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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-231971
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150618
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150623
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150623

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000797468
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				954035997
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09210
		FILM NUMBER:		15947264

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7132157000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June&nbsp;18, 2015 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>95-4035997</B></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On June&nbsp;18, 2015, Occidental Petroleum
Corporation (&#147;Occidental&#148;) entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as
representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), pursuant to which Occidental agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% senior notes due
2025 (the &#147;2025 Notes&#148;) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.625% senior notes due 2045 (the &#147;2045 Notes,&#148; and together with the 2025 Notes, the&nbsp;&#147;Notes&#148;). The public offering price was 99.742% of
the principal amount in the case of the 2025 Notes and 98.929% of the principal amount in the case of the 2045 Notes. The net proceeds from the offering of approximately $1.48 billion, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering
expenses, will be used for general corporate purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and
agreements by Occidental and customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of Occidental and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), other obligations
of the parties and termination provisions. </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 pursuant to an Indenture, dated August&nbsp;18, 2011, between
Occidental and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the &#147;Indenture&#148;), as supplemented by an Officers&#146; Certificate, dated June&nbsp;23, 2015, setting forth the specific terms applicable to the Notes (the
&#147;Officers&#146; Certificate&#148;). The 2025 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.500%&nbsp;per year, and the 2045 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 4.625%&nbsp;per year. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on
June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 of each year, beginning on December&nbsp;15, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture contains covenants that limit the
ability of Occidental and its consolidated subsidiaries to, among other things, create liens and enter into sale and leaseback transactions, and the ability of Occidental to merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of its assets. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Occidental may redeem some or all of the Notes of any series at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in such
Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes were sold pursuant to Occidental&#146;s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-205047) under the Securities Act. Occidental has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a final prospectus supplement, dated June&nbsp;18, 2015, together with an accompanying prospectus, dated June&nbsp;18, 2015, relating to
the offering and sale of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Officers&#146;
Certificate and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Officers&#146; Certificate, the form of the 2025 Note and the form of the 2045
Note, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein. </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 respective businesses, certain of the Underwriters and their respective affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in commercial banking and investment banking transactions with Occidental and its affiliates, for
which they have received and in the future may receive compensation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under
an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information set forth in Item&nbsp;1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD VALIGN="top">Underwriting Agreement, dated June 18, 2015, among Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo Securities,
LLC as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jennifer M. Kirk</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Underwriting Agreement, dated June 18, 2015, among Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo Securities,
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2011, between Occidental and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Occidental filed August 19, 2011 (date of earliest event
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B></B><B><I>Execution Version</I></B><B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">June&nbsp;18, 2015 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">388 Greenwich Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10013 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">383 Madison Avenue </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10179 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One Bryant Park </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10036 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as
Representatives of the several Underwriters </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), confirms its agreement with the underwriters
listed on <U>Schedule A</U> (collectively the &#147;<B>Underwriters,</B>&#148; which term also includes any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section&nbsp;11) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of
(i)&nbsp;$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 3.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the &#147;<B>2025 Notes</B>&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 4.625% Senior Notes due 2045 (the
&#147;<B>2045 Notes</B>&#148; and, together with the 2025 Notes, the &#147;<B>Notes</B>&#148;) and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts of Notes set forth opposite their names on
<U>Schedule A</U>. The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;18, 2011 (the &#147;Indenture,&#148; which term, for purposes of this agreement, includes the Officers&#146; Certificate with respect to the Notes
delivered pursuant to Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the &#147;<B>Trustee</B>&#148;). Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC will be the representatives of the Underwriters (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) a registration statement on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (No. 333-205047) for the registration of debt securities, including the Notes, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>1933 Act</B>&#148;), and the offering thereof from time to time
in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and <B> </B></P>

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</B>regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the &#147;<B>1933 Act Regulations</B>&#148;). Such registration statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations, and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the &#147;<B>1939 Act</B>&#148;). Such registration statement (as amended by any subsequent post-effective amendments
thereto) and the prospectus dated June&nbsp;18, 2015 (the &#147;<B>Base Prospectus</B>&#148;), together with the final prospectus supplement dated June&nbsp;18, 2015 (the &#147;<B>Final Prospectus Supplement</B>&#148;) relating to the Notes,
including, in each case, all Incorporated Documents (as hereinafter defined) and, solely in the case of any such registration statement, the information that is deemed pursuant to Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations to be part of such registration
statement (&#147;<B>Rule 430B Information</B>&#148;), are referred to herein as the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148; and the &#147;Prospectus,&#148; respectively, except that, if any revised prospectus or any revised or additional
prospectus supplement filed by the Company is provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes (including for delivery upon request of purchasers of Notes pursuant to Rule 173 of the 1933 Act
Regulations), the term &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148; will refer to such revised prospectus or any such revised or additional prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the Underwriters for such use. As
used herein, the term &#147;preliminary prospectus&#148; means any prospectus supplement filed by the Company relating to the Notes that is captioned &#147;Subject to Completion&#148; or &#147;preliminary prospectus supplement&#148; or that has a
similar caption, together with the Base Prospectus, including all Incorporated Documents, it being understood that all references herein to a &#147;preliminary prospectus&#148; include, without limitation, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined
below). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus is deemed to refer to and include the documents, financial statements and schedules incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference
therein (other than information in such documents, financial statements and schedules that is deemed not to be filed) pursuant to Item&nbsp;12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus is deemed to refer to and include any documents, financial statements and schedules filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;<B>1934 Act</B>&#148;), and so incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference (other than information in such documents, financial statements and schedules that is deemed not to be filed) (such incorporated documents, financial
statements and schedules being herein called the &#147;<B>Incorporated Documents</B>&#148;). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement any prospectus supplement prepared or filed with respect to an offering pursuant to the
Registration Statement of any securities other than the Notes will not be deemed to have supplemented any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus and the information therein will not be deemed Rule 430B Information. For purposes of this Agreement,
all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus or Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as such terms are
hereinafter defined) or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing are deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (&#147;<B>EDGAR</B>&#148;).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Notes as soon as the Underwriters deem advisable after
this Agreement has been executed and delivered. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>Representations and Warranties</I>.<I></I> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters
as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section&nbsp;2(b), as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(a) <I>Offering Qualifications</I>. <I>(i)</I>&nbsp;At the respective times of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendments thereto,<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with
Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii)</I> at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule
163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) the Company was or is (as the case may be) a &#147;well-known seasoned issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act
Regulations (&#147;<B>Rule 405</B>&#148;), including not having been and not being an &#147;ineligible issuer&#148; as defined in Rule 405; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) the Registration Statement is an &#147;automatic shelf registration statement,&#148; as defined in Rule 405, that initially
became effective within three years of the date of this Agreement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) the Company has not received from the
Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(b) <I>Not Ineligible</I>. At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Notes, the Company was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination
by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an &#147;ineligible issuer.&#148;<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(c) <I>Incorporated Document Compliance</I>. <I>(i)</I>&nbsp;The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed (or, if an amendment with
respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed, when such amendment was filed) with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the 1934 Act (the &#147;<I></I><B>1934 Act Regulations</B><I></I>&#148;), and<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> any Incorporated
