If the portfolio interest exemption is not available with respect to interest on a note,
then such interest may be subject to such U.S. federal income and withholding tax at a rate of 30%. To claim an exemption from (or reduction in) withholding under the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty, you must provide a properly completed
IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable.
Interest on a note that is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by a non-U.S. holder is not subject to withholding if such a holder provides a properly completed IRS Form W-8ECI. However, such a holder generally will be subject to U.S. federal
income tax on such interest on a net income basis at rates applicable to a United States person (as defined in the Code), and such a holder who is a foreign corporation also may be subject to the 30% U.S. branch profits tax in respect of such
interest, unless reduced or eliminated by an applicable treaty.
Sale, Redemption, Exchange, Retirement or other Taxable Disposition of the Notes
Subject to the discussions below regarding backup and FATCA withholding, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or
withholding tax on any gain realized on the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note unless (i) the gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States (as described
immediately below) or (ii) you are an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year in which the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition occurs and certain other conditions
are met, in which case you generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such gain at a flat rate of 30% (unless a lower applicable income tax treaty rate applies).
If you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States and gain on a note is effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or
business (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, such gain is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by you within the United States), you generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular graduated income
tax rates in the same manner as if you were a United States person (as defined in the Code), subject to any modification provided under an applicable income tax treaty. If you are a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such gain
also may be subject to a U.S. branch profits tax at the rate of 30%, or lower applicable treaty rate, of its earnings and profits for the taxable year, subject to adjustments, that are effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business
in the United States.
Non-U.S. holders described in the preceding paragraph are urged to consult
their own advisors regarding the U.S. tax consequences to them of a sale or other disposition of notes.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
The interest on a note generally will be reported to the IRS on IRS Form 1042-S. Generally,
neither information reporting on IRS Form 1099 nor backup withholding will apply to principal or interest payments or to amounts received on the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note if an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, is provided to us or other appropriate person and if, in the case of amounts
received on the sale, redemption, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note, certain other conditions are met. However, the exemption from backup withholding and information reporting requirements does not apply if the withholding
agent or an intermediary knows or has reason to know that such exemption is not available to you.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Under FATCA, withholding at a rate of 30% generally will be required in certain circumstances on certain payments in respect of the notes
(including payments of interest and, subject to the discussion of proposed Treasury Regulations below, payments of gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of notes) made to or
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