no assurance as to the liquidity of or the existence of trading markets for any of the securities. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the applicable prospectus supplement indicates otherwise, the validity of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is being
delivered will be passed upon by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, California. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The consolidated financial statements of Applied Materials, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of October&nbsp;29, 2023 and October&nbsp;30, 2022,
and for each of the years in the three-year period ended October&nbsp;29, 2023, and management&#8217;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October&nbsp;29, 2023 have been incorporated by reference
herein and in the registration statement in reliance on the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. </P>
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