Documents filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and prior to the later of (x)&nbsp;the Closing Time and (y)&nbsp;the time at which the Representatives deliver notice to the Company of the termination of the offering of the
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Notes pursuant to Section&nbsp;3(b) (&#147;<B>Offering Termination Notice</B>&#148;; the time at which the Offering Termination Notice is delivered to the Company, the &#147;<B>Offering
Termination Notice Time</B>&#148;) will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations. The Company understands and agrees that the Representatives need
not deliver an Offering Termination Notice to the Company (A)&nbsp;so long as any Underwriter owns an unsold allotment of Notes purchased pursuant to this Agreement or (B)&nbsp;so long as delivery of a prospectus or, in lieu thereof, the notice
referred to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Regulations is required (1)&nbsp;in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase Notes or (2)&nbsp;due to a request of any purchaser of Notes pursuant to Rule 173 of the 1933 Act
Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(d) <I>Registration Statement and Prospectus Compliance</I>. <I>(i)</I>&nbsp;The Registration Statement, at
(A)&nbsp;its original effective date and the effective date of each post-effective amendment thereto, if any, and (B)&nbsp;each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, complied
and will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> the Prospectus relating to the Notes, as
of its date, as of the date of any supplement to the Prospectus and as of the Closing Time, complied and will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or will be made, not misleading. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>10b-5 Compliance and No Free Writing Prospectus Conflict</I>.<I> (i)</I>&nbsp;As of the Applicable Time, neither </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) the Final Term Sheet (as defined below), any other Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time
and the Statutory Prospectus, all considered together (collectively, the &#147;<B>General Disclosure Package</B>&#148;), nor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) any
individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I>
Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied and, except during such time, if any, as the Company shall have suspended the use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as contemplated by Section&nbsp;4(e)(ii), will comply with the requirements of Rule
433(c)(1) of the 1933 Act Regulations. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Applicable Time</B>&#148; means 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on June&nbsp;18, 2015 or such other time as agreed by
the Company and the Representatives. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</B>&#148; means any &#147;issuer free writing
prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (&#147;<B>Rule 433</B>&#148;), relating to the Notes that (i)&nbsp;is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii)&nbsp;is a &#147;road show&#148; that constitutes
a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii)&nbsp;is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Notes or of the
offering thereof that does not reflect the final terms, in each case, in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company&#146;s records pursuant to Rule 433(g). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus</B>&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for
general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by it being specified in Schedule C. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Issuer Limited
Use Free Writing Prospectus</B>&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Statutory Prospectus</B>&#148; means the Base Prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June&nbsp;18,
2015 relating to the Notes, including the Incorporated Documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>The foregoing representations and warranties in subsection 1(d) (except as it
relates to compliance as to form) and (e)&nbsp;do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein or to those parts of the Registration Statement which constitute the
Trustee&#146;s Statements of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 under the 1939 Act (collectively, the &#147;<B>Form T-1</B>&#148;).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(f) <I>Documents Authorized and Accurately Summarized</I>. This Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes have been duly authorized by the
Company and, to the extent described in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are fairly and accurately summarized therein in all material respects.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <I>Indenture and Notes Enforceable</I>. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act and, at the Closing Time, will have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) is, and the Notes (when issued by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered
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to and paid for by the Underwriters) will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except (x)&nbsp;as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (A)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally, (B)&nbsp;the applicability or effect of any fraudulent transfer, preference or similar law, (C)&nbsp;general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) or (D)&nbsp;the effect of general rules of contract law that limit the enforceability of provisions requiring indemnification of a party for liability for its own action or inaction to the extent the action or inaction involves
gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct and (y)&nbsp;that the waiver contained in Section&nbsp;515 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(h) <I>Notes Entitled to Indenture Benefits</I>. The Notes (when issued by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters) will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence).<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(i) <B></B><I>Corporate Representations</I><B></B>. <B></B><I>(i)</I><B></B>&nbsp;The Company and each of Occidental Chemical Holding
Corporation, a California corporation, and OXY USA Inc., a Delaware corporation (each a &#147;<B>Principal Domestic Subsidiary</B>&#148; and collectively the &#147;<B>Principal Domestic Subsidiaries</B>&#148;), is a validly existing corporation in
good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> The Company and each Principal Domestic
Subsidiary: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) has requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own its respective properties and carry on its respective
business as presently conducted, as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) is duly registered or
qualified to conduct business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or transacts business and in which such registration or qualification is necessary, except as to jurisdictions where the failure to do
so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii)</I> All of the
outstanding capital stock or other securities evidencing equity ownership of each Principal Domestic Subsidiary: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance. </P>
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Package and the Prospectus or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, unless the Company has notified the Underwriters as provided in Section&nbsp;4(e), there has not been any material adverse change, or any development that is reasonably
likely to result in a material adverse change, in the consolidated financial condition or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(k) <I>No Violation of Charter, Contracts or Orders</I>. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and
sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture do not and will not violate or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under:<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i)</I> the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> any agreement or instrument (which is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole) to which the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary is subject or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii)</I> any order of any court or governmental agency or authority (which is, individually or in the aggregate, material
to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) presently in effect and applicable to the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(l) <I>Governmental Consents</I>. Except for orders, permits and similar authorizations required under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of certain jurisdictions, including jurisdictions outside the United States, or required of any securities exchange on which any of the Notes might be listed, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory body, administrative
agency or other governmental body is legally required for the valid issuance and sale of the Notes.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(m) <I>Financial
Statements</I>. The consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or incorporated therein by reference, fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position and results of operations of the entities to which such statements relate at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply. Such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the required information in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable
thereto.<I> </I></P>
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controls and procedures&#148; (as defined in Rule 13a-15 (e)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the 1934 Act.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(o) <I>Internal Controls</I>. The Company maintains &#147;internal control over financial reporting&#148; (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
of the 1934 Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that include those policies and procedures that (i)&nbsp;pertain to the maintenance of records that in
reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with the authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; (iii)&nbsp;provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company&#146;s assets that could have a material adverse effect on the Company&#146;s financial statements; and (iv)&nbsp;provide reasonable
assurance that the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the required information in all material
respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any certificate
signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters, the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement will be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered by such certificate as of its date. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters; Closing. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(a) <I>Purchase and Sale</I>. On the
basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company (i)&nbsp;at 99.292% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of the 2025 Notes set forth on <U>Schedule A</U> opposite the name of such Underwriter and (ii)&nbsp;at 98.179% of the principal
amount thereof, the principal amount of the 2045 Notes set forth on <U>Schedule A</U> opposite the name of such Underwriter.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)
<I>Closing Time</I>. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Notes will be made at the offices of Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022, or at such other place as will be agreed upon by the
Underwriters and the Company, at </P>
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10:00 a.m., New York City time, on June&nbsp;23, 2015 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;11), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date
as is agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called &#147;<B>Closing Time</B>&#148;). Payment will be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank
account designated by the Company, against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Notes (the &#147;<B>Global Notes</B>&#148;) to be purchased by
them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives for its respective account, to accept delivery of, and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Notes which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase.
The Global Notes will be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriters not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the last business day prior to Closing Time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(c) <I>No Fiduciary Relationship</I>. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an
arm&#146;s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Notes contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent
of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company
has consulted its own respective advisors concerning such matters to the extent it deemed appropriate, and the Underwriters will have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company,
the transactions contemplated hereby or any other matters relating to such transactions, has been and will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and not on behalf of the Company.<I> </I></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Foreign Offerings; Offering Termination Notice. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Foreign Offerings</I>. Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i)</I> it has not solicited, and will not solicit,
offers to purchase any of the Notes from, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> it has not sold, and will not sell, any of the Notes to, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii) </I>it has not distributed, and will not distribute, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to, any person
or entity in any jurisdiction outside of the United States (collectively &#147;<B>Foreign Offers and Sales</B>&#148;) except, in each case, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and, in connection with the initial offering
of, or subscription for, any of the Notes, in full compliance with the requirements and procedures, if any, established by, and subject to any exceptions granted by, the Company, in an email or other writing delivered to the Representatives, with
respect to any such Foreign Offers and Sales. For the purposes of this paragraph, &#147;<B>United States</B>&#148; means the United States of America, its territories, its possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to distribute, in connection with any Foreign Offers and Sales, only
those Prospectuses used in connection therewith that have been appropriately &#147;stickered&#148; for use in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Offers and Sales are to be made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) With respect to the United Kingdom, each Underwriter represents and agrees, severally and not jointly, that: (1)&nbsp;it
has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000, as amended (&#147;<B>FSMA</B>&#148;)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section&nbsp;21(1) of the FSMA would not apply to the Company; and (2)&nbsp;it has complied and will comply with
all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a
&#147;<B>Relevant Member State</B>&#148;), each Underwriter represents and agrees, severally and not jointly, that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the
&#147;<B>Relevant Implementation Date</B>&#148;) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus Supplement to the public in that Relevant Member State other than: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural
or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided that no such offer of Notes shall require the Company or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the purposes of this subparagraph (C), the expression an &#147;offer of Notes to the public&#148; in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member
State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the same may be varied in that
Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State </P>
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and the expression &#147;<B>Prospectus Directive</B>&#148; means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant
Member State) and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State, and the expression &#147;<B>2010 PD Amending Directive</B>&#148; means Directive 2010/73/EU. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(b) <I>Offering Termination Notice</I>. Promptly after termination of the offering of the Notes, the Representatives shall provide the
Offering Termination Notice (which notice may be given by e-mail) to the Company; provided that the Representatives need not deliver an Offering Termination Notice to the Company (A)&nbsp;so long as any Underwriter owns an unsold allotment of Notes
purchased pursuant to this Agreement or (B)&nbsp;so long as delivery of a prospectus or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Regulations is required (1)&nbsp;in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to
purchase Notes or (2)&nbsp;due to a request of any purchaser of Notes pursuant to Rule 173 of the 1933 Act Regulations.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Covenants of the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Notice of Certain Events</I>. Prior to the Offering Termination Notice Time, the Company will notify the Underwriters promptly of: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i)</I> the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (other than a post-effective
amendment relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes), </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> the transmittal to the
Commission for filing of any supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (other than an amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes) or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act
which would be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii)</I> the receipt of any comments from the Commission
with respect to the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iv)</I> any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information (other than any amendment or supplement to a prospectus relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes), </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(v)</I> the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(vi)</I> any examination pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(e) of the 1933
Act concerning the Registration Statement or if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Notes. </P>
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lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(b) <B></B><I>Payment of Commission Fees</I><B></B>. The Company will pay the
required Commission filing fees relating to the Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act Regulations and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by
updating the &#147;<B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>&#148; table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus or prospectus supplement filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b)).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Notice of Certain Proposed Filings</I>. Prior to Offering Termination Notice Time, the Company
will: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i)</I> give the Underwriters advance notice of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration Statement
or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (other than an amendment or supplement to a prospectus relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes), </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such amendment or supplement, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii)</I> not file any such amendment or supplement of which the Underwriters have not previously have been advised or to
which the Representatives reasonably object in writing, unless, in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, such amendment or supplement is necessary to comply with law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(d) <I>Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus</I>. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters one signed and
as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto relating to the Notes (including the Incorporated Documents and any exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) as the
Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses as the Underwriters reasonably request prior to Offering
Termination Notice Time.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Revisions of Prospectus&#151;Material Changes</I>. Prior to the Offering Termination Notice Time,
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i)</I> if (x)&nbsp;any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of
counsel for the Company and of counsel for the Underwriters, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or (y)&nbsp;it is necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) prompt notice will be
given, and confirmed in writing, to the Underwriters, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) the Company will promptly prepare and file an amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will (1)&nbsp;not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading,
in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to the Underwriters or (2)&nbsp;comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, as applicable. </P>
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Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which (x)&nbsp;such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
preliminary prospectus or (y)&nbsp;when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or
correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission and shall promptly provide such amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the Underwriters. Such notification from the Company to the Underwriters shall direct the Underwriters to
suspend use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus until the Company shall have provided the Underwriters an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as contemplated above, in which case the Underwriters will cease using such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus until such time as the Company shall have provided them such amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing covenants in this Section&nbsp;4(e) do not apply to statements or omissions in the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein or in any Form T-1. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(f) <I>Earnings Statements</I>. The Company will make generally available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement
(which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months commencing after the Closing Time, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of such period, which earnings statement will satisfy the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a)
of the 1933 Act (and at the option of the Company, Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations).<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(g) <I>Blue Sky
Qualifications</I>. The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably designate
(provided no registration will be required in any jurisdiction outside the United States), and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes; provided, however, that the Company will
promptly notify the Underwriters of any suspension of any such qualifications; and provided, further, that the Company will not be obligated to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action which would subject it to general service
of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.<I> </I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i) </I>The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the &#147;<B>Final Term Sheet</B>&#148;) reflecting the final terms of
the Notes, which will be substantially in the form set forth in Schedule B but may also include credit ratings information with respect to the Notes, and will file such Final Term Sheet, in a form approved by the Representatives, as an &#147;issuer
free writing prospectus&#148; pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business within two business days after the date of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> The Company will prepare and file or transmit for filing with the Commission within the time period specified by
Rule&nbsp;424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), the Prospectus containing the terms of the Notes and such other information as the Representatives and the Company deem appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(i) <I>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</I>. <I>(i)</I>&nbsp;The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior
consent of the Representatives (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii)&nbsp;each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company and the
Representatives (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute an &#147;issuer free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule 433, or that would
otherwise constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company pursuant to Rule 433; provided that the Company consents to the use by any
Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that:<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii)</I> is not an &#147;issuer free writing prospectus&#148; as
defined in Rule 433, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii)</I> contains only: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) information describing the preliminary terms of the Notes or their offering, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) information that describes the final terms of the Notes or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet contemplated in
Section&nbsp;4(h) of this Agreement, or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) contains comparable bond price or similar information that (in the case of this clause
(z)&nbsp;only) is not &#147;issuer information,&#148; as defined in Rule 433. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>Any such free writing prospectus as to which consent has been given
by the Representatives or by the Company and the Representatives, as the case may be, is referred to as a &#147;<B>Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.</B>&#148; Without limiting the effect of the prior sentence, it is agreed that each of the Final
Term Sheet and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule C is a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.<B> </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Payment of Expenses. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, the
General Disclosure Package, each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and all Incorporated Documents; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The preparation, filing and printing of this Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Notes; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel and of any calculation agent or exchange rate agent in connection
with the Indenture and the Notes; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The qualification of the Notes under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of
Section&nbsp;4(g), including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey and any legal investment survey; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The printing and delivery to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto, and of the General Disclosure Package, each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto relating to the Notes, and the delivery by the Underwriters of the General Disclosure Package, each
preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, in each case as they relate to the Notes or to sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes prior to Offering Termination Notice Time; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Indenture; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement (otherwise than by notice given by the Underwriters in
connection with the occurrence of any event set forth in clauses (ii)&nbsp;through (iv)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;10(a) or pursuant to Section&nbsp;11), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with this Agreement and the offering of the Notes contemplated hereby. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Conditions of Underwriters&#146; Obligations. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein and the accuracy of the statements of the Company&#146;s officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, to
the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed and to the following additional conditions precedent: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(a) <I>Registration Statement and Prospectus</I>. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto will have become
effective under the 1933 Act and at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement will have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose will be instituted or to the knowledge of the Company or the
Underwriters, threatened or contemplated by the Commission; and no stop order suspending the sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction designated by the Underwriters pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(g) of this Agreement will have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose will have been instituted, or to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, will have been threatened or will be contemplated. The Final Term Sheet and the Prospectus referred to in Section&nbsp;4(h) of this
Agreement will have been transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 433 and Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), respectively, of the 1933 Act Regulations within the prescribed time period, and prior to Closing Time the
Company will have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters of such timely filing, and all requests of the Representatives for additional information will have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.<I>
</I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(b) <I>Opinion of Company Counsel</I>. The Underwriters will have received (i)&nbsp;an opinion from the Associate General
Counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Time and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A (and including customary qualifications, assumptions and limitations), and
(ii)&nbsp;an opinion from Vinson&nbsp;&amp; Elkins L.L.P., dated as of the Closing Time and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B (and including customary qualifications, assumptions
and limitations).<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(c) <I>Opinion of Underwriters&#146; Counsel</I>. The Underwriters will have received an opinion from
Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, dated as of the Closing Time and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Officer&#146;s Certificate</I>. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package or reflected therein by the
filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, at the Closing Time, there will not have been, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or
the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change, or any development that is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change, in the consolidated financial condition or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Underwriters will have received a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i)&nbsp;there has been no such material adverse change, (ii)&nbsp;the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section&nbsp;1 (other than Section&nbsp;1(j)) are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the date of such certificate, (iii)&nbsp;that the
Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions required by this Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date of such certificate and (iv)&nbsp;(x)&nbsp;no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and the Registration Statement, (y)&nbsp;to the knowledge of such officer, the Registration Statement is not </P>
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the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section&nbsp;8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section&nbsp;8A of the 1933 Act
in connection with the offering of the Notes and (z)&nbsp;to the knowledge of such officer, no proceedings for any of the foregoing purposes have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(e) <I>Comfort Letter</I>. On the date of this Agreement, the Underwriters will have received a letter from the Company&#146;s
independent registered public accounting firm, dated as of the date of this Agreement and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of a type ordinarily included in accountants&#146;
&#147;comfort letters&#148; to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, if
financial statements for any assets, business or entity acquired by the Company are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Underwriters will have received a similar
&#147;comfort letter&#148; from an independent registered public accounting firm, dated as of the date of this Agreement and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to such financial statements and any financial
information with respect to such assets, business or entity, as the case may be, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(f) <I>Subsequent Delivery of Comfort Letter</I>. At the Closing Time, the Underwriters will have received from each independent
registered public accounting firm which delivered a letter pursuant to subsection 6(e), a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection 6(e), except that the
specified date referred to will be a date not more than five days prior to the Closing Time.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(g) <I>Other Documents</I>. At
the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters will have been furnished with such documents as such counsel may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling such counsel to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as herein contemplated and
supporting proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, contained in this Agreement.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any condition specified in this Section&nbsp;6 remains unfulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated
by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and any such termination will be without liability of any party to any other party, except that the acknowledgements and agreements in Section&nbsp;2(c),
the provisions of Section&nbsp;5, and the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 and the provisions of Section&nbsp;14 will remain in effect. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Indemnification. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(a) <I>Indemnification of the Underwriters</I>. The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each officer and director of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act as follows:<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i) </I>against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set
forth in subsection 7(c), the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), as incurred, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arises
out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii) </I>against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations
set forth in subsection 7(c), the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if
such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii) </I>against any and all expense
whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection 7(c), the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), as incurred, reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission;<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that this indemnity will not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (A)&nbsp;to the extent arising out of or
based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon the Form T-1 under the 1939 Act filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; or (B)&nbsp;as to which such Underwriter may be required to
indemnify the Company pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b)&nbsp;of this Section 7.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Indemnification of the
Company</I>. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection 7(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, </P>
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such preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement). The Company hereby acknowledges that the only
information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are: (i)&nbsp;the information in the third paragraph under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the Final Prospectus
Supplement, but solely insofar as it concerns the terms of the offering by the Underwriters; (ii)&nbsp;the information in the second sentence of the fifth paragraph under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the preliminary prospectus supplement
and the Final Prospectus Supplement, but solely insofar as it concerns market making by the Underwriters; (iii)&nbsp;the information in the sixth paragraph and seventh paragraph under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the preliminary
prospectus supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement, but solely insofar as it concerns stabilization transactions by and penalty bids imposed by the Underwriters; and (iv)&nbsp;the information in the twelfth paragraph under the caption
&#147;Underwriting&#148; in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>(c) <I>General</I>.<I>
</I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i)</I> In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or
proceeding) is brought against any Underwriter, any officer or director of such Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter, based upon the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7, such Underwriter, officer, director or controlling person will
promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company will assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and payment of all expenses. Failure to give such notice will not relieve the
Company from any liability under this Section&nbsp;7 to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event will not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of the indemnity contained in
this Section&nbsp;7. Any such Underwriter, any such officer or director or any such controlling person will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such separate counsel will be at the expense of such Underwriter, such officer or director or such controlling person, unless (A)&nbsp;the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company,
(B)&nbsp;the Company has failed to assume the defense and employ reasonably satisfactory counsel or (C)&nbsp;the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include such Underwriter, such officer or
director or such controlling person and the Company, and such Underwriter, such officer or director or such controlling person has been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from, or
additional to, those available to the Company (in which case, if such Underwriter, such officer or director or such controlling person notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, the
Company will not have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Underwriter, such officer </P>
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or director or such controlling person, it being understood, however, that the Company will not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in
the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to one separate firm of attorneys acting as local counsel) for all such
Underwriters, all such officers and directors and all such controlling persons, which firm will be designated in writing by the Representatives, on behalf of all of such Underwriters, all such officers and directors and such controlling persons).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(ii) </I>In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding)
is brought against the Company, any of the Company&#146;s directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, with respect to which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7, such Underwriter will have
the rights and duties given to the Company by subsection 7(c)(i) with respect thereto (provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any authorization of the nature specified in clause (A)&nbsp;of subsection Section&nbsp;7(c)(i) may be given only by
the Representatives and copies of all notices given by the Company, any such officer or director or any such controlling person of the nature specified in such subsection 7(c)(i) will also be sent to the Representatives), and the Company, such
directors and officers and any such controlling persons will have the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by subsection 7(c)(i) with respect thereto, it being understood, however, that the Underwriters will not, in connection with any one
such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition
to one separate firm of attorneys acting as local counsel) for the Company, all such officers and directors and all such controlling persons, which firm will be designated in writing by the Company, on behalf of the Company, all such officers and
directors and such controlling persons.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Contribution. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in
which the indemnity agreement provided for in Section&nbsp;7 is for any reason held to be unenforceable with respect to the indemnified parties, although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and the Underwriters will contribute to
the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Underwriters, as incurred, (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Notes or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that
resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, will be deemed to be in the same proportions as the total net proceeds from
the sale of the Notes (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, bear to the total
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price to public of the Notes as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, will be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and
the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters&#146; respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section&nbsp;8 are several in
proportion to the respective principal amounts of Notes set forth opposite their names in <U>Schedule A</U>, and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section&nbsp;8, no Underwriter will be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total price at which the Notes underwritten by it and distributed by the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the 1933 Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;8, each officer and director of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act will have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the 1933 Act will have
the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution hereunder will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may
be made against another party or parties under this Section&nbsp;8, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought (with, in the case of any notice given by the Company or any of its officers, directors or controlling persons, a
copy to the Representatives), but the omission to so notify such party or parties will not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation under this Section&nbsp;8 to the extent it or they are not materially
prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event will not relieve it or them from any other obligation it or they may have otherwise than under this Section&nbsp;8. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All representations,
warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions of Sections 7 and 8), or contained in certificates signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters, the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any officer or director of
any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, and will survive delivery of and payment for any of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Termination. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company,
at any time at or prior to the Closing Time if between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Time: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(i) </I>there
has been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, </P>
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markets in the United States or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, in each case set forth in this clause (ii)&nbsp;the effect of which, individually or in the aggregate, shall be such as
to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market or to enforce contracts for sale of the Notes,<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iii) </I>trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange in
the United States, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended or settlement has been materially disrupted, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been
required, by said exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(iv) </I>any of Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Corporation and Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc. (or any of their
respective successors) has publicly announced that it has (A)&nbsp;placed the Notes or the Company&#146;s unsecured senior long term debt generally on what is commonly termed a &#147;watch list&#148; for possible downgrading or (B)&nbsp;downgraded
the Notes or the Company&#146;s unsecured senior long term debt generally.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination will be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section&nbsp;5. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Default by One or More of the Underwriters. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>If one or more of the Underwriters fails at
the Closing Time to purchase the Notes which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the &#147;<B>Defaulted Notes</B>&#148;), the non-defaulting Underwriters will have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements
for one or more of such non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Notes in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; provided however, that if such
non-defaulting Underwriters have not completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) if the aggregate principal
amount of Defaulted Notes does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, the non-defaulting Underwriters will be obligated to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations
hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted
Notes exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except that the acknowledgements and agreements in Section&nbsp;2(c), the
provisions of Section&nbsp;5, and the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 and the provisions of Section&nbsp;14 will remain in effect. </P>
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respect of its default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the
Representatives or the Company will have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. The
term &#147;<B>Underwriter</B>&#148; as used in this Agreement will include any underwriter substituted for a defaulting Underwriter.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Notices. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All notices and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will
be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication or, in the case of an Offering Termination Notice, if given to the Company by e-mail which is not returned undeliverable. Notices to the
Underwriters and the Representatives must be directed to them at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 (fax: 646-291-1469); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax:
212-834-6081); Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1 050-12-01, New York, New York 10020, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal (fax: 646-855-5958); and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550
South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Transaction Management (fax: 704-410-0326). Notices to the Company must be directed to it at 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110, Houston, Texas 77046, Attention: Vice President and
Treasurer (fax: 713-366-5552; email: ben_figlock@oxy.com). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Parties. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and
the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers,
directors and controlling persons referred to in Sections 7 and 8 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. This Agreement and
all conditions and provisions of this Agreement are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said officers, directors and controlling persons and their heirs and legal
representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes will be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">SECTION&nbsp;14.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Governing Law. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties created hereby
will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such State, including, without limitation, Section&nbsp;5- 1401 of the New York General Obligations Law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[Signature Pages Follow] </P>
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return to the Company a counterpart of this Agreement, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Brian D. Bednarski</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">MERRILL&nbsp;LYNCH,&nbsp;PIERCE,&nbsp;FENNER&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;SMITH</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INCORPORATED</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Keith Harman</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Keith Harman</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carolyn Hurley</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Carolyn Hurley</TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in <U>Schedule A</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement </P>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Principal&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of<BR>2025 Notes</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Principal&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of<BR>2045 Notes</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&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">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">90,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SG Americas Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Standard Chartered Bank</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,625,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PNC Capital Markets LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lebenthal&nbsp;&amp; Co., LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,250,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,250,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">750,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">750,000,000</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Issuer Free Writing Prospectus Filed </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Pursuant to Rule 433 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Registration
No.&nbsp;333-205047 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Occidental Petroleum Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Final Term Sheet </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>June&nbsp;18, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$750,000,000 3.500% Senior Notes due 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$750,000,000 4.625% Senior Notes due 2045 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Issuer:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Occidental Petroleum Corporation</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trade Date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 18, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Settlement Date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 23, 2015 (T+3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>3.500% Senior Notes due 2025</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Principal Amount:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$750,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Maturity:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 15, 2025</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Interest Payment Dates:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coupon:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">3.500% per year, accruing from June 23, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.125% due May 15, 2025</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury Yield:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.361%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">+117 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Yield to Maturity:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">3.531%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Initial Price to Public:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">99.742% of the principal amount</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Optional Redemption:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">In whole at any time or in part from time to time, in each case prior to March 15, 2025, at the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount and (ii) the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest through March 15, 2025 (three months prior to maturity) (excluding interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury
Rate (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement referred to below) plus 20 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. On and after March 15, 2025, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at 100% of
the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">CUSIP / ISIN:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">674599CG8/ US674599CG82</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>4.625% Senior Notes due 2045</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Principal Amount:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$750,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Maturity:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 15, 2045</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Interest Payment Dates:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coupon:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.625% per year, accruing from June 23, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.500% due February 15, 2045</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark Treasury Yield:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">3.172%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">+152 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Yield to Maturity:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.692%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Initial Price to Public:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">98.929% of the principal amount</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Optional Redemption:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">In whole at any time or in part from time to time, in each case prior to December 15, 2044, at the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount and (ii) the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest through December 15, 2044 (six months prior to maturity) (excluding interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement referred to below) plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. On and after December 15, 2044, in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
at 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">CUSIP / ISIN:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">674599CF0/ US674599CF00</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Joint Book-Running Managers:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Co-Managers:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SG Americas Securities, LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital
Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HSBC Securities (USA)
Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities
USA Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scotia Capital (USA)
Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Standard Chartered
Bank</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PNC Capital Markets
LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lebenthal &amp; Co., LLC</P></TD></TR>
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this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at <U>www.sec.gov</U>. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. toll free at 1-800-831-9146, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated toll free at 1-800-294 1322 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll free at
1-800-645-3751. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>This final term sheet supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, Occidental Petroleum Corporation&#146;s preliminary
prospectus supplement dated June&nbsp;18, 2015 and accompanying prospectus dated June&nbsp;18, 2015 and the documents incorporated by reference therein. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was
automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system. </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>Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Final Term Sheet Dated June&nbsp;18, 2015 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form of Opinion of Associate General Counsel </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is not pending or, to such counsel&#146;s knowledge,
threatened, any action, suit or proceeding against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before or by any court or governmental agency or body, which is likely (to the extent not covered by insurance) to have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form of Opinion of Vinson&nbsp;&amp; Elkins L.L.P. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Principal Domestic Subsidiary is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its state of
incorporation. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, and to issue, sell and deliver the Notes. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Company, and executed and delivered by the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Company, and executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the
Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be subject to or limited by (A)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to creditors&#146; rights generally, (B)&nbsp;the applicability or effect of any fraudulent transfer, preference or similar law, (C)&nbsp;the effect of general principles of equity and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), (D)&nbsp;the effect of general rules of contract law that limit the enforceability of provisions requiring indemnification of a party for liability for its own action
or inaction to the extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct and (E)&nbsp;the effect of public policy or applicable law to the extent either prohibits waivers or enforcement of
indemnification provisions (collectively, the &#147;Enforceability Exceptions&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">No consent or approval of any United States federal, New York or Delaware governmental authority or regulatory body is required in connection with the issuance or sale of the Notes other than registration thereof under
the 1933 Act, qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, and such registrations or qualifications as may be necessary under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various United States jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered or
sold and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. The opinion expressed in this paragraph 5 is limited to those consents and approvals which, in such counsel&#146;s experience, are normally applicable to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">6.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Company and executed and delivered by the Company and when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
(assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee) and issued to and paid for by the Underwriters as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be subject to or limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">7.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">8.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act. With your consent, based solely on a review of the list of stop orders contained on the Commission&#146;s website at
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml and http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin.shtml on June [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;], 2015, such counsel confirms that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued under the Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated by the Commission. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">9.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture by the Company will not
(A)&nbsp;violate the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended, (B)&nbsp;violate any federal, Delaware or New York statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or the DGCL, (C)&nbsp;violate any
judgment, decree or order, known to such counsel, after reasonable inquiry, of any court or governmental agency or authority entered in any proceeding to which the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary was or is now a party or by which it is
bound (and which, solely in the case of this clause (C), individually or in the aggregate, is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or (D)&nbsp;violate or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or
otherwise) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to the agreements identified on <U>Annex A<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP></U>,
except that (i)&nbsp;the opinion set forth in clause (B)&nbsp;of this paragraph 9 is limited to those statutes, laws or regulations in effect as of the date of this opinion which, in such counsel&#146;s experience, are normally applicable to
transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and (ii)&nbsp;such counsel expresses no opinion as to the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered, the rules and regulations of
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or the anti-fraud provisions of the federal or state securities laws. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">10.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">(i) The Registration Statement (other than the Incorporated Documents which are discussed below), as of each time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the 1933 Act as such
section applies to the Underwriters (each, an &#147;Effective Time&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;the Prospectus (other than the Incorporated Documents which are discussed below), as of the date of the Final Prospectus Supplement and (iii)&nbsp;each Incorporated
Document when such Incorporated Document was filed, or if any such Incorporated Document was amended, when such amendment was filed (in each case other than the financial statements, schedules, other financial or accounting data, statistical data
and information pertaining to oil and gas reserves, which statements, schedules and data are included or incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Annex A to include all material agreements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or the exhibits thereto, including the Form T-1), each appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all
material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except that in each case (other than as set forth in paragraphs 11 and 12 of this
opinion) such counsel assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or the exhibits thereto, including the Form T-1. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The statements in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions &#147;Description of the Notes&#148; and &#147;Description of Senior Debt Securities,&#148; insofar as they purport to summarize certain
provisions of the Indenture and the Notes, are accurate in all material respects. </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">Based on the authorities and subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth therein, the statements set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement forming a part of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
prospectus supplement forming a part of the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,&#148; insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of statutes, matters of law or legal conclusions,
accurately summarize the matters described therein in all material respects. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, such counsel should state that it
has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, outside counsel for the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, representatives of the Underwriters and counsel for the
Underwriters, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than as set forth in paragraphs 11 and 12 above) and has not made any independent check or verification thereof, on the basis of such participation, no
facts have come to such counsel&#146;s attention that lead such counsel to believe that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) the Registration Statement, as of each
Effective Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) the Prospectus, as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement or as of the date of this letter, contained or contains an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, </P>
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except that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules, other financial or accounting data, statistical data and information pertaining to oil and gas
reserves, which statements, schedules and data are included or incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, or the exhibits thereto, including the Form T-1.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Officers&#146; Certificate </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;201 and Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;18, 2011 (the
&#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148;), between Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the&nbsp;&#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the&nbsp;&#147;<B>Trustee</B>&#148;), the terms
of the following two series of Securities to be issued pursuant to the Indenture are as follows:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>1. <B>Authorization</B>.
The establishment of two new series of Securities of the Company has been approved and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on October&nbsp;11,
2012.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>2. <B>Compliance with Covenants and Conditions Precedent</B>. All covenants and conditions precedent provided for in
the Indenture relating to the establishment of such series of Securities have been complied with.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <B>Terms</B>. The terms of
the series of Securities established pursuant to this Officers&#146; Certificate shall be as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Title. The titles of the series
of Securities are as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) the &#147;3.500% Senior Notes due 2025&#148; (the &#147;<B>2025 Notes</B>&#148;); and
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) the &#147;4.625% Senior Notes due 2045&#148; (the &#147;<B>2045 Notes</B>&#148; and, together with the 2025 Notes, the
&#147;<B>Notes</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(ii) <B>Initial Aggregate Principal Amount</B>. The initial aggregate principal amount of Notes of each
series which may be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture (except for Notes of such series authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of such series pursuant to
Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 and 1107 of the Indenture) is as follows:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) in the case of the 2025 Notes,
$750,000,000; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) in the case of the 2045 Notes, $750,000,000. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <B>Registered Securities in Book-Entry Form</B>. The Notes of each series shall be issued in the form of Registered Securities without
coupons. The Notes of each series will be issued in book-entry form (&#147;<B>Book-Entry Notes</B>&#148;) and represented by one or more definitive global Notes (the &#147;<B>Global Notes</B>&#148;). The initial Depositary with respect to the Global
Notes will be The Depository Trust Company. Book-Entry Notes of any series will not be exchangeable for Notes of such series in definitive form (&#147;<B>Definitive Notes</B>&#148;) except as provided in Section&nbsp;305 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) <B>Persons to Whom Interest Payable</B>. Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date (as defined below) with respect to a Note of any
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in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for the Notes of such series (whether or not a Business Day) with
respect to such Interest Payment Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(v) <B>Stated Maturity</B>. The principal amount of the Notes of each series will be
payable on the respective dates set forth below, subject to earlier redemption as set forth in paragraph (viii) below:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) in the case of the 2025 Notes, June&nbsp;15, 2025; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) in the case of the 2045 Notes, June&nbsp;15, 2045. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(vi) <B>Rate of Interest; Interest Payment Dates; Regular Record Dates; Accrual of Interest</B>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(1) The 2025 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.500%&nbsp;per annum. Interest on the 2025 Notes will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 of each year (each, a &#147;<B>2025 Interest Payment Date</B>&#148;), commencing on December&nbsp;15, 2015. The Regular Record Date for the 2025 Notes shall be the June&nbsp;1 or
December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable 2025 Interest Payment Date.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(2) The 2045 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.625%&nbsp;per annum. Interest on the 2045 Notes will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 of each year (each, a &#147;<B>2045 Interest Payment Date</B>,&#148; and each 2025 Interest Payment Date and each 2045 Interest Payment Date, an &#147;<B>Interest Payment Date</B>&#148;),
commencing on December&nbsp;15, 2015. The Regular Record Date for the 2045 Notes shall be the June&nbsp;1 or December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable 2045 Interest Payment Date.<B>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes of each series will bear interest from and including June&nbsp;23, 2015 or from and including the most recent Interest
Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest payments on the Notes of each series shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the most
recent Interest Payment Date for such series for which interest has been paid or duly provided (or from and including June&nbsp;23, 2015 if no interest has been paid or duly provided with respect to the Notes of such series), to but excluding the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date for such series (or other day on which such payment of interest on the Notes of such series is due). Interest on the Notes of each series will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(vii) <B>Place of Payment; Registration of Transfer and Exchange; Notices to Company</B>. Payment of the principal
of and interest on the Notes of each series will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or at any other office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose; <B></B><I>provided</I><B></B> that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto<B> </B></P>
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</B>as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee
not less than 15 days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. The Notes of each series may be presented for exchange and registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
or at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or at the office of any transfer agent hereafter designated by the Company for such purpose. Notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Notes of any series and the Indenture may be mailed by regular mail, sent by overnight courier, delivered, e-mailed or faxed to Occidental Petroleum Corporation, 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110, Houston, Texas 77046, Attention:
Treasurer, Fax No.: 713-366-5552, e-mail: <U>ben_figlock@oxy.com</U> with a copy to the General Counsel, Fax No.: 713-985-1620, e-mail: <U>marcia_e._backus@oxy.com</U> and the Chief Financial Officer, Fax No.&nbsp;713-985-1716, e-mail:
<U>Chris_Stavros@oxy.com</U>, or, in each case, at any other address, fax number or e-mail address previously furnished by the Company by notice to the Trustee for itself and for the benefit of the Holders.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(viii) <B>Redemption</B>. The Notes of each series are not entitled to any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments. However, the
Notes of each series are redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the form of certificate evidencing the Notes of such series attached hereto
as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>, in the case of the 2025 Notes, and <U>Exhibit&nbsp;B</U>, in the case of the 2045 Notes, and in the Indenture.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(ix) <B>Denominations</B>. The Notes of each series are issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(x) <B>Security Register; Paying Agent</B>. The Security Register for the Notes of each series will be initially
maintained at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or at the office of any transfer agent hereafter designated by the Company for such purpose. The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as the
initial Securities Registrar, transfer agent and Paying Agent for the Notes of each series.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>(xi) <B>Further Issues</B>. The
Company may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes of any series, reopen the Notes of such series and issue additional Notes of such series.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xii) <B>Form</B>. The certificates evidencing the Notes of each series will be in substantially the form set forth in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>,
in the case of the 2025 Notes, and <U>Exhibit&nbsp;B</U>, in the case of the 2045 Notes, each attached hereto; <I>provided</I> that if Definitive Notes of any series are issued in exchange for interests in Global Notes of such series, then the
legend appearing on the first page and the &#147;Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note&#148; appearing on the last page (and all references thereto) of the certificate evidencing the Notes of such series attached hereto as
<U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>, in the case of the 2025 Notes, and <U>Exhibit&nbsp;B</U>, in the case of the 2045 Notes, shall be removed from the Definitive Notes of such series. The Notes of each series shall have such other terms and provisions as are set
forth in the form of certificate evidencing the Notes of such series attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>, in the case of the 2025 Notes, and <U>Exhibit&nbsp;B</U>, in the case of the 2045 Notes, all of which terms and provisions are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Officers&#146; Certificate as if set forth in full herein. </P>
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(i)&nbsp;to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Trustee sufficient information about transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) relating to the Notes that is reasonably requested by the Trustee so
the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under FATCA, and (ii)&nbsp;that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with FATCA, and
the Trustee shall have no liability for such withholding or deduction in accordance with FATCA. The terms of this section (xiii)&nbsp;shall survive the termination of the Indenture. For purposes of this section (xiii), &#147;FATCA&#148; means
Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section&nbsp;1471(b) of the Code, and
any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Terms (whether or not capitalized) that are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned, for himself or herself, states, as an officer of the Company, not in his or her individual capacity,
that he or she has read and is familiar with the provisions of <U>Article Two</U> of the Indenture relating to the establishment of the form of certificate representing a series of Securities thereunder and <U>Article Three</U> of the Indenture
relating to the establishment of a series of Securities thereunder and, in each case, the definitions therein relating thereto; that the statements made in this certificate are based upon an examination of the Notes of each series, upon an
examination of and familiarity with <U>Articles Two</U> and <U>Three</U> of the Indenture and such definitions, upon his or her general knowledge of and familiarity with the affairs of the Company and its acts and proceedings and upon the
performance of his or her duties as an officer of the Company; that, in his or her opinion, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the covenants
and conditions referred to above have been complied with; and that in his or her opinion, with respect to the foregoing, the covenants and conditions provided for in the Indenture relating to the establishment of the Notes of each series as a series
of Securities under the Indenture have been complied with. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I></I>[<I>signature page follows</I>]<I> </I></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nicole E. Clark</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Nicole E. Clark</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Assistant Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Form of Certificate Evidencing the 3.500% Senior Notes due 2025 </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[see attached] </P>

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<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">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (&#147;DTC&#148;), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3.500% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2025 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">NO. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CUSIP: 674599CG8</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ISIN: US674599CG82</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COMMON CODE: 121207338</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 23, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">MATURITY DATE:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 15, 2025</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">INTEREST RATE:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.500% per annum</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">REGULAR RECORD DATES:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 1 and December 1</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">See Further Provisions Set Forth Herein</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (herein referred to as the &#147;<B>Company</B>,&#148; which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; , or registered assigns, the lesser of (i)&nbsp;the Principal Amount specified above and (ii)&nbsp;the Principal Amount set
forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto on the Maturity Date specified above (unless and to the extent earlier redeemed prior to such Maturity Date) and to pay interest thereon from June&nbsp;23,&nbsp;2015
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 in each year, commencing on December&nbsp;15, 2015, at the rate per annum specified
above, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but
excluding each Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as <B> </B></P>

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</B>provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall
be the June&nbsp;1 or December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity with respect to this Note falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be, until such following Business Day. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any Defaulted Interest will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date by virtue of having been such Holder and may either (1)&nbsp;be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (as defined below), notice of which will be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or
(2)&nbsp;be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at any other office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; <B></B><I>provided</I><B></B> that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth below, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly
appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I></I>[<I>signature page follows</I>]<I> </I></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 WITNESS WHEREOF, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION has caused this Note to be signed by the
signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TRUSTEE&#146;S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the
&#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;) of the Company, issued and to be issued pursuant to the Indenture. This Note is one of a series designated by the Company as its 3.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the &#147;<B>Notes</B>&#148;), limited in initial aggregate
principal amount to $750,000,000. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Securities.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>The
Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;18, 2011 (herein called the &#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148; which term, for the purpose of this Note, shall include the Officers&#146; Certificate dated June&nbsp;23, 2015,
delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (herein called the &#147;<B>Trustee</B>,&#148; which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes
and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are issuable as Registered
Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes,
reopen this series of Notes and issue additional Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior
to March&nbsp;15, 2025, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed through March&nbsp;15, 2025 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to, but not including, the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 20 basis points plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the
Redemption Date. On and after March&nbsp;15, 2025, the Notes are redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the relevant Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the Indenture. </P>

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equal to: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the yield, under the heading that represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated &#147;H.15(519)&#148; or any successor publication
which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant
Maturities,&#148; for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Notes (assuming, for that purpose, that such Notes matured on
March&nbsp;15, 2025), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis
rounding to the nearest month; or </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">if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date by the
Quotation Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Comparable Treasury Issue</B>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the United States
Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Notes (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes matured on March&nbsp;15, 2025).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Comparable Treasury
Price</B>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i)&nbsp;the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii)&nbsp;if the
Quotation Agent obtains fewer than three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, such average in any case to be determined by the Quotation Agent, or (iii)&nbsp;if only one Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Quotation Agent</B>&#148; means,
with respect to any Redemption Date, the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Reference Treasury
Dealer</B>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i)&nbsp;Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected
by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (or their respective affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers) and their respective successors; <B></B><I>provided</I><B></B>, <B></B><I>however</I><B></B>, that if any of them shall cease to be
a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States of America (a &#147;<B>Primary Treasury Dealer</B>&#148;), the Company shall substitute for it another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii)&nbsp;any other Primary Treasury Dealer or
Dealers selected by the Company.<B> </B></P>
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Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to
the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day in The City of New York preceding such Redemption Date.<B> </B></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 at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to
be redeemed, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price (or any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed), on and after the Redemption Date interest
will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption Date, the
Redemption Price, if fewer than all the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
will become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date and
the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or
Notes of like tenor in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal amount hereof will be issued in authorized denominations in the name of the Holder hereof upon surrender hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For all purposes of this Note and the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption by the
Company of this Note shall relate, in the case that this Note is redeemed, or to be redeemed, by the Company only in part, to that portion of the principal amount of this Note that has been, or is to be, redeemed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default with respect to Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on the Notes may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein
specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the
Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the </P>
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time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note, subject to
the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Four of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture permits the Company, by irrevocably depositing cash or U.S. Government
Obligations, in amounts and maturities sufficient to pay and discharge at the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Notes, with the Trustee in trust, solely for the benefit of the Holders
of all Outstanding Notes, to defease the Indenture with respect to the Notes (subject to specified exceptions), and, upon such deposit and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged its entire indebtedness on the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of Notes is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture not involving any transfer). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws
principles thereof). </P>
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(=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/MIA (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All undefined terms (whether or not capitalized) used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To assign this Note, fill in the form below: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Insert assignee&#146;s soc. sec. or
tax I.D. no.) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Print or type assignee&#146;s name,
address and zip code) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and irrevocably appoint
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to
transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Your&nbsp;Signature:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">(Sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the face of this Note)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">NOTICE: The signature must be guaranteed by an institution that is a member of one of the following recognized signature guarantee programs: (i)&nbsp;The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP);
(ii)&nbsp;The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii)&nbsp;The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv)&nbsp;such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee. </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">The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. The following exchanges of
an interest in this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of an interest in another Global Note or Definitive Notes for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Amount&nbsp;of<BR>Decrease&nbsp;in<BR>Principal&nbsp;Amount<BR>of this Global<BR>Note</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Form of Certificate Evidencing the 4.625% Senior Notes due 2045 </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[see attached] </P>

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<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">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (&#147;DTC&#148;), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2045 </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-left:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ISIN: US674599CF00</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COMMON CODE: 125289894</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 23, 2015</TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein referred to as the &#147;<B>Company</B>,&#148; which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, or registered assigns, the lesser of (i)&nbsp;the Principal Amount specified above and (ii)&nbsp;the Principal Amount set forth
on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto on the Maturity Date specified above (unless and to the extent earlier redeemed prior to such Maturity Date) and to pay interest thereon from June&nbsp;23,&nbsp;2015 or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June&nbsp;15 and December&nbsp;15 in each year, commencing on December&nbsp;15, 2015, at the rate per annum specified above,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest payments for this Note will include interest accrued to but excluding
each Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as </P>

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provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be
the June&nbsp;1 or December&nbsp;1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity with respect to this Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day,
the payment due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be, until such following Business Day. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any Defaulted Interest will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date by virtue of having been such Holder and may either (1)&nbsp;be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (as defined below), notice of which will be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or (2)&nbsp;be paid at any
time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the
principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, or at any other office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
<I>provided</I> that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire
transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth below, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly
appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I></I>[<I>signature page follows</I>]<I> </I></P>
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signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. </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></B>This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (herein called the
&#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;) of the Company, issued and to be issued pursuant to the Indenture. This Note is one of a series designated by the Company as its 4.625% Senior Notes due 2045 (the &#147;<B>Notes</B>&#148;), limited in initial aggregate
principal amount to $750,000,000. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Securities.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>The
Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;18, 2011 (herein called the &#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148; which term, for the purpose of this Note, shall include the Officers&#146; Certificate dated June&nbsp;23, 2015,
delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (herein called the &#147;<B>Trustee</B>,&#148; which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes
and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are issuable as Registered
Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes,
reopen this series of Notes and issue additional Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time prior
to December&nbsp;15,&nbsp;2044, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed through December&nbsp;15, 2044 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to, but not including, the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 25 basis points plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but
not including, the Redemption Date. On and after December&nbsp;15,&nbsp;2044, the Notes are redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of
the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to the relevant Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of the
Indenture. </P>

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annum equal to:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the yield, under the heading that represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated &#147;H.15(519)&#148; or any successor publication
which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant
Maturities,&#148; for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the Notes (assuming, for that purpose, that such Notes matured on
December&nbsp;15, 2044), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis
rounding to the nearest month; or </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">if that release, or any successor release, is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Treasury Rate will be calculated at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date by the
Quotation Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Comparable Treasury Issue</B>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the United States
Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Notes (assuming for this purpose that the Notes matured on December&nbsp;15, 2044).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Comparable Treasury
Price</B>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i)&nbsp;the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii)&nbsp;if the
Quotation Agent obtains fewer than three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, such average in any case to be determined by the Quotation Agent, or (iii)&nbsp;if only one Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Quotation Agent</B>&#148; means,
with respect to any Redemption Date, the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Reference Treasury
Dealer</B>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i)&nbsp;Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected
by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (or their respective affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers) and their respective successors; <B></B><I>provided</I><B></B>, <B></B><I>however</I><B></B>, that if any of them shall cease to be
a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States of America (a &#147;<B>Primary Treasury Dealer</B>&#148;), the Company shall substitute for it another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii)&nbsp;any other Primary Treasury Dealer or
Dealers selected by the Company.<B> </B></P>
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Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to
the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day in The City of New York preceding such Redemption Date.<B> </B></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 at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to
be redeemed, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price (or any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed), on and after the Redemption Date interest
will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption Date, the
Redemption Price, if fewer than all the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
will become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date and
the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or
Notes of like tenor in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal amount hereof will be issued in authorized denominations in the name of the Holder hereof upon surrender hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For all purposes of this Note and the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption by the
Company of this Note shall relate, in the case that this Note is redeemed, or to be redeemed, by the Company only in part, to that portion of the principal amount of this Note that has been, or is to be, redeemed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default with respect to Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on the Notes may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein
specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the
Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the </P>
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time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note, subject to
the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Four of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture permits the Company, by irrevocably depositing cash or U.S. Government
Obligations, in amounts and maturities sufficient to pay and discharge at the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Notes, with the Trustee in trust, solely for the benefit of the Holders
of all Outstanding Notes, to defease the Indenture with respect to the Notes (subject to specified exceptions), and, upon such deposit and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged its entire indebtedness on the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of Notes is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture not involving any transfer). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws
principles thereof). </P>
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(=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). </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) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">NOTICE: The signature must be guaranteed by an institution that is a member of one of the following recognized signature guarantee programs: (i)&nbsp;The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP);
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713.758.2222&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Fax</B> 713.758.2346 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">June&nbsp;23, 2015 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Occidental Petroleum Corporation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77046 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the issuance by Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), of $750,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the &#147;2025 Notes&#148;) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.625% Senior Notes due 2045 (the &#147;2045 Notes&#148; and, together with the 2025 Notes, the
&#147;Notes&#148;) pursuant to (a)&nbsp;the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-205047) (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), which was filed by the Company on June&nbsp;18, 2015, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and (b)&nbsp;the related prospectus dated June&nbsp;18, 2015, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement relating to
the sale of the Notes dated June&nbsp;18, 2015 (as so supplemented, the &#147;Prospectus&#148;), as filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, certain legal matters with respect to the Notes are being
passed upon for you by us. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Current Report of the Company on Form 8-K to be filed with the Commission on the date hereof (the &#147;Form 8-K&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August&nbsp;18, 2011 (the &#147;Indenture&#148;) between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our capacity as your counsel in the connection
referred to above, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of (i)&nbsp;the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, each as amended to date; (ii)&nbsp;the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
June&nbsp;18, 2015, among the Company and the several Underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), relating to the issuance and sale of the Notes; (iii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (iv)&nbsp;the Indenture,
together with an Officers&#146; Certificate establishing the terms of the Notes; and (v)&nbsp;the corporate records of the Company, including minute books of the Company, as furnished to us by the Company, certificates of public officials and of
representatives of the Company, statutes and other </P>
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instruments and documents as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In giving such opinions, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials with
respect to the accuracy of the material factual matters contained in such certificates. In giving the opinions below, we have assumed that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals
are accurate and complete, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct copies of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us was accurate and complete. We also have assumed that the Notes will be issued and
sold in the manner set forth in the Prospectus and the Underwriting Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the
assumptions, limitations and qualifications hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that the Notes will, when duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and duly purchased and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as that enforcement is subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights generally, and general principles of equity
(regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion set forth above is limited in
all respects to matters of the contract law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal law. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Form 8-K. We also
consent to the reference to our Firm under the headings &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the
Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
